Sacrifice, The Choice

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21 May 2012

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Drabble Challenge #62 [Alternate]

Prompt: sacrifice

part 35 of the Expanded Blue Mountain Stories series: Blue Mountain


The medicine man chanted behind the kneeling boys and weaved his burning smudge-stick around and over them. From the lake of boiling, burning, blue mud a loud howling rose. Of all the Creek standing at Nodoroc, only the Honora and the medicine man refused to back away. To the boys’ horror, a gigantic wolf the size of a pony climbed out of the mud and stalked over to the landing. It extended a long forked tongue from its over-large mouth and tasted each of the lads. To Sidmouth’s dismay, it stopped in front of Torquay and howled, over and over



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