Sara stands again to look over the valley and hears something. Sara grabs Joe's arm to keep him from speaking and listens closer. Sara is filled with joy as she pinpoints where the sound is coming from and begins to rush in that direction. Sara feels weak as she runs toward a ravine, pausing to search the shadowed depths. Sara sees Charlie.
Charlie looks at Sara in a way that she knows she will never see anyone look at her ever again. Sara pulls him into her arms and hugs him very tight, and Charlie returns the hug with ferocity. Eventually Sara is able to speak to him, to reassure him and to give him back his slipper. Sara encourages Charlie to follow her out of the ravine down a path Joe has found,.....
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