"Doodle was both tired and frightened, and when he stepped from the skiff he collapsed onto the mud."
"I helped him up as he wiped the mud off his trousers he smiled at me ashamedly.""I helped him up as he wiped the mud off his trousers he smiled at me ashamedly."
"He had failed and we both knew it, so we started back home, racing the storm. The faster I walked, he walked so I began to run."
"Brother, brother don't leave me! Don't leave me! I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us."
"As I waited, I peered through the downpour, but no one came. I went back and found him huddled under a bush beside the road."
"Let's go Doodle, I said. He didn't answer so I placed my hand on his forehead and lifted his head. Limply he fell backwards onto the earth. He had been bleeding from the mouth...."