I pretended then to search once more, telling him to have courage, and then I said, 'Is this it ?' He fumbled for it, and his hand caught it quickly up under his chin.

He was so glad.

He thanked me for finding it, and then he lay still, panting.

After a while--we both wanted water--I crawled away to where I heard a running stream.

It must have been farther than I thought, and I couldn't be quick because so much of me was numb and had to be dragged.