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Pretty soon, it stopped trying and just howled as I twirled around and
around and around.

While I swung the dog, Slim got to her feet. I caught glimpses of her
as I spun. She was there, gone, there, gone .... Then she was on the
move toward the snack stand. Closer. Closer. Around I went again and
glimpsed her leaping. Around again and Rusty was pulling her up by one
arm. Next time around, I glimpsed the faded seat of her cut-off jeans.
Then I saw her standing on the roof beside Rusty.

Around and around I went. Glimpse after glimpse, I saw them shoulder
to shoulder up there, staring down at me.

I saw them again. Again. They looked stunned and worried.

I was awfully dizzy by then and my arms were getting tired. I thought
maybe I'd better end things soon--maybe by slamming the canine into a
wall of the snack stand. So I started working my way that direction.

Rusty yelled, "Don't bring it here!" "Just let it go!" Slim called.
So I did.

Waiting until it was pointed away from the snack stand, I released its
tail. The weight suddenly gone, I stumbled sideways, trying to stay on
my feet.

I didn't see the dog at first, but its howl climbed an octave or two.
Then, still staggering, I spotted it. Ears laid back, legs kicking, it
flew headfirst, rolling through the air as if being turned on an
invisible spit.

Far out across Janks Field, it slammed the ground. Its howl ended with
a cry of pain, and the dog vanished in a rising cloud of dust.

Slim's voice came from behind me. She said, "My God, Dwight." And
Rusty said, "Jesus H. Christ on a rubber crutch."

Then, growling like a pissed-off grizzly bear, the dog came racing out
of the dust cloud.

Rusty yelled, "Shit!"

Slim yelled, "Run!"

I squealed a wordless outcry of disbelief and panic and sprinted for
the shack.

 Leaving, I grabbed the edge of the roof. Rusty and Slim caught me by
the wrists and hauled me up so fast I felt weightless. An instant
later, the dog slammed against the wall.