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He was being looked at by a dead man who was seated with his back against a columnlike tree. The corpse was dressed in a uniform that once had been blue, but was now faded to a melancholy shade of green. The eyes, staring at the youth, had changed to the dull hue to be seen on the side of a dead fish. The mouth was open. Its red had changed to an appalling yellow. Over the gray skin of the face ran little ants. One was trundling some sort of a bundle along the upper lip. The youth gave a shriek as he confronted the thing.
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When I read this part of the story, I almost gagged. It is so graphic it almost made me sick. I was really glad that it was a book and not a movie. It made me try to picture what I would have done if I had encountered that corpse myself. I would have probably had a heart attack upon seeing it. I would have been curious enough to look at it, but as soon as I did, I would have regretted it. I would have screamed and ran once the meaning of that sight hit home base.
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