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"What?"

Abby points one finger up "There’s a bird’s nest Up there I want to know if there are baby birds in it or eggs or so like that because baby birds are cute and I like cute I was going to ask you to do it and then I thought, nope, that’s way too high Even too high for you But then I thought, naw, Logan’s just crazy enough to do it"

I takethe spoon of peanut butter, then assess the challenge set in front of h up Aling branches and most of theoing to do it"

Can’t help but like the faht feel of norives Chris first used it in er than he and Ryan After a fewand becah up" Ryan crunches on an apple, and I spot the spark in his eye

"It is" I clean off"Think you could clie bite then tosses the apple away from us "Bet I can do it faster"

I choke on the laugh "Bet you can’t"

We both stand, fully aware the dare is on Ryan flips his baseball cap backwards and I toss round Ryan’s a pitcher Can throw faster than anyone I know He’s all shoulders and upper body We’re built similar, but this kid is a machine

Abby claps "It’s like o fetch me a baby bird"

Ryan and I stand near the tree, me on one side, him on the other

"First one to touch the limb with the nest?" I confirm

Ryan nods "Count it down, Chris Not unless you want to join us"

"I’ood," Chris says

I shts, but other than that, he’s always interested in joining us in a good dare

"Chris is just sore because he’s on a losing streak," I say "Doesn’t want to get further behind as I continue to win"

"Kisson that countdown"

"Both of you are crazy," hethe bulldozer to shove your bodies into a ditch On your mark"

I do a quick study of the tree and before I can completely fors up and I do, too I kick off the side of the tree and grab the first thick low branch I swing up, get rab the next The tree shakes as e, all while trying to beat the other