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Laurie stopped dead in her tracks. In front of them was another forking. The last one.
The left-hand sign said
HAMILTON (LAURIE'S WISH)
And the right-hand sign said
AUNT VANA (XOR'S WISH)
“The Garden guessed my wish!” Laurie said.
“Mine, too,” Xor said.
Laurie started to go left, then stopped. Then she started to go right, but had second thoughts.
They stood there for a very long and very silent minute.
“We can only take one path,” said the girl.
“Yeah,” the lizard replied.
“And there's no going back.”
“That's the rule.”
“You really want to find your aunt,” Laurie said.
“And you really want to go back home,” Xor sighed.
“That means we have to choose,” Laurie said. “But how?” She did want to go home, but she
also wanted Xor to find Aunt Vana. She wanted to bring Xor and Vana home with her and
how cool would that be and—
“No, Laurie,” Xor said sadly. “It means we have to split up.”
“But—”
“Only One Visitor Per Path. That's the rule.” He jumped off her shoulder and landed on the
right-hand sign. “I guess . . . this is how you found me.” His skin turned orange and purple.
“We can do this,” said Laurie, thinking furiously. “Once you find your Aunt Vana, take her to
the Treelighthouse. I'll find a way to come back. Or maybe I'll get a telescope and a big light
and—”
“We'll see each other again,” Xor said.
“Okay,” said Laurie. “Promise?”
“Promise.”
“And I'm going to whistle, okay?”
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