I think we should just keep going in the direction Matt told us. At least then we know we’ll get out of the forest.”
Avi stared at Elchanan, his eyes wide with shock. “What do you mean, they left the trail? Why would they do that? Weren’t they going to follow it to look for us?”
Elchanan shrugged. “I don’t know why they did anything. I just know what I saw.”
“They came from that direction,” Avi said, thinking hard. “Maybe they assume that we’re not on the path because that Stefan guy said he hadn’t seen us? Could that be why they left the trail?”
Elchanan shrugged again. He didn’t have the head for all these complicated calculations. “The fact is, they could be anywhere by now. I think we should just keep going in the direction Matt told us. At least then we know we’ll get out of the forest.”
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