![]() Overall, Jack is not impressed with the plan and Ma is cranky, so they stop for now. Jack suggests Ma should be sick too, but she knows Old Nick would not believe that. Then, at the first doctor he sees, she continues, he could scream for help. Jack worries about the doctors, but she reassures him they won’t actually do anything. ![]() Ma will tell Old Nick that he has to take Jack to the hospital so the doctor can give him medicine. coli, since there are no other germs here. He would have to get it from the food-perhaps E. ![]() Ma begins to spool out an idea, saying that Jack could pretend to be sick. Jack suggests a “cunning trick” (106) similar to what happened with the dog, and Ma’s eyes light up a moment later. ![]() Jack offers a bunch of unrealistic ideas, and they keep thinking. He does not understand her mood today.įinally, Ma turns to Jack and tells him in a serious tone that they have to get out of here they need to do it themselves, and they need to form a plan. Jack replies that she can’t know everything, and her face is strange. She muses that she used to dream about being rescued but now knows no one will come. When Jack asks what she is doing, she merely says she is thinking. The two take a bath, do laundry, and play a bit, but Ma doesn’t seem like she wants to be much fun today. He doesn’t want to say goodbye, but he has to. ![]() Jack is thrilled to see all the new food, but then he looks at Ma, who is looking at Plant. ![]()
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