Arvid Garwood was a hermit on the hill reputed by children to be very mean and a cannibal. People had disappeared in the area, and boys and girls, as well as some parents, blamed it on Garwood.
Tommy was infatuated with a young girl in school named Susan, but she would seldom return eye contact, let alone friendship. Tommy's best friend was Brian, and one day he and Brian hiked up the hill to get a look at Arvid Garwood's cabin. They hunched behind some bushes and scared each other with "what ifs."
As they started to go back down, Brian spotted a man's footprints in the mud, crossing their path, and they followed them and found a cave. Deep inside they found a pile of human bones! "Garwood IS a cannibal!" they assured themselves, but, being boys, they decided to keep this their special secret for at least a few days.
During a break at school, Tommy approached Susan and told her that he had found a very scary secret place and offered to share it with her. He talked Susan into coming with Brian and him on the hike, but, not finding Brian at home, just the two of them went.
Tommy and Susan came upon the cave and cautiously went in. Tommy was thrilled that he finally had something impressive enough to get Susan to come with him, and hoped that they would now have a special bond and she would be his girlfriend.
When they came to the pile of human bones, Susan stood back, while Tommy tried to act brave walking up to the gory mass. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his back and on his neck, and he landed hard on the ground. Just before Tommy drifted out of consciousness, he heard Susan call out, "Uncle Arvid!" A man grunted from further in the cave. "I've got us another one, Uncle Arvid," shouted Susan. "This time can I have the heart?"
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