I climbed out of the main shaft of doug's tunnels into the garage. 
Mr. Stanley, cell phone in one hand, grasped my arm and helped me 
step away from the ladder. He told me, pulling me into a tight hug, 
"Freddy, Jake tells me you are the jeune premier who kept doug alive 
by breathing life into his lungs! Good work and congratulations! 
You're a hero!"
    Almost everyone in the neighborhood is here, and they gather 
around, patting me on the back, calling me their 'little hero' and 
hugging me. I am so tired my knees are weak and as i get passed 
around I start feeling like I want to cry, but I don't - until Mom 
grabs me and hugs me and says how much she was worried about me and 
she's proud of me. Then I feel my lower lip tighten up and even 
though I don't want to, I cry. I can't see through the tears in my 
eyes. I feel like a big baby, but no one seems to notice.
    mr douglas is still unconscious and needs the oxygen mask to keep 
him breathing. The Doctor says they need to bring him up from the 
bomb shelter as soon as possible and to a hospital. Mr. Douglas 
hooked a line onto the hoist in the garage and lowered it. With Vern 
below and Mrs. douglas above him, they are slowly lifting mr. douglas 
up, out of his tunnel.

*jeune premier (zhoen pruh-MYAY) noun; The role of a young hero; also 
an actor who plays such a part. [From French, literally first young 
man. Jeune premiere is the feminine equivalent of the term.]
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later,
d.
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