Part Two, June of 1958: Chapter 7, The Dam in the Barrens Summary

Eddie is driving toward Derry through Boston. Eddie thinks about the past and remembers meeting Ben in the Barrens and the morning Ben showed Eddie and Bill how to make a better dam. Ben shows Eddie and Bill what he has in mind. Ben wants to stand up two boards in the middle of the stream and put dirt and debris between them, shoring them up so the pressure of the water will not knock them over. Ben has brought two boards with which to do this, so the boys get to work right away. The dam really works, much to Eddie and Bill's amazement. The boys take a break to have their lunch, and this is how Richie and Stan find them. The boys...