The third story in 'Different Seasons' is 'The Body'.
This story takes place during the summer of 1960 in the Stephen King created town of Castle Rock, Maine. A kid named Ray Brower from a nearby town had gone out to pick berries and never returned. Twelve year-olds Gordon Lachance, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio, discover the location of the corpse of Ray Brower through an eavesdropped conversation and decide to go find it.
The rest of the story is about their adventures, and misadventures, in their journey to discover the body and unknowingly, themselves.
Along the way the boys are faced to not only faced with certain perils and dangers ( ie. on 
coming train while on a bridge), but they also realize that they are getting older and once school starts they may never be the same again.
coming train while on a bridge), but they also realize that they are getting older and once school starts they may never be the same again.It is a classic coming of age tale as only Stephen King can tell it.
The movie adaptation was called 'Stand By Me' and was directed by Rob Reiner. I find the movie adaptation of this novella to be very good and it stuck very close to the original story.
Another awesome story.
Fall From Innocence
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