The pony lay dead in its stall, a withered and puckered hole over its heart.

The squirrel disappeared into a puckered hole in the fork of the maple.

At last it slid out, leaving a puckered hole between the gleaming red scales.

Removing his patch, Ryan exposed the puckered hole underneath.

He landed in a heap, brown vapor rising from the puckered hole in his chest.

A puckered, blistered hole on the child's left cheek was the unmistakable tag of a bullet, Web knew.