Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           Sensingtheawesomesadnessoftheadults,thechildrenstoodandwaitedsilently.

           Thatweekend,asthefamilywatchedthenewsandthefuneralprocessiononTV,Billysawthathismotherwascrying.Itpainedhim.Hecouldn’tstandtoseeherthatwayorhearhersobbing,soheclosedhiseyes...

           ShawncameandstaredatthesilentpicturesontheTVscreenandateverybodywatchingit.Hewentuptothesetandputhisfaceclosetoit,feelingthevibrations.Challapushedhimoutoftheway.Shawnwenttohisroomandsatonthebed.Hediscoveredthatifheletairoutofhismouthslowly,withhisfeetclenched,itwouldmakethesamefunnyvibrationsinhishead—somethinglikezzzzzzzz...Hesatanddiditaloneinhisroomforalongtime.Zzzzzzzz...

           ChalmertookthethreechildrenoutofSt.JosephsandenrolledthemintheCirclevillecityschoolsystem.AsanIrishProtestant,hewasn’thavinganyoneinhisfamilygoingtoCatholicschool;theywouldallhavetogototheMethodistChurch.

           ThechildrenresentedhavingtochangetheirprayersfromtheAveMariaandtheLord’sPrayer—grown-upprayerstheyallwereusedtobynow—tothechildren’sprayersChallahadtosay,especially"NowIlaymedowntosleep."

           Billydecidedifhewasgoingtochangehisreligionhewasgoingtobewhathisfather,JohnnyMorrison,hadbeen—Jewish.