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The First Night.

           Ithinkthatnothingintheentirebusinessstandsinmymemorysostronglyasthatbird-thingblazingazigzaggingcourseabovetheaislesofthe’FederalSupermarket,droppingcharredandsmokingbitsofitselfhereandthere.Itfinallycrashedintothespaghettisauces,splatteringRaguandPrinceandPrimaSalsaeverywherelikegoutsofblood.Itwaslittlemorethanashandbone.Thesmellofitsburningwashighandsickening.Andunderlyingitlikeacounterpointwasthethinandacridstenchofthemist,eddyinginthroughthebrokenplaceintheglass.

           Foramomenttherewasuttersilence.Wewereunitedintheblackwonderofthatbrightlyflamingdeathflight.Thensomeonehowled.Othersscreamed.AndfromsomewhereinthebackIcouldhearmysoncrying.

           Ahandgrabbedme.ItwasBudBrown.Hiseyeswerebulgingfromtheirsockets.Hislipsweredrawnbackfromhisfalseteethinasnarl."Oneofthoseotherthings,"hesaid,andpointed.

           Oneofthebugsbadcomeinthroughtheholeanditnowperchedonalawn-foodbag,houseflywingsbuzzing-youcouldhearthem;itsoundedlikeacheapdepartment-storeelectricfan-eyesbulgingfromtheirstalks.Itspinkandnoxiouslyplumpbodywasaspiratingrapidly.

           Imovedtowardit.Mytorchwasgutteringbutnotyetout.ButMrs.Reppler,thethird-gradeteacher,beatmetoit.Shewasmaybefifty-five,maybesixty,rope-thin.Herbodyhadatough,dried-outlookthatalwaysmakesmethinkofbeefjerky.

           ShehadacanofRaidineachhandlikesomecrazygunslingerinanexistentialcomedy.

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