Up On the Roof

           "Ohyougoddamfuckingsonofabitch!"

           JackTorrancecriedthesewordsoutinbothsurpriseandagonyasheslappedhisrighthandagainsthisbluechambrayworkshirt,dislodgingthebig,slowmovingwaspthathadstunghim.Thenhewasscramblinguptheroofasfastashecould,lookingbackoverhisshouldertoseeifthewasp’sbrothersandsisterswererisingfromthenesthehaduncoveredtodobattle.Iftheywere,itcouldbebad;thenestwasbetweenhimandhisladder,andthetrapdoorleadingdownintotheatticwaslockedfromtheinside.Thedropwasseventyfeetfromtherooftothecementpatiobetweenthehotelandthelawn.

           Theclearairabovethenestwasstillandundisturbed.

           Jackwhistleddisgustedlybetweenhisteeth,satstraddlingthepeakoftheroof,andexaminedhisrightindexfinger.Itwasswellingalready,andhesupposedhewouldhavetotryandcreeppastthatnesttohisladdersohecouldgodownandputsomeiceonit.

           ItwasOctober20.WendyandDannyhadgonedowntoSidewinderinthehoteltruck(anelderly,rattlingDodgethatwasstillmoretrustworthythantheVW,whichwasnowwheezinggravelyandseemedterminal)togetthreegallonsofmilkanddosomeChristmasshopping.Itwasearlytoshop,buttherewasnotellingwhenthesnowwouldcometostay.Therehadalreadybeenflurries,andinsomeplacestheroaddownfromtheOverlookwasslickwithpatchice.

           Sofarthefallhadbeenalmostpreternaturallybeautiful.

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