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Up On the Roof

           Theyhadbeenrenderedsludgyandstupidbythefalltemperatures,butJack,whoknewaboutwaspsfromhischildhood,countedhimselfluckythathehadbeenstungonlyonce.And,hethought,ifUllmanhadhiredthejobdoneintheheightofsummer,theworkmanwhotoreupthatparticularsectionoftheflashingwouldhavegottenonehellofasurprise.Yesindeedy.Whenadozenwallwaspslandonyouallatonceandstartstingingyourfaceandhandsandarms,stingingyourlegsrightthroughyourpants,itwouldbeentirelypossibletoforgetyouwereseventyfeetup.Youmightjustchargerightofftheedgeoftheroofwhileyouweretryingtogetawayfromthem.Allfromthoselittlethings,thebiggestofthemonlyhalfthelengthofapencilstub.

           Hehadreadsomeplace-inaSundaysupplementpieceoraback-of-the-booknewsmagazinearticle-that7percentofallautomobilefatalitiesgounexplained.Nomechanicalfailure,noexcessivespeed,nobooze,nobadweather.Simplyone-carcrashesondesertedsectionsofroad,onedeadoccupant,thedriver,unabletoexplainwhathadhappenedtohim.Thearticlehadincludedaninterviewwithastatetrooperwhotheorizedthatmanyoftheseso-called"foocrashes"resultedfrominsectsinthecar.Wasps,abee,possiblyevenaspiderormoth.Thedrivergetspanicky,triestoswatitorunrollawindowtoletitout.Possiblytheinsectstingshim.Maybethedriverjustlosescontrol.Eitherwayit’sbang!.,.allover.

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