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The Snowmobile

           Forthefirsttimehenoticedhowmuchtheyseemedlikeeyes.Theyreflectedawaythesunandheldtheirowndarknesswithin.ItwasnotDannytheywerelookingat.Itwashim.

           Inthosefewsecondsheunderstoodeverything.Therewasacertainblack-andwhitepictureherememberedseeingasachild,incatechismclass.ThenunhadpresentedittothemonaneaselandcalleditamiracleofGod.Theclasshadlookedatitblankly,seeingnothingbutajumbleofwhitesandblacks,senselessandpatternlessThenoneofthechildreninthethirdrowhadgasped,"It’sJesus!"andthatchildhadgonehomewithabrand-newTestamentandalsoacalendarbecausehehadbeenfirst.Theothersstaredevenharder,JackyTorranceamongthem.Onebyonetheotherkidshadgivenasimilargasp,onelittlegirltransportedinnear-ecstasy,cryingoutshrilly:"IseeHim!IseeHim!"ShehadalsobeenrewardedwithaTestament.AtlasteveryonehadseenthefaceofJesusinthejumbleofblacksandwhitesexceptJacky.Hestrainedharderandharder,scarednow,partofhimcynicallythinkingthateveryoneelsewassimplyputtingontopleaseSisterBeatrice,partofhimsecretlyconvincedthathewasn’tseeingitbecauseGodhaddecidedhewastheworstsinnerintheclass."Don’tyouseeit,Jacky?"SisterBeatricehadaskedhiminhersad,sweetmanner.Iseeyourtits,hehadthoughtinviciousdesperation.

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