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The Snowmobile

           Wendywasonlyscaredoftheboogeymansummonedupbyasinglehystericallittleboy.Nowsuddenly,hecouldseeherside.Itwaslikehisplay,hisdamnableplay.Henolongerknewwhichsidehewason,orhowthingsshouldcomeout.Onceyousawthefaceofagodinthosejumbledblacksandwhites,itwaseverybodyoutofthepool-youcouldneverunseeit.Othersmightlaughandsayit’snothing,justalotofsplotcheswithnomeaning,givemeagoodoldCraftmasterpaint-by-the-numbersanyday,butyouwouldalwaysseethefaceofChrist-Our-Lordlookingoutatyou.Youhadseenitinonegestaltleap,theconsciousandunconsciousmeldinginthatoneshockingmomentofunderstanding.Youwouldalwaysseeit.Youweredamnedtoalwaysseeit.

           (I’vebeensleepwalkingagain,mydear…)

           IthadbeenallrightuntilhehadseenDannyplayinginthesnow.ItwasDanny’sfault.EverythinghadbeenDanny’sfault.Hewastheonewiththeshining,orwhateveritwas.Itwasn’tashining.Itwasacurse.IfheandWendyhadbeenherealone,theycouldhavepassedthewinterquitenicely.Nopain,nostrainonthebrain.

           (Don’twanttoleave.?Can’t?)

           TheOverlookdidn’twantthemtogoandhedidn’twantthemtogoeither.NotevenDanny.Maybehewasapartofit,now.PerhapstheOverlook,largeandramblingSamuelJohnsonthatitwas,hadpickedhimtobeitsBoswell.Yousaythenewcaretakerwrites?Verygood,signhimon.Timewetoldourside.

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