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           Theroarshookthewholefacadeofthehotel.Glassbelchedoutontothesnowandtwinkledtherelikejaggeddiamonds.Thehedgedog,whichhadbeenapproachingDannyandhismother,recoiledawayfromit,itsgreenandshadowmarbledearsflattening,itstailcomingdownbetweenitslegsasitshaunchesflattenedabjectly.Inhishead,Hallorannhearditwhinefearfully,andmixedwiththatsoundwasthefearful,confusedyowlingofthebigcats.Hestruggledtohisfeettogototheothertwoandhelpthem,andashedidsohesawsomethingmorenightmarishthanalltherest:thehedgerabbit,stillcoatedwithsnow,wasbatteringitselfcrazilyatthechainlinkfenceatthefarendoftheplayground,andthesteelmeshwasjinglingwithakindofnightmaremusic,likeaspectralzither.Evenfromherehecouldhearthesoundsoftheclose-settwigsandbrancheswhichmadeupitsbodycrackingandcrunchinglikebreakingbones.

           "Dick!Dick!"Dannycriedout.Hewastryingtosupporthismother,helpherovertothesnowmobile.Theclotheshehadcarriedoutforthetwoofthemwerescatteredbetweenwheretheyhadfallenandwheretheynowstood.Hallorannwassuddenlyawarethatthewomanwasinhernightclothes,Dannyjacketless,anditwasnomorethantenabovezero.

           (mygadshe’sinherbarefeet)

           Hestruggledbackthroughthesnow,pickinguphercoat,herboots,Danny’scoat,oddgloves.Thenheranbacktothem,plunginghip-deepinthesnowfromtimetotime,havingtoflounderhiswayout.

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