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World Narrowing

           Theplacestillcontrivedtogivetheimpressionthatatouchofamagicwandwouldbringitawakeagain,thoughmanyofthevehiclesinthestreetswerebeginningtoturnrusty.Ayearlaterthechangewasmorenoticeable.Largepatchesofplasterdetachedfromhousefrontshadbeguntolitterthesidewalks.Dislodgedtilesandchimneypotscouldbefoundinthestreets.Grassandweedshadagoodholdintheguttersandwerechokingthedrains.Leaveshadblockeddownspoutingssothatmoregrass,andevensmallbushes,grewincracksandinthesiltintheroofgutterings.Almosteverybuildingwasbeginningtowearagreenwigbeneathwhichitsroofswoulddamplyrot.Throughmanyawindowonehadglimpsesoffallenceilings,curvesofpeelingpaper,andwallsglisteningwithdamp.Thegardensoftheparksandsquareswerewildernessescreepingoutacrosstheborderingstreets.Growingthingsseemed,indeed,topressouteverywhere,rootinginthecrevicesbetweenthepavingstones,springingfromcracksinconcrete,findinglodgmentsevenintheseatsoftheabandonedcars.Onallsidestheywereincroachingtorepossessthemselvesofthearidspacesthatmanhadcreated.And,curiously,asthelivingThingsincreasinglytookcharge,theeffectoftheplacebecamelessoppressive.Asitpassedbeyondthescopeofanymagicwand,mostoftheghostsweregoingwithit,withdrawingslowlyintohistory.

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