for the last five years。 Thats all。
Danny stared at the hose on the floor and thought of wasps。
Eight steps away; the nozzle of the hose gleamed peacefully at him from the
rug as if to say: Dont worry。 Im just a hose; thats all。 And even if that
isnt all; what I do to you wont be much worse than a bee sting。 Or a wasp
sting。 What would I want to do to a nice little boy like you 。。。 except bite。。。
and bite 。。。 and bite?
Danny took another step; and another。 His breath was dry and harsh in his
throat。 Panic was close now。 He began to wish the hose would move; then at last
he would know; he would be sure。 He took another step and now he was within
striking distance。 But its not going to strike at you; he thought hysterically。
How can it strike at you; bite at you; when its just a hose?
Maybe its full of wasps。
His internal temperature plummeted to ten below zero。 He stared at the black
bore in the center of the nozzle; nearly hypnotized。 Maybe it was full of wasps;
secret wasps; their brown bodies bloated with poison; so full of autumn poison
that it dripped from their stingers in clear drops of fluid。
Suddenly he knew that he was nearly frozen with terror; if he did not make his
feet go now; they would bee locked to the carpet and he would stay here;
staring at the black hole in the center of the brass nozzle like a bird staring
at a snake; he would stay here until his daddy found him and then what would
happen?
With a high moan; he made himself run。 As he reached the hose; some trick of
the light made the nozzle seem to move; to revolve as if to strike; and he
leaped high in the air above it; in his panicky state it seemed that his legs
pushed him nearly all the way to the ceiling; that he could feel the stiff back
hairs that formed his cowlick brushing the hallways plaster ceiling; although
later he knew that couldnt have been so。
He came down on the other side of the hose and ran; and suddenly he heard it
behind him; ing for him; the soft dry whicker of that brass snakes head as
it slithered rapidly along the carpet after him like a rattlesnake moving
swiftly through a dry field of grass。 It was ing for him; and suddenly the
stairs seemed very far away; they seemed to retreat a running step into the
distance for each running step he took toward them。
Daddy! he tried to scream; but his closed throat would not allow a word to
pass。 He was on his own。 Behind him the sound grew louder; the dry sliding sound
of the snake; slipping swiftly over the carpets dry hackles。 At his heels
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