The boys fled for the safety of the porch; but Daddy only stood over the nest;
swaying and blinking down at it。 Jacky crept back to see。 A few wasps were
crawling sluggishly over the paper terrain of their property; but they were not
trying to fly。 From the inside of the nest; the black and alien place; came a
never…to…be…forgotten sound: a low; somnolent buzz; like the sound of high…
tension wires。
〃Why dont they try to sting you; Daddy?〃 he had asked。
〃The smoke makes em drunk; Jacky。 Go get my gascan。〃
He ran to fetch it。 Daddy doused the nest with amber gasoline。
〃Now step away; Jacky; unless you want to lose your eyebrows。〃
He had stepped away。 From somewhere in the voluminous folds of his white
overblouse; Daddy had produced a wooden kitchen match。 He lit it with his
thumbnail and flung it onto the nest。 There had been a white…orange explosion;
almost soundless in its ferocity。 Daddy had stepped away; cackling wildly。 The
wasps nest had gone up in no time。
〃Fire;〃 Daddy had said; turning to Jacky with a smile。 〃Fire will kill
anything。〃
After supper the boys had e out in the days waning light to stand solemnly
around the charred and blackened nest。 From the hot interior had e the sound
of wasp bodies popping like corn。
The pressure gauge stood at two…twenty。 A low iron wailing sound was building
up in the guts of the thing。 Jets of steam stood out erect in a hundred places
like porcupine quills。
(Fire will kill anything。)
Jack suddenly started。 He had been dozing off 。。。 and he had almost dozed
himself right into kingdom cone。 What in Gods name had he been thinking of?
Protecting the hotel was his job。 He was the caretaker。
A sweat of terror sprang to his hands so quickly that at first he missed his
grip on the large valve。 Then he curled his fingers around its spokes。 He
whirled it one turn; two; three。 There was a giant hiss of steam; dragons
breath。 A warm tropical mist rose from beneath the boiler and veiled him。 For a
moment he could no longer see the dial but thought he must have waited too long;
the groaning; clanking sound inside the boiler increased; followed by a series
of heavy rattling sounds and the wrenching screech of metal。
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