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single bug in two hours' time and then dissipate with no residue。〃 
  〃I hate them;〃 she said。 
  〃What。。。 wasps?〃 
  〃Anything that stings;〃 she said。 Her hands went to her elbows and cupped 
them; her arms crossed over her breasts。 
  〃I do too;〃 he said; and hugged her。 
 
 
 
 
》 
 
 
DANNY 
 
 
  Down the hall; in the bedroom; Wendy could hear the typewriter Jack had 
carried up from downstairs burst into life for thirty seconds; fall silent for a 
minute or two; and then rattle briefly again。 It was like listening to machine… 
gun fire from an isolated pillbox。 The sound was music to her ears; Jack had not 
been writing so steadily since the second year of their marriage; when he wrote 


 
 
the story that Esquire had purchased。 He said he thought the play would be done 
by the end of the year; for better or worse; and he would be moving on to 
something new。 He said he didn't care if The Little School stirred any 
excitement when Phyllis showed it around; didn't care if it sank without a 
trace; and Wendy believed that; too。 The actual act of his writing made her 
immensely hopeful; not because she expected great things from the play but 
because her husband seemed to be slowly closing a huge door on a roomful of 
monsters。 He had had his shoulder to that door for a long time now; but at last 
it was swinging shut。 
  Every key typed closed it a little more。 
  〃Look; Dick; look。〃 
  Danny was hunched over the first of the five battered primers Jack had dug up 
by culling mercilessly through Boulder's myriad secondhand bookshops。 They would 
take Danny right up to the second…grade reading level; a program she had told 
Jack she thought was much too ambitious。 Their son was intelligent; they knew 
that; but it would be a mistake to push him too far too fast。 Jack had agreed。 
There would be no pushing involved。 But if the kid caught on fast; they would be 
prepared。 And now she wondered if Jack hadn't been right about that; too。 
  Danny; prepared by four years of 〃Sesame Street〃 and three years of 〃Electric 
pany;〃 seemed to be catching on with almost scary speed。 It bothered her。 He 
hunched over the innocuous little books; his crystal radio and balsa glider on 
the shelf above him; as though his life depended on learning to read。 His small 
face was more tense and paler than she liked in the close and cozy glow of the 
goosenecked lamp they had put in his room。 He was taking it very seriously; both 
the reading and the workbook pages his father made up for him every afternoon。 
Picture of an apple and a peach。 The word apple written beneath in Jack's large; 
neatly made printing。 Circle the right picture; the one that went with the word。 
And their son would stare from the word to the pictures; his lips moving; 
sounding out; actually sweating it out; And with his double…sized red pencil 
curled into his pudgy right fist; he could now write about three dozen words on 
his own。 
  His finger traced slowly under the words in the reader。 Above them was a 
picture Wendy half…remembered from her own grammar school days; nineteen years 
before。 A laughing boy with brown curly hair。 A girl in a short dress; her hair 
in blond ringlets one hand holding a jump rope。 A prancing dog running after a 
large red rubber ball。 The first…grade trinity。 Dick; Jane; and Jip。 
  〃See Jip run;〃 Danny read slowly。 〃Run; Jip; run。 Run; run; run。〃 He paused; 
dropping his finger down a line。 〃See the 。。。〃 He bent closer; his nose almost 
touching the page now。 〃See the 。。。〃 
  〃Not so close; doc;〃 Wendy said quietly。 〃You'll hurt your eyes。 It's…〃 
  〃Don't tell me!〃 he said; sitting up with a jerk。 His voice was alarmed。 
〃Don't tell me; Mommy; I can get it!〃 
  〃All right; honey;〃 she said。 〃But it's not a big thing。 Really it's not。〃 
  Unheeding; Danny bent forward again。 On his face was an expression that might 
be more monly seen hovering over a graduate record exam in a college gym 
somewhere。 She liked it less and less。 
  〃See the 。。。 buh。 Aw。 El。 El。 See the buhaw…el…el? See the buhawl。 Ball!〃 
Suddenly triumphant。 Fierce。 The fierceness in his voice scared her。 〃See the 


 
 
ball!〃 
  〃That's right;〃 she said。 〃Honey; I think that's enough for tonight。〃 
  〃A couple more pages; Mommy? Please?〃 
  〃No; doc。〃 She closed the red…bound book firmly。 〃It's bedtime。〃 
  〃Please?〃 
  〃Don't tease me about it; Danny。 Mommy's tired。〃 
  〃Okay。〃 But he looked longingly at the primer。 
  〃Go kiss your father and then wash up。 Don't forget to brush。〃 
  〃Yeah。〃 
  He slouched out; a small boy in pajama bottoms with feet and a large flannel 
top with a football on the front and NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS written on the back。 
  Jack's typewriter stopped; and she heard Danny's hearty smack。 〃Night; Daddy。〃 
  〃Goodnight; doc。 How'd you do?〃 
  〃Okay; I guess。 Mommy made me stop。〃 
  〃Mommy was right。 It's past eight…thirty。 Going to the bathroom?〃 
  〃Yeah。〃 
  〃Good。 There's potatoes growing out of your ears。 And onions and carrots and 
chives and — 〃 
  Danny's giggle; fading; then cut off by the firm click of the bathroom door。 
He was private about his bathroom functions; while both she and Jack were pretty 
much catch…as…catch…can。 Another sign — and they were multiplying all the time —  
that there was another human being in the place; not just a carbon copy of one 
of them or a bination of both。 It made her a little sad。 Someday her child 
would be a stranger to her; and she would be strange to him 。。。 but not as 
strange as her own mother had bee to her。 Please don't let it be that way; 
God。 Let him grow up and still love his mother。 
  Jack's typewriter began its irregular bursts again。 
  Still sitting in the chair beside Danny's reading table; she let her eyes 
wander around her son's room。 The glider's wing had been neatly mended。 His desk 
was piled high with picture books; coloring books; old Spiderman ic books 
with the covers half torn off; Crayolas; and an untidy pile of Lincoln Logs。 The 
VW model was neatly placed above these lesser things; its shrink…wrap still 
undisturbed。 He and his father would be putting it together tomorrow night or 
the night after if Danny went on at this rate; and never mind the end of the 
week。 His pictures of Pooh and Eyore and Christopher Robin were tacked neatly to 
the wall; soon enough to be replaced with pin…ups and photographs of dope… 
smoking rock singers; she supposed。 Innocence to experience。 Human nature; baby。 
Grab it and growl。 Still it made her sad。 Next year he would be in school and 
she would lose at least half of him; maybe more; to his friends。 She and Jack 
had tried to have another one for a while when things had seemed to be going 
well at Stovington; but she was on the pill again now。 Things were too 
uncertain。 God knew where they would be in nine months。 
  Her eyes fell on the wasps' nest。 
  It held the ultimate high place in Danny's room; resting on a large plastic 
plate on the table by his bed。 She didn't like it; even if it was empty。 She 
wondered vaguely if it might have germs; thought to ask Jack; then decided he 
would laugh at her。 But she would ask the doctor tomorrow; if she could catch 
him with Jack out of the room。 She didn't like the idea of that thing; 


 
 
constructed from the chewings and saliva of so many alien creatures; lying 
within a foot of her sleeping son's head。 
  The water in the bathroom was still running; and she got up and went into the 
big bedroom to make sure everything was okay。 Jack didn't look up; he was lost 
in the world he was making; staring at the typewriter; a filter cigarette 
clamped in his teeth。 
  She knocked lightly on the closed bathroom room。 〃You okay; doc? You awake?〃 
  No answer。 
  〃Danny?〃 
  No answer。 She tried the door。 It was locked。 
  〃Danny?〃 She was worried now。 The lack of any sound beneath the steadily 
running water made her uneasy。 〃Danny? Open the door; honey。〃 
  No answer。 
  〃Danny!〃 
  〃Jesus Christ; Wendy; I can't think if you're going to pound on the door all 
night。〃 
  〃Danny's locked himself in the bathroom and he doesn't answer me!〃 
  Jack c

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