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After
reading
of
African
monkey
traps
—
used
to
capture
the
animals
when
they
reached
through
narrow
slots
for
food
and
were
then
unable
to
pull
their
fists
free
because
they
wouldn
’
t
let
go
—
Tommy
began
to
think
about
the
structure
of
the
human
hand
.
He
studied
the
encyclopedia
pictures
of
bone
structure
,
and
it
occurred
to
him
that
if
the
hand
could
be
compressed
smaller
than
the
wrist
,
it
could
always
get
free
.
He
measured
his
own
hands
and
wrists
and
began
a
series
of
exercises
,
squeezing
and
conditioning
his
bones
and
joints
.
When
he
finally
reached
the
point
of
being
able
to
compress
his
hands
smaller
than
his
wrists
,
he
knew
that
nothing
could
ever
again
keep
him
in
harness
or
chains
.
Tommy
decided
he
also
needed
to
know
how
to
get
out
of
locked
rooms
.
When
Billy
’
s
mother
was
out
and
he
was
alone
in
the
house
,
he
got
a
screwdriver
and
unscrewed
the
lock
plate
of
the
door
,
studying
the
mechanism
to
see
how
it
worked
.
He
drew
a
picture
of
the
inside
of
the
lock
and
memorized
the
shapes
.
Whenever
he
saw
a
different
lock
,
he
would
take
it
apart
,
study
it
and
put
it
back
together
.
One
day
he
wandered
downtown
into
the
shop
of
a
locksmith
.
The
old
man
let
him
look
at
the
different
kinds
of
locks
to
memorize
how
they
worked
.
He
even
lent
Tommy
a
book
about
magnetic
-
invoked
tumblers
,
spinner
-
type
tumblers
and
different
kinds
of
vaults
.
Tommy
studied
hard
,
testing
himself
constantly
.
At
the
sporting
goods
store
he
saw
handcuffs
and
decided
that
as
soon
as
he
had
the
money
he
would
get
a
pair
to
learn
how
to
unlock
those
as
well
.
One
evening
when
Chalmer
was
particularly
nasty
at
dinner
,
Tommy
searched
for
a
way
he
could
hurt
him
without
getting
caught
.
He
had
an
idea
.
He
got
a
file
from
the
toolbox
,
took
the
cover
off
Chalmers
electric
rotary
razor
and
carefully
filed
all
three
rotary
blades
dull
.
Then
he
put
the
cover
back
on
and
went
out
.
Next
morning
he
stood
outside
the
bathroom
while
Chalmer
was
shaving
.
He
heard
the
click
of
the
razor
and
then
the
shouts
of
pain
as
the
dull
blades
yanked
at
the
hairs
instead
of
cutting
them
.
Chalmer
raced
out
of
the
bathroom
.
"
What
’
re
you
looking
at
,
you
stupid
bastard
?
Don
’
t
stand
there
like
a
goddamned
moron
!
"
Tommy
shoved
his
hands
into
his
pockets
and
walked
off
turning
his
head
away
so
Chalmer
wouldn
’
t
see
him
smiling
.
