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Now
,
heart
thumping
loudly
in
his
chest
,
he
came
around
the
corner
and
looked
down
the
hall
past
the
extinguisher
to
the
stairs
.
Mommy
was
down
there
,
sleeping
.
And
if
Daddy
was
back
from
his
walk
,
he
would
probably
be
sitting
in
the
kitchen
,
eating
a
sandwich
and
reading
a
book
.
He
would
just
walk
right
past
that
old
extinguisher
and
go
downstairs
.
He
started
toward
it
,
moving
closer
to
the
far
wall
until
his
right
arm
was
brushing
the
expensive
silk
paper
.
Twenty
steps
away
.
Fifteen
.
A
dozen
.
When
he
was
ten
steps
away
,
the
brass
nozzle
suddenly
rolled
off
the
fat
loop
it
had
been
lying
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(
sleeping
?
)
on
and
fell
to
the
hall
carpet
with
a
dull
thump
.
It
lay
there
,
the
dark
bore
of
its
muzzle
pointing
at
Danny
.
He
stopped
immediately
,
his
shoulders
twitching
forward
with
the
suddenness
of
his
scare
.
His
blood
thumped
thickly
in
his
ears
and
temples
.
His
mouth
had
gone
dry
and
sour
,
his
hands
curled
into
fists
.
Yet
the
nozzle
of
the
hose
only
lay
there
,
its
brass
casing
glowing
mellowly
,
a
loop
of
flat
canvas
leading
back
up
to
the
red
-
painted
frame
bolted
to
the
wall
.
So
it
had
fallen
off
,
so
what
?
It
was
only
a
fire
extinguisher
,
nothing
else
.
It
was
stupid
to
think
that
it
looked
like
some
poison
snake
from
"
Wide
World
of
Animals
"
that
had
heard
him
and
woken
up
.
Even
if
the
stitched
canvas
did
look
a
little
bit
like
scales
.
He
would
just
step
over
it
and
go
down
the
hall
to
the
stairs
,
walking
a
little
bit
fast
,
maybe
,
to
make
sure
it
didn
’
t
snap
out
after
him
and
curl
around
his
foot
…
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He
wiped
his
lips
with
his
left
hand
,
in
unconscious
imitation
of
his
father
,
and
took
a
step
forward
.
No
movement
from
the
hose
.
Another
step
.
Nothing
.
There
,
see
how
stupid
you
are
?
You
got
all
worked
up
thinking
about
that
dumb
room
and
that
dumb
Bluebeard
story
and
that
hose
was
probably
ready
to
fall
off
for
the
last
five
years
.
That
’
s
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
:
Don
’
t
worry
.
I
’
m
just
a
hose
,
that
’
s
all
.
And
even
if
that
isn
’
t
all
,
what
I
do
to
you
won
’
t
be
much
worse
than
a
bee
sting
.
Or
a
wasp
sting
.