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  Everything was just as it had been。 So why had the flesh of his face and hands 
begun to creep�察�and why had the hair along the back of his neck begun to stand 
up�察�as if the flesh back there had suddenly tightened�拭�
  He squinted up at the hotel again�察�but that was no answer。 It simply stood 
there�察�its windows dark�察�a tiny thread of smoke curling from the chimney�察�ing 
from the banked fire in the lobby。 
  ��Buster�察�you better get going or they're going to e back and wonder if you 
were doing anything all the while。�� 
  Sure�察�get going。 Because the snow was ing and he had to get the damn hedges 
trimmed。 It was part of the agreement。 Besides�察�they wouldn't dare 
  ��Who wouldn't�拭�What wouldn't�拭�Dare do what�殖� 
  He began to walk back toward the hedge´clipper at the foot of the big kids' 
slide�察�and the sound of his feet crunching on the crushed stone seemed 
abnormally loud。 Now the flesh on his testicles had begun to creep too�察�and his 
buttocks felt hard and heavy�察�like stone。 
  ��Jesus�察�what is this�殖� 
  He stopped by the hedge´clipper�察�but made no move to pick it up。 Yes�察�there 
was something different。 In the topiary。 And it was so simple�察�so easy to see�察�
that he just wasn't picking it up。 e on�察�he scolded himself�察�you just trimmed 
the fucking rabbit�察�so what's the 
  ��that's it�� 
  His breath stopped in his throat。 
  The rabbit was down on all fours�察�cropping grass。 Its belly was against the 
ground。 But not ten minutes ago it had been up on its hind legs�察�of course it 
had been�察�he had trimmed its ears 。。。 and its belly。 
  His eyes darted to the dog。 When he had e down the path it had been sitting 
up�察�as if begging for a sweet。 Now it was crouched�察�head tilted�察�the clipped 
wedge of mouth seeming to snarl silently。 And the lions !  
  ��oh no�察�baby�察�oh no�察�uh´uh�察�no way�� 
  the lions were closer to the path。 The two on his right had subtly changed 
positions�察�had drawn closer together。 The tail of the one on the left now almost 
jutted out over the path。 When he had e past them and through the gate�察�that 
lion had been on the right and he was quite sure its tail had been curled around 
it。 
  They were no longer protecting the path�察�they were blocking it。 
  Jack put his hand suddenly over his eyes and then took it away。 The picture 
didn't change。 A soft sigh�察�too quiet to be a groan�察�escaped him。 In his 
drinking days he had always been afraid of something like this happening。 But 
when you were a heavy drinker you called it the DTs ! good old Ray Milland in 
Lost Weekend�察�seeing the bugs ing out of the walls。 
  What did you call it when you were cold sober�拭�
  The question was meant to be rhetorical�察�but his mind answered it 


 
 
  ��you call it insanity�� 
  nevertheless。 
  Staring at the hedge animals�察�he realized something had changed while he had 
his hand over his eyes。 The dog had moved closer。 No longer crouching�察�it seemed 
to be in a running posture�察�haunches flexed�察�one front leg forward�察�the other 
back。 The hedge mouth yawned wider�察�the pruned sticks looked sharp and vicious。 
And now he fancied he could see faint eye indentations in the greenery as well。 
Looking at him。 
  Why do they have to be trimmed�拭�he thought hysterically。 They're perfect。 
  Another soft sound。 He involuntarily backed up a step when he looked at the 
lions。 One of the two on the right seemed to have drawn slightly ahead of the 
other。 Its head was lowered。 One paw had stolen almost all the way to the low 
fence。 Dear God�察�what next�拭�
  ��next it leaps over and gobbles you up like something in an evil nursery 
fable�� 
  It was like that game they had played when they were kids�察�red light。 One 
person was ;it�察─�and while he turned his back and counted to ten�察�the other 
players crept forward。 When ;it; got to ten�察�he whirled around and if he caught 
anyone moving�察�they were out of the game。 The others remained frozen in statue 
postures until ;it; turned his back and counted again。 They got closer and 
closer�察�and at last�察�somewhere between five and ten�察�you would feel a hand on 
your back。。。 
  Gravel rattled on the path。 
  He jerked his head around to look at the dog and it was halfway down the 
pathway�察�just behind the lions now�察�its mouth wide and yawning。 Before�察�it had 
only been a hedge clipped in the general shape of a dog�察�something that lost all 
definition when you got up close to it。 But now Jack could see that it had been 
clipped to look like a German shepherd�察�and shepherds could be mean。 You could 
train shepherds to kill。 
  A low rustling sound。 
  The lion on the left had advanced all the way to the fence now�察�its muzzle was 
touching the boards。 It seemed to be grinning at him。 Jack backed up another two 
steps。 His head was thudding crazily and he could feel the dry rasp of his 
breath in his throat。 Now the buffalo had moved�察�circling to the right�察�behind 
and around the rabbit。 The head was lowered�察�the green hedge horns pointing at 
him。 The thing was�察�you couldn't watch all of them。 Not all at once。 
  He began to make a whining sound�察�unaware in his locked concentration that he 
was making any sound at all。 His eyes darted from one hedge creature to the 
next�察�trying to see them move。 The wind gusted�察�making a hungry rattling sound 
in the close´matted branches。 What kind of sound would there be if they got him�拭�
But of course he knew。 A snapping�察�rending�察�breaking sound。 It would be  
  ��no no NO NO I WILL NOT BELIEVE THIS NOT AT ALL�。� 
  He clapped his hands over his eyes�察�clutching at his hair�察�his forehead�察�his 
throbbing temples。 And he stood like that for a long time�察�dread building until 
he could stand it no longer and he pulled his hands away with a cry。 
  By the putting green the dog was sitting up�察�as if begging for a scrap。 The 
buffalo was gazing with disinterest back toward the roque court�察�as it had been 
when Jack had e down with the clippers。 The rabbit stood on its hind legs�察�


 
 
ears up to catch the faintest sound�察�freshly clipped belly exposed。 The lions�察�
rooted into place�察�stood beside the path。 
  He stood frozen for a long time�察�the harsh breath in his throat finally 
slowing。 He reached for his cigarettes and shook four of them out onto the 
gravel。 He stooped down and picked them up�察�groped for them�察�never taking his 
eyes from the topiary for fear the animals would begin to move again。 He picked 
them up�察�stuffed three carelessly back into the pack�察�and lit the fourth。 After 
two deep drags he dropped it and crushed it out。 He went to the hedge´clipper 
and picked it up。 
  ;I'm very tired�察─�be said�察�and now it seemed okay to talk out loud。 It didn't 
seem crazy at all。 ;I've been under a strain。 The wasps 。。。 the play 。。。 Al 
calling me like that。 But it's all right。; 
  He began to trudge back up to the hotel。 Part of his mind tugged fretfully at 
him�察�tried to make him detour around the hedge animals�察�but he went directly up 
the gravel path�察�through them。 A faint breeze rattled through them�察�that was 
all。 He had imagined the whole thing。 He had had a bad scare but it was over 
now。 
  In the Overlook's kitchen he paused to take two Excedrin and then went 
downstairs and looked at papers until he heard the dim sound of the hotel truck 
rattling into the driveway。 He went up to meet them。 He felt all right。 He saw 
no need to mention his hallucination。 He'd had a bad scare but it was over now。 
 
 
 
 
   〃 
 
 
SNOW 
 
 
  It was dusk。 
  They stood on the porch in the fading light�察�Jack in the middle�察�his left arm 
around Danny's shoulders and his right arm around Wendy's waist。 Together they 
watched as the decision was taken out of their hands。 
  The sky had been pletely clouded over by two´thirty and it had begun to 
snow an hour later�察�and this time you didn't need a weatherman to tell you it 
was serious snow�察�no flurry that was going to melt or blow away when the evening 
wind started to whoop。 At first it had fallen in perfectly straight lines�察�
building up a snowcover that coated everything evenly�察�but now�察�an hour after it 
had started�察�the wind had begun to blow from the northwest and the snow had 
begun to drift against the porch and the sides of the Overlook's driveway。 
Beyond the grounds the highway had disappeared under an even blanket of white。 
The hedge animals were also gone�察�but when Wendy and Danny had gotten home�察�she 
had mended him on the good job he had done。 Do you think so�拭�he had asked�察�
and said no more。 Now the hedges were buried under amorphous white cloaks。 
  Curiously�察�all of them were thinking different thoughts but feeling the same 


 
 
emotion�此�relief。 The bridge had been crossed。 
  ;Will it ever be spring�拭─�Wendy murmured。 
  Jack squeezed her tighter。 ;Before you know it。 What do you say we go in and 
have some supper�拭�It's cold out here。; 
  She smiled。 All afternoon Jack had seemed distant and 。。。 well�察�odd。 Now he 
sounded more like his normal self。 ;Fine by me。 How about you�察�Danny�拭─�
  ;Sure。; 
  So they went in together�察�leaving the wind to build to the low´pitched scream 
that would go on all night  a sound they would get to know well。 Flakes of snow 
swirled and danced across the porch。 The Overlook faced it as it had for nearly 
three quarters of a century�察�its darkened windows now bearded with snow�察�
indifferent to the fact that it was now cut off from the world。 Or possibly it 
was pleased with the prospect。 Inside its shell the three of them went about 
their early evening routine�察�like microbes trapped in the intestine of a 
monster。 
 
 
 
 
   〃 
 
 
  INSIDE 217 
 
 
  A week and a half later two feet of snow lay white and crisp and even on the 
grounds of the Overlook Hotel。 The hedge menagerie was buried up to its 
haunches�察�the rabbit�察�frozen on its hind legs�察�seemed to be rising from a white 
pool。 Some of the drifts were over five feet deep。 The wind was constantly 
changing them�察�sculpting them into sinuous�察�dunelike shapes。 Twice Jack had 
snowshoed clumsily around to the equipment shed for his shovel to clear the 
porch�察�the third time he shrugged�察�simply cleared a path through the towering 
drift lying against the door�察�and let Danny amuse himself by sledding to the 
right and left of the path。 The truly heroic drifts lay against the Overlook's 
west side�察�some of them towered to a height of twenty feet�察�and beyond them the 
ground was scoured bare to the grass by the constant windflow。 The first´floor 
windows were covered�察�and the view from the dining room which Jack had so 
admired on closing day was now no more exciting than a view of a blank movie 
screen。 Their phone had been out for the last eight days�察�and the CB radio in 
Ullman's office was now their only munications link with the outside world。 
  It snowed every day now�察�sometimes only brief flurries that powdered the 
glittering snow crust�察�sometimes for real�察�the low whistle of the wind cranking 
up to a womanish shriek that made the old hotel rock and groan alarmingly even 
in its deep cradle of snow。 Night temperatures had not gotten above 10<�察�and 
although the thermometer by the kitchen service entrance sometimes got as high 
as 25< in the early afternoons�察�the steady knife edge of the wind made it 
unfortable to go out without a ski mask。 But they all did go out on the days 


 
 
when the sun shone�察�usually wearing two sets of clothing and mittens on over 
their gloves。 Getting out was almost a pulsive thing�察�the hotel was circled 
with the double track of Danny's Flexible Flyer。 The permutations were nearly 
endless�此�Danny riding while his parents pulled�察�Daddy riding and laughing while 
Wendy and Danny tried to pull ��it was just possible for them to pull him on the 
icy crust�察�and flatly impossible when powder covered it���察�Danny and Mommy 
riding�察�Wendy riding by herself while her menfolk pulled and puffed white vapor 
like drayhorses�察�pretending she was heavier than she was。 They laughed a great 
deal on these sled excursions around the house�察�but the whooping and impersonal 
voice of the wind�察�so huge and hollowly sincere�察�made their laughter seem tinny 
and forced。 
  They had seen caribou tracks in the snow and onc
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