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I used to lie awake as a child and get more entertainment and terror out of blank walls and plain furniture than most children could find in a toy store. I remember what a kindly wink the knobs of our big old bureau used to have, and there was one chair that always seemed like a strong friend. I USED TO LIE AWAKE AS A CHILD AND GET MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND TERROR OUT OF BLANK WALLS AND PLAIN FURNITURE THAN MOST CHILDREN COULD FIND IN A TOY STORE I REMEMBER WHAT A KINDLY WINK THE KNOBS OF OUR BIG OLD BUREAU USED TO HAVE AND THERE WAS ONE CHAIR THAT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE A STRONG FRIEND
of ideas and rest me. But I find I get pretty tired when I try. It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work. When I get really well John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit; but he says he would as soon put fire-works in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now. I wish I could get well faster. But I must not think about that. This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had! There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside-down. I get positively angry with the impertinence of it and the everlastingness. Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are everywhere. There is one place where two breadths didn’t match, and the eyes go all up and down the line, one a little higher than the other. I never saw so much expression in an inanimate thing before, and we all know how much expression they have! WOULD RELIEVE THE PRESS OF IDEAS AND REST ME BUT I FIND I GET PRETTY TIRED WHEN I TRY IT IS SO DISCOURAGING NOT TO HAVE ANY ADVICE AND COMPANIONSHIP ABOUT MY WORK WHEN I GET REALLY WELL JOHN SAYS WE WILL ASK COUSIN HENRY AND JULIA DOWN FOR A LONG VISIT BUT HE SAYS HE WOULD AS SOON PUT FIREWORKS IN MY PILLOW CASE AS TO LET ME HAVE THOSE STIMULATING PEOPLE ABOUT NOW I WISH I COULD GET WELL FASTER BUT I MUST NOT THINK ABOUT THAT THIS PAPER LOOKS TO ME AS IF IT KNEW WHAT A VICIOUS INFLUENCE IT HAD THERE IS A RECURRENT SPOT WHERE THE PATTERN LOLLS LIKE A BROKEN NECK AND TWO BULBOUS EYES STARE AT YOU UPSIDE DOWN I GET POSITIVELY ANGRY WITH THE IMPERTINENCE OF IT AND THE EVERLASTINGNESS UP AND DOWN AND SIDEWAYS THEY CRAWL AND THOSE ABSURD UNBLINKING EYES ARE EVERYWHERE THERE'S ONE PLACE WHERE TWO BREATHS DIDN'T MATCH AND THE EYES GO ALL UP AND DOWN THE LINE ONE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE OTHER I NEVER SAW SO MUCH EXPRESSION AN INANIMATE THING BEFORE AND WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH EXPRESSION THEY HAVE
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