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It came and it came; I could breathe of its flame, but never a wink could I look. IT CAME AND IT CAME I COULD BREATHE OF ITS FLAME BUT NEVER A WINK COULD I LOOK
 right through; they were silent and squashy and round; And some they were green; they were wriggly and lean; they writhed with so hateful a sound. My blood seemed to freeze; I fell on my knees; my face was a white splash of dread. Oh, the Green and the Blue, they were gruesome to view; but the worst of them all were the Red. They came through the door, they came through the floor, they came through the moss-creviced logs. They were savage and dire; they were whiskered with fire; they bickered like malamute dogs. They ravined in rings like iniquitous things; they gulped down the Green and the Blue. I crinkled with fear whene'er they drew near, and nearer and nearer they drew. And then came the crown of Horror's grim crown, the monster so loathsomely red. Each eye was a pin that shot out and in, as, squidlike, it oozed to my bed; So softly it crept with feelers that swept and quivered like fine copper wire; Its belly was white with a sulphurous light, its jaws were a-drooling with fire. HEY WERE BLUE AND THEY SLITHERED RIGHT THROUGH THEY WERE SILENT AND SQUASHY AND ROUND AND SOME THEY WERE GREEN THEY WERE WRIGGLY AND LEAN THEY WRITHED WITH SO HATEFUL A SOUND MY BLOOD SEEMED TO FREEZE I FELL ON MY KNEES MY FACE WAS A WHITE SPLASH OF DREAD OH THE GREEN AND THE BLUE THEY WERE GRUESOME TO VIEW BUT THE WORST OF THEM ALL WERE THE RED THEY CAME THROUGH THE DOOR THEY CAME THROUGH THE FLOOR THEY CAME THROUGH THE MOSS CREVICED LOGS THEY WERE SAVAGE AND DIRE THEY WERE WHISKERED WITH FIRE THEY BICKERED LIKE MALAMUTE DOGS THEY RAVINED IN RINGS LIKE INIQUITOUS THINGS THEY GULPED DOWN THE GREEN AND THE BLUE I CRINKLED WITH FEAR WHENE'ER THEY DREW NEAR AND NEARER AND NEARER THEY DREW AND THEN CAME THE CROWN OF HORROR'S GRIM CROWN THE MONSTER SO LOATHSOMELY RED EACH EYE WAS A PIN THAT SHOT OUT AND IN AS SQUIDLIKE IT OOZED TO MY BED SO SOFTLY IT CREPT WITH FEELERS THAT SWEPT AND QUIVERED LIKE FINE COPPER WIRE ITS BELLY WAS WHITE WITH A SULPHUROUS LIGHT ITS JAWS WERE ADRILLING WITH FIRE
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