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The light switches snapped, and there was silence. He waited another half hour to make sure everyone was asleep. As quickly and silently as he could, he pulled on his clothes, crept out of his room, and slid cautiously down the bannister. In the back yard he put on his shoes, dived through the hedge, and started to race up the mountainside. THE LIGHT SWITCHES SNAPPED AND THERE WAS SILENCE HE WAITED ANOTHER HALF HOUR TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP AS QUICKLY AND SILENTLY AS HE COULD HE PULLED ON HIS CLOTHES CREPT OUT OF HIS ROOM AND SLID CAUTIOUSLY DOWN THE BANISTER IN THE BACK YARD HE PUT ON HIS SHOES DIVED THROUGH THE HEDGE AND STARTED TO RACE UP THE MOUNTAIN SIDE
d he would be ripped by the thorns. And Mother always came in to say good night before she went to bed. If he was not there when she came in tonight, there would be a lot of unpleasant explaining to do. The only thing, then, was to wait until the Scientist went home and everyone was in bed. It was a maddening wait. The Scientist's voice went on and on like the drone of an electric fan, interrupted only by an occasional murmur from Mother or Dad. For a while David sat in bed twisting the sheets in his hands; then he got up and paced the room in his bare feet. It seemed to him that three or four whole nighttimes had passed before he finally heard all three voices raised and talking at once. The Scientist was going! Now they were saying good-by at the front door ... now the door was being closed ... now there were footsteps on the stairs. He jumped into bed just before Mother put her head in and said, "Good night, dear." David murmured, pretending to be half asleep. His door closed again. R WAS DIRECTLY BENEATH IT AND HE WOULD BE RIPPED BY THE THORNS AND MOTHER ALWAYS CAME IN TO SAY GOOD NIGHT BEFORE SHE WENT TO BED IF HE WAS NOT THERE WHEN SHE CAME IN TO NIGHT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF UNPLEASANT EXPLAINING TO DO THE ONLY THING THEN WAS TO WAIT UNTIL THE SCIENTIST WENT HOME AND EVERYONE WAS IN BED IT WAS A MADDENING WAIT THE SCIENTIST'S VOICE WENT ON AND ON LIKE THE DRONE OF AN ELECTRIC FAN INTERRUPTED ONLY BY AN OCCASIONAL MURMUR FROM MOTHER OR DAD FOR A WHILE DAVID SAT IN BED TWISTING THE SHEETS IN HIS HANDS THEN HE GOT UP AND PACED THE ROOM IN HIS BARE FEET IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT THREE OR FOUR WHOLE NIGHT TIMES HAD PASSED BEFORE HE FINALLY HEARD ALL THREE VOICES RAISED AND TALKING AT ONCE THE SCIENTIST WAS GOING NOW THEY WERE SAYING GOOD BYE AT THE FRONT DOOR NOW THE DOOR WAS BEING CLOSED NOW THERE WERE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS HE JUMPED INTO BED JUST BEFORE MOTHER PUT HER HEAD IN AND SAID GOOD NIGHT DEAR DAVID MURMURED PRETENDING TO BE HALF ASLEEP HIS DOOR CLOSED AGAIN
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