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The Stillness

           OnthefourteenthdayIwentintothekitchen,andIwassurprisedtofindthatthefrondsoftheredweedhadgrownrightacrosstheholeinthewall,turningthehalf-lightoftheplaceintoacrimson-colouredobscurity. 

           ItwasearlyonthefifteenthdaythatIheardacurious,familiarsequenceofsoundsinthekitchen,and,listening,identifieditasthesnuffingandscratchingofadog. Goingintothekitchen,Isawadog’snosepeeringinthroughabreakamongtheruddyfronds. Thisgreatlysurprisedme. Atthescentofmehebarkedshortly. 

           IthoughtifIcouldinducehimtocomeintotheplacequietlyIshouldbeable,perhaps,tokillandeathim; andinanycase,itwouldbeadvisabletokillhim,lesthisactionsattractedtheattentionoftheMartians. 

           Icreptforward,saying "Gooddog!"verysoftly; buthesuddenlywithdrewhisheadanddisappeared. 

           IlistenedIwasnotdeafbutcertainlythepitwasstill. Iheardasoundliketheflutterofabird’swings,andahoarsecroaking,butthatwasall. 

           ForalongwhileIlayclosetothepeephole,butnotdaringtomoveasidetheredplantsthatobscuredit. OnceortwiceIheardafaintpitter-patterlikethefeetofthedoggoinghitherandthitheronthesandfarbelowme,andthereweremorebirdlikesounds,butthatwasall. Atlength,encouragedbythesilence,Ilookedout. 

           Exceptinthecorner,whereamultitudeofcrowshoppedandfoughtovertheskeletonsofthedeadtheMartianshadconsumed,therewasnotalivingthinginthepit. 

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