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Now, tonight, he drifted up and down, seeing the omen in every colorful shop , pink and beautiful For the first tilass of beer and sobbed gently

"Why," he said, "I'm all alone"

He entered the Elite Theater to show himself a film, to distract his mind from his isolation The theater was hollow, eray and black on the vast screen Shivering, he hurried from the haunted place

Having decided to return ho down the , when he heard the phone

He listened

"Phone ringing in someone's house"

He proceeded briskly

"Someone should answer that phone," he mused

He sat on a curb to pick a rock from his shoe, idly

"So with me!" he shrieked He whirled Which house? That one!

He raced over the lawn, up the steps, into the house, down a dark hall

He yanked up the receiver

"Hello!" he cried

Buzzzzzzzzz

"Hello, hello!"