半夜，房间角落里的声响
<p>在寂静的深夜，躲在被窝里读一本惊悚小说，可谓一件赏心乐事;但如果就在你深深陷入故事情节当中之时，从房间的黑暗角落里突然发出吱吱怪响……</p><p><span word="We">We</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="story">story</span> <span word="wooden">wooden</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Berkeley">Berkeley</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tall">tall</span> <span word="shade">shade</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="California">California</span> <span word="itself">itself</span>.</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bookworm">bookworm</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="flashlight">flashlight</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="covers">covers</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="supposed">supposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="asleep">asleep</span>. <span word="Occasionally">Occasionally</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="alone">alone</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="night">night</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="lie">lie</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="stomach">stomach</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="propped">propped</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="pillow">pillow</span>, <span word="immersed">immersed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fantasy">fantasy</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="imaginative">imaginative</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="immersed">immersed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="creations">creations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="writers">writers</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Robert">Robert</span> <span word="Louis">Louis</span> <span word="Stevenson">Stevenson</span>, <span word="H">H</span>. <span word="Rider">Rider</span> <span word="Haggard">Haggard</span>, <span word="Sir">Sir</span> <span word="Arthur">Arthur</span> <span word="Conan">Conan</span> <span word="Doyle">Doyle</span>, <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="Edgar">Edgar</span> <span word="Allan">Allan</span> <span word="Poe">Poe</span>.</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="bed">bed</span> <span word="lamp">lamp</span> <span word="hooked">hooked</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="headboard">headboard</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="house">house</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="bed">bed</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Robinson">Robinson</span> <span word="Crusoe">Crusoe</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="island">island</span>.</p><p><span word="Whenever">Whenever</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="alone">alone</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="enjoy">enjoy</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="snug">snug</span> <span word="solitude">solitude</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="outside">outside</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="door">door</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="downstairs">downstairs</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="evening">evening</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pleasure">pleasure</span> <span word="capped">capped</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="glass">glass</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="milk">milk</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="peanut">peanut</span>-<span word="butter">butter</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="marmalade">marmalade</span> <span word="sandwich">sandwich</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="disturbed">disturbed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="noises">noises</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ignore">ignore</span>.</p><p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="noises">noises</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="eerie">eerie</span> <span word="creaking">creaking</span>—<span word="a">a</span> <span word="prolonged">prolonged</span> <span word="ee">ee</span>-<span word="ee">ee</span>-<span word="ahh">ahh</span>-<span word="ahh">ahh</span>—<span word="which">which</span>, <span word="try">try</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="might">might</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="imagining">imagining</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sound">sound</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="secret">secret</span> <span word="door">door</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hooded">hooded</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="shared">shared</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="alone">alone</span>.</p>
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