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<v Speaker 1>The summertime in the cul de Sac was the time

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<v Speaker 1>of year we all looked forward to three months of

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<v Speaker 1>no school, days spent running the sidewalks and riding bikes,

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<v Speaker 1>and the familiar sound of the ice cream truck a

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<v Speaker 1>couple times a day. We were all just middle class kids,

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<v Speaker 1>and those without older siblings were under no orders to

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<v Speaker 1>stay with the group if they went out. We lived

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<v Speaker 1>in those halcyon days when you didn't come in until

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<v Speaker 1>the street lights came on. Mom was only worried when

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<v Speaker 1>something came out of the newspapers about stranger danger or

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<v Speaker 1>an abduction. The street I lived on had about twelve

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<v Speaker 1>families and all of them have kids. Me and Mikey

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<v Speaker 1>Castro were best buds, we had been since first grade.

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<v Speaker 1>There were usually enough kids out on the road riding

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<v Speaker 1>bikes or shooting hoops to get a game of stickball

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<v Speaker 1>or soccer going if we wanted. Sometimes, if their parents

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<v Speaker 1>were cool with it, we'd play touch football in someone's

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<v Speaker 1>yard or my radio flyer wagon out of the garage,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'd loaded up with plastic guns and play war.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of the kids came in pairs to play the

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<v Speaker 1>game of the day, pairs of triplets or even quads,

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<v Speaker 1>but everyone on the block had someone or several someone

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<v Speaker 1>Solo kids shot out like a sore thumb. We all

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<v Speaker 1>usually chummed together. I'll tell you all this so I

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<v Speaker 1>could tell you that Robbie was odd by the standards

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<v Speaker 1>of the neighborhood. Robbie didn't have a best friend, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not entirely sure that he had any friends at all.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a skinny kid, real thin, my mom would

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<v Speaker 1>have said, with big thick glasses and a mouth made

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<v Speaker 1>for frowning. He never joined in our games, and we

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<v Speaker 1>never really offered. We weren't unfriendly kids, far from it.

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<v Speaker 1>But Robbie didn't feel right. I know that sounds, but

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<v Speaker 1>a weird kind of haze seemed to hang over Robbie.

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<v Speaker 1>It always reminded me of the stink lines around Pigpen

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<v Speaker 1>and the Peanuts, but this one felt more like VB static.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a low background sound that hung around him,

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<v Speaker 1>and if I spent too much time around him, I

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<v Speaker 1>always felt like I had a headache coming on. He

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<v Speaker 1>used to draw on the sidewalk with colored chalk. We

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<v Speaker 1>all joked that his dad must bring back the defective

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<v Speaker 1>sticks from the chalk factory. Where he worked, no matter

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<v Speaker 1>the temperature, no out of the season. Robbie was out

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<v Speaker 1>there drawing on the sidewalk. It was the summer of

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<v Speaker 1>ninety two and Mikey had a new super soaker. He

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to do a water war, so all of us

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<v Speaker 1>with water guns showed up to play. I had a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of water pistols from Easter, and Steve Westers had

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<v Speaker 1>about three of those big super soakers that were popular

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<v Speaker 1>the year before. He and his two brothers took him

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<v Speaker 1>and some of the other kids had a ragged collection

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<v Speaker 1>of water pistols and water balloons. They were about eleven

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<v Speaker 1>of us in all. We divided up teams as fairly

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<v Speaker 1>as we could. The opposing side had more guys, but

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<v Speaker 1>one of them was Davy Michaels and his club foot.

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<v Speaker 1>It kind of held him back from running. We were

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<v Speaker 1>soaking each other in lukewarm water when I heard someone

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<v Speaker 1>yell in frustration. He looked up to see Robbie shaking

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<v Speaker 1>his wet arm, scowling at two of the Western brothers

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<v Speaker 1>who had soaked him with their guns. What are you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>You'll erase it. Get away from here. This is my sidewalk.

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<v Speaker 1>Mom said, so some of us stopped squirting each other,

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<v Speaker 1>moving closer as he brandished his piece of chalk like

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<v Speaker 1>a dagger of the Westers brothers. They were backing away too,

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<v Speaker 1>like whatever he had might be catching, and he bent

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<v Speaker 1>back down to fix the chalk, drawing, the one that

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<v Speaker 1>they had ruined with their water guns. I approached Robbie,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning to apologize, but he stood up and brandished the

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<v Speaker 1>chalk in me again. Get away, this is my sidewalk.

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<v Speaker 1>Go play on your sidewalk, I laughed. Robbie, a sidewalker

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<v Speaker 1>for everyone. You can't own a sidewalk, can't too, he

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<v Speaker 1>belt it can't too. My mom says, so this sidewalk

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<v Speaker 1>in front of our home is mind. I took a

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<v Speaker 1>step forward, trying to calm and but then I saw

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<v Speaker 1>what he had been drawing, and recoiled a little. For

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<v Speaker 1>a drawing, he was very expressive. I'd later think of

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<v Speaker 1>cave paintings or early Primitive drawings, but this was far

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<v Speaker 1>more savage. It was a tall man with long frilled arms,

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<v Speaker 1>long spindly legs. His chest was equally long, stretching in

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<v Speaker 1>many colors as it tapered up to a rounded head

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<v Speaker 1>with a pair of stubby horns on it. His eyes

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<v Speaker 1>were spirals that swirls, changing colors as well as they

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<v Speaker 1>swirled into the irises. Even wet, it looked very formidable.

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<v Speaker 1>What is that, I asked, and Robbie must have heard

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<v Speaker 1>something in my voice. He grinned. That's the chalkman. I

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<v Speaker 1>draw him all the time. He comes to me at night,

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<v Speaker 1>tells me that if I don't get me, so I

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<v Speaker 1>draw him everywhere, on the sidewalk, on the car port,

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<v Speaker 1>even on the back patio. I shook head turning to go,

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<v Speaker 1>but I heard him say something else, and it made

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<v Speaker 1>my blood run cold. I put him out here because

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<v Speaker 1>he says he likes to watch you guys. What I

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<v Speaker 1>half whispered as I turned back around. What did you say?

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<v Speaker 1>I said, he likes to watch you kids while you play. Someday,

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<v Speaker 1>when none of you are paying attention, he grab one

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<v Speaker 1>of you and drag you into this little world and

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<v Speaker 1>gobble you up. That's what he says. Anyway, he shrieked again.

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<v Speaker 1>When I started sprang the chalk drawing. I couldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>told you why I did it, but I felt certain

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<v Speaker 1>that it needed to be done. The thing needed to

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<v Speaker 1>be gone. Forever, and as it started to fade, I

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<v Speaker 1>heard my squirt gun hiss as he went empty. I

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<v Speaker 1>moved away slowly, Robbie still crying as he yelled at

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<v Speaker 1>me for ruining it, And when Mikey came over to

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<v Speaker 1>see what was going on, I found I couldn't look

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<v Speaker 1>away from the spot where Robbie was fixing that horrid creature.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh is that a Mike? He asked, Robbie, still shooting

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<v Speaker 1>me murderous looks. I I tried to find my words

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<v Speaker 1>for it, but I was unable. I don't know he

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<v Speaker 1>said something I didn't like. It made me feel I

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<v Speaker 1>chewed my lip, trying to find something to describe it,

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<v Speaker 1>and coming up short. Bad, really bad. The water war

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<v Speaker 1>was starting to wind down now, most of us on

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<v Speaker 1>our third or fourth tank, and we were all soaked

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<v Speaker 1>and shivering. Come on, said Mikey, I just got a

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<v Speaker 1>new Super Nintendo game. We could dry off and you

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<v Speaker 1>could borrows on my clothes. I nodded and allowed myself

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<v Speaker 1>to be pulled away, but it was hard to look

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<v Speaker 1>away from that hunched figure as he worked over the

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<v Speaker 1>chalk drawings of his monster. We spent the afternoon playing

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<v Speaker 1>a new spaceship game that had been gotten I can't

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<v Speaker 1>remember the name, and I was shocked to out and

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<v Speaker 1>see that it was getting dark. The street lights would

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<v Speaker 1>be coming on now, and my mom would be angry

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<v Speaker 1>if it got dark and I wasn't home. Mikey asked

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<v Speaker 1>if I wanted to ask his mother to drive me,

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<v Speaker 1>but his house was only a few blocks down from

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<v Speaker 1>my house. If I run, I could make it, I

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<v Speaker 1>told him, and I headed off towards my home. The

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<v Speaker 1>afternoon had gotten away from me, the sun riding low

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<v Speaker 1>in the night fast approaching and after run if I

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<v Speaker 1>intended to make it home. But as I ran down

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<v Speaker 1>the path and towards the sidewalk, I stopped as I

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<v Speaker 1>saw something I had hoped to avoid stretched across the sidewalk,

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<v Speaker 1>the multi colored chalk. Very bright was the chalkman. He

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<v Speaker 1>was even bigger than he had been earlier, his arms

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<v Speaker 1>seeming to twine around the fence posts, and I hopscotched

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<v Speaker 1>over and around him. As I took off for home,

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to be late if I didn't all

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<v Speaker 1>but fly down the pavement. It hadn't gone very far, though,

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<v Speaker 1>when I saw another chalkman, just as large as the last.

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<v Speaker 1>His mouth was open, revealing teeth as sharp as knives,

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<v Speaker 1>a mouth that size and have no problem gobbling me

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<v Speaker 1>up whole. I ran around this one, too, but it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't the last. They seemed to be everywhere, and Robbie

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<v Speaker 1>had been busy. Indeed, the chalkman was rising and writhing

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<v Speaker 1>around the concrete, his mouth opened and closed as I ran,

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<v Speaker 1>those gnashing teeth going up and down. As my fervent

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<v Speaker 1>strides bore me on, I was filled with the terror

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<v Speaker 1>of bedroom closets and growlings beneath the bed. These chalk

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<v Speaker 1>drawings made me feel the way that strangers sometimes did,

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<v Speaker 1>the way I felt when I listened to a scary story,

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<v Speaker 1>the way I felt when I was outside at night.

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<v Speaker 1>When I tripped. My cry had nothing to do with

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<v Speaker 1>the way the pavement ate up my hands and knees.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought I had just caught the edge of the

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<v Speaker 1>sidewalk in my haste, But as I looked back, I

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<v Speaker 1>felt my neck hair stand up. A single chalk hand,

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<v Speaker 1>the purple claw, looking huge and cruel, had risen up

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<v Speaker 1>to grab my ankle. As I ran. The chalkman was

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<v Speaker 1>even now rising from the pavement, its gnashing teeth chomping

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<v Speaker 1>at my ankle. It nearly had me too. I was

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<v Speaker 1>so surprised to find the chalk arm rising from the concrete.

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<v Speaker 1>This was no cartoon this things like this didn't happen

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<v Speaker 1>in the real world. It dragged me halfway to its

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<v Speaker 1>gaping mom before I realized I wasn't dreaming. After bashing

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<v Speaker 1>my head on the sidewalk, I pulled, and I pulled hard,

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<v Speaker 1>but his hands were strong. He dragged me back, more

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<v Speaker 1>of me rising as he yanked at me. But it

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<v Speaker 1>seemed fate had only other ideas. He grabbed not the

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<v Speaker 1>whole ankle, but my sock, and as his hand slipped

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<v Speaker 1>on the fabric, I was up and moving. Before I

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<v Speaker 1>could latch back around it. I was running. I was

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<v Speaker 1>dodging around other chalk drawings, and when I saw my

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<v Speaker 1>house coming into view, I breathed a little easier. That

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't until I saw the chalkman outside my own gate.

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<v Speaker 1>He was already rising like a blighted weed from the pavement,

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<v Speaker 1>and I knew I couldn't get around him. I sidestepped

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<v Speaker 1>into the neighbor's yard, and that's when I saw it.

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<v Speaker 1>His hose was coiled around the spickett, and I reached

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<v Speaker 1>for the nozzle as the shadow of that thing fell

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<v Speaker 1>over me. It was rising huge now, coming up and up,

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<v Speaker 1>and I unwombed the hose, and when the water hit it,

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<v Speaker 1>chalkman seemed as surprised as I was. It stepped back,

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<v Speaker 1>some of its color fading, and as I pelted it

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<v Speaker 1>with water, the chalk began to run into the gutter.

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<v Speaker 1>He was melting like the wicked witch, and as he

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<v Speaker 1>fell away to nothing, I turned off the hose and

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<v Speaker 1>I ran the rest of the way home. I came

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<v Speaker 1>in panting, and any anger my mom might have had

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<v Speaker 1>was washed away like the chalkman. I told her, I

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<v Speaker 1>felt like someone had been trying to snatch me. She

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<v Speaker 1>made the usual sounds about people being watchful. She fed me.

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<v Speaker 1>She told me to get ready for bed, but I

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<v Speaker 1>knew there wouldn't be any sleep for me tonight. How

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<v Speaker 1>can I sleep with that the image of that chalk

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<v Speaker 1>running through my head? For the next several nights, I had

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<v Speaker 1>bad dreams about the Chalkman. In my dream I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>get away. In my dreams, the chalkman dragged me across

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<v Speaker 1>the pavement, and the last thing I saw before I

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<v Speaker 1>woke up, was him pulling me into his mouth. After

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<v Speaker 1>that night, I didn't see any more of the sidewalk drawings.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people in the neighborhood had complained, and Robbie was

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<v Speaker 1>only allowed to draw them in front of his own house.

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<v Speaker 1>His parents got fined, I heard, and his dad grounded

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<v Speaker 1>him from drawing for a week. I assume he still did,

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<v Speaker 1>since the chalkman never got him. But the chalkman never

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<v Speaker 1>darkened our sidewalks again. I can remember on the days

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<v Speaker 1>when I found myself close to the madly scribbling boy,

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<v Speaker 1>been heat shimmer. Those are but the remembrance of a child.

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<v Speaker 1>They're so vivid. I often wonder how much his speculation

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<v Speaker 1>and how much how much truly happened. Hey, did you

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<v Speaker 1>like that creepy pasta story that you heard today? I

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<v Speaker 1>bet you did, because you'd stuck around to hear the outro.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you want to find more crevy positories like this,

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<v Speaker 1>you over to the Creepypasta collection Volume one and Volume two.

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<v Speaker 1>Volume one and Volume two also have a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>high praising as this is like, what four thousand stories, That's right,

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<v Speaker 1>down below, and as always, folks, Sweet dreams,