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file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20Stephen%20King%20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htm“I got him changed in the toilet,” she said. “I don’t think it’s a virus or anything. He was just airsick.”“Come on home,” Louis said. “I’ve got chili on the stove.”“Chili! Chili!” Ellie screamed in Louis’s ear, transported with delight and excitement.“Chiwwi! Chiwwi!” Gage screamed in Louis’s other ear, which at least equalized the ringing.on,” Louis said. “Let’s get your suitcases and blow this joint.“Daddy, how’s Church?” Ellie asked as he set her down. It was a question Louis had expected, but notEllie’s anxious face, and the deep worry line that appeared between her dark blue eyes. Louis frownedand then glanced at Rachel.“She woke up screaming over the weekend,” Rachel said quietly. “She had a nightmare.”“I dreamed that Church got run over,” Ellie said.“Too many turkey sandwiches after the big day, that’s my guess,” Rachel said. “She had a bout ofdiarrhea too. Set her mind at rest, Louis, and let’s get out of this airport. I’ve seen enough airports in thelast week to last me for at least five years.”“Why, Church is fine, honey,” Louis said slowly.Yes, he’s fine. He lies around the house all day long and looks at me with those strange, muddy eyes—as if he’d seen something that had blasted away most of whatever intelligence a cat has. He’s just great.1 put him out with a broom at night because I don’t like to touch him. I just kind of sweep at him with itand he goes. And the other day when 1 opened the door, Ellie, he had a mouse—or what was left of it.He’d strewed the guts hell to breakfast. And speaking of breakfast, I skipped mine that morning.Otherwise— “He’s just fine.”“Oh,” Ellie said, and that furrow between her eyes smoothed out. “Oh, that’s good. When I had thatdream, I was sure he was dead.”“Were you?” Louis asked, and smiled. “Dreams are funny, aren’t they?”“Dweems!" Cage hollered—he had reached the parrot stage that Louis remembered from Ellie’sdevelopment. “Dweeeeeems!” He gave Louis’s hair a hearty tug.“Come on, gang,” Louis said, and they started down to the baggage area.file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20St...20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htm (135 of 333)7/28/2005 9:21:49 PM