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file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20Stephen%20King%20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htmIt occurred to her that she had also been nervous all day, as though waiting for a blow to fall. She felt theway she did in the two or three days before her period, tense and on edge, ready to laugh or cry or get aheadache that would come bulleting through like a fast express, there and then gone three hours later.“What?” she said now to Ellie’s reflection in the mirror. “Honey, what could be wrong with Daddy?”“I don’t know,” Ellie said. “It was the dream. Something aboutGage. Or maybe it was Church. I don’t remember. I don’t know.”“Ellie, what was your dream?”“I dreamed I was in the Pet Sematary,” Ellie said. "Paxcow took me to the Pet Sematary and said Daddywas going to go there and something terrible was going to happen.”“Paxcow?” A bolt of terror both sharp and yet undefined struck her. What was that name, and why did itseem familiar? It seemed that she had heard that name—or one like it—but she could not for the life ofher remember where. “You dreamed someone named Paxcow took you to the Pet Sematary?”“Yes, that’s what he said his name was. And—” Her eyes suddenly widened.“Do you remember something else?”“He said that he was sent to warn but that he couldn’t interfere. He said that he was. . . I don’t know. . .that he was near Daddy because they were together when his soul was dis—dis--I can’t remember!” shewailed.“Honey,” Rachel said, “I think you dreamed about the Pet Sematary because you’re still thinking aboutGage. And I’m sure Daddy is fine. Do you feel any better now?”“No,” Ellie whispered. “Mommy, I’m scared. Aren’t you scared?”“Huh-uh,” Rachel said, with a brisk little shake of her head and a smile—but she was, she was scared;and that name, Fax-cow, haunted her with its familiarity. She felt she had heard it in some dreadfulcontext months or even years ago, and that nervy feeling would not leave her.She felt something—something pregnant, swollen, and waiting to burst. Something terrible that neededto be averted. But what? What?“I’m sure everything is fine,” she told Ellie. “Want to go back to Grandma and Grandda?”file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20St...20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htm (253 of 333)7/28/2005 9:21:50 PM