He was above the somber tree barrier. For the first time he stood high over the windy chestnuts and elms and as far as he could see was green grass, green trees, and white ribbons on which beetles ran, and the other half of the world was blue and endless, with the sun lost and dropping away in an incredible deep blue room so vast he felt himself fall with it, screamed, and clutched the tower ledge, and beyond the trees, beyond the white ribbons where the beetles ran he saw things like fingers sticking up, but he saw no Dali-Picasso terrors, he saw only some small red-and-white-and-blue handkerchiefs fluttering high on great white poles.
He was suddenly sick; he was sick again.
Turning, he almost fell flat down the stairs.
He slammed the forbidden door, fell against it.
Ray Bradbury, Jack in the Box
3 comments:
Great photo! Yours?
Thanks! Yup.
Saw that house in my neighborhood a while back and it reminded me of this short story. the house was surrounded by thick trees in the book...like a massive super-wide wall/barrier.
Love that chimney.
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