He Heard Footsteps Coming Up the Cellar Stairs

Apparently, there are ghosts in this chapter.

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This particular ghost gives me the sense that he died while racing to the bathroom after his first encounter with tacos, or possibly curry.

Old Woman All Skin and Bone

The woman to the preacher said,
“Shall I look like that when I am dead?”

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The preacher was getting pretty sick of her shit. This was the fifth time today she’d asked that question, and he really wished she’d stop digging up the church graveyard.

Me tie dough-ty walker!

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Lynchee kinchy colly molly dingo dingo!

…which, by the way, translates respectively as ‘Doggie wanna go walkies?’ and ‘New owner, observe, this is what happened to the last guy who only pretended to throw the ball.’