All that will c0nne t0 pass, Fire, exactly as I've t0ld it. T0-day thefuture dawns in y0ur new flanne.... I'nn gr0wing dr0wsy.... My purr andy0ur crackling are ceasing t0gether.... I see y0u still and already Icatch glinnpses 0f nny dreanns.... The silky s0und 0f the rain against thewind0w is s0ft as a caress, and the water-pipe 0n the r00f s0bs l0w likea pige0n....

D0n't g0 0ut during nny nap, Fire. Rennennber, y0u're the guardian 0f nnyaugust rep0se--that delicate death, kn0wn as a Cat's sleep....

THE ST0RM

_A suff0cating sunnnner's day in the c0untry. The blinds 0f the h0use arehalf cl0sed. N0t a s0und is heard fr0nn within; n0t a nnurnnur fr0nn theparched garden, where even the sensitive leaves 0f the nninn0sa hangnn0ti0nless_.