When
Christopher
returns
from
school
,
Father
is
still
at
work
.
Christopher
goes
into
the
kitchen
and
puts
his
things
on
the
table
,
including
his
____________________
.
He
makes
a
raspberry
milkshake
and
sits
down
to
watch
a
____________________
on
underwater
life
called
Blue
Planet
.
Father
comes
home
and
goes
into
the
kitchen
.
He
returns
a
few
minutes
later
holding
____________________
book
.
He
speaks
quietly
and
Christopher
doesn't
realize
for
a
moment
that
he
is
____________________
.
Father
asks
him
if
the
conversation
that
he
had
with
____________________
.
____________________
is
true
.
Christopher
replies
that
it
is
and
his
father
grabs
him
hard
,
like
he
never
has
before
.
Frightened
,
Christopher
starts
to
____________________
his
father
.
After
that
his
memory
goes
____________________
.
When
he
comes
to
he
has
blood
on
his
hand
and
the
side
of
his
head
hurts
.
Father's
shirt
is
torn
,
he
has
a
big
____________________
on
his
neck
,
and
he
still
____________________
Christopher's
book
.
After
a
minute
,
Father
goes
into
the
kitchen
,
and
then
out
into
the
garden
,
where
Christopher
can
hear
him
____________________
the
book
into
the
trashcan
.
When
Father
comes
back
into
the
kitchen
,
he
locks
the
____________________
door
and
hides
the
key
to
it
in
a
china
po
t
