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Mom?
Yes?
Can I go to my room and get my fireengine?
Not right now, Daddy's asleep.
I won't make any noise.
Come on, Doc. He only went to bed a few hours ago. Can't you wait till later?
I won't make a sound, I promise. I'll tiptoe.
Well all right. But really don't make a sound.
I won't, Mom.
Make sure you come right back, 'cause I'm going to make lunch soon. Okay?
Okay, Mom.
If Jack won't come with us, we'll just have to tell him that we are going by ourselves. That's all there is to it.
Red Rum. Red Rum.
Danny?
Red Rum. Red Rum. Red Rum.
Red Rum.
Danny... what's the matter, hon?
Red Rum.
Are you having a bad dream?
Danny. Danny, stop it. Danny!
Red Rum. Red Rum. Red Rum. Red Rum.
Mommy...
Danny, come here!
Mommy... Mommy...!
Danny!
Mommy!
Oh!
Now this is where we keep all of out meat. You got fifteen rib roasts thirty ten pound bags of hamburgers. You got twelve turkeys, two dozen pork roasts and twenty legs of lamb. Do you like lamb, Doc?
No.
You don't? Well what's your favorite food then?
French Fries and Ketchup.
Do you like ice cream, Doc?
Yeah.
Chocolate.
Chocolate it shall be. Come on son.
Why don't you want to talk about it?
I'm not supposed to.
Who says you ain't supposed to?
Tony.
Who's Tony?
Tony's the little boy who lives in my mouth.
Is Tony the one that tells you things?
Yes.
How does he tell you things?
It's like I go to sleep, and he shows me things but when I wake up, I can't remember everything.
Does your Mum and Dad know about Tony?
Yes.
Do they know he tell you things?
I don't know.
Now think real hard, Doc. Think.
Maybe he showed me something.
Try to think what it was.
No, I'm scared of nothing here. It's just that you know some places are like people, some shine and some don't. I guess you could say the Overlook Hotel here has something about it that's like shining.
Is there something bad here?
Well, you know Doc, when something happens it can leave a trace of itself behind... say like is someone burns toast.
Well, maybe things that happened... leave other kinds of traces behind.
Not things that anyone can notice, but things that people who shine can see. Just like they can see things that haven't happened yet. Well, sometimes they can see things that happened a long time ago... I think a lot of things happened right here in this particular hotel over the years, and not all of them was good.
What about Room 237?
Room 237?
You're scared of Room 237, ain'tcha?
No I ain't.
Mr. Halloran, what is in Room 237?
Nothing. There ain't nothing in Room 237, but you ain't got no business going in there anyway, so stay out! You understand, stay out!
Dad?
Yes?
I'm hungry.
Well you should have eaten your breakfast.
I think that was farther west in the Sierras.
What was the Donner party?
There were a party of settlers in the covered wagon times. They got snowbound one winter in the mountains. They had to resort to cannabilism in order to stay alive.
You mean they ate each other up?
They had to, in order to survive.
Can I go to my room and get my fireengine?
Come here for a minute, first.
How's it going, Doc?
Okay.
Are you having a good time?
Yes, Dad.
Good. I want you to have a good time.
I am, Dad. Dad?
Yes.
Do you feel bad?
No. I'm just a little tired.
Then why don't you go to sleep?
I can't. I have too much to do.
Dad?
Yes?
Do you like this hotel?
Yes I do. I love it. Don't you?
I guess so.
Good. I want you to like it here. I wish we could stay here for ever, and ever... ever.
Dad?
What?
You wouldn't ever hurt Mummy and me, would you?
What do you mean?
Did your mother ever say that to you that I would hurt you?
No, Dad.
Are you sure?
Yes, Dad.
I love you, Danny. I love you more than anything else in the whole world, and I'd never do anything to hurt you, never... You know that, don't you, huh?