The Crate
"The Crate" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the July 1979 issue of Gallery. In 1982, the story was adapted as a segment in the movie Creepshow, and included in comic-book form in the Creepshow graphic novella.
Plot
An old wooden crate, marked from an 1834 arctic expedition, is discovered by a janitor beneath the basement stairs at the zoology department of Horlicks University. He notifies Dexter Stanley, the school's biology professor, and together they open it to discover the crate contains a small yet powerful - and hungry - beast still alive after 140 years. The creature kills and eats the janitor as well as Stanley's grad student Charlie Gereson - consuming them entirely, leaving only scraps of clothing behind. In a daze, Stanley flees to the home of his friend, English professor Henry Northrup. He tells Henry the whole story, and Northrup believes him, seeing the crate-dwelling beast as a way to rid himself of his verbally abusive, alcoholic wife, Wilma.
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by Thea Garrett
My Dream
by: Thea GarrettWe used to say that dreams could be so true
Where am I? What will I be?
It's my dream which I could share with you;
A new day for you and me
Just a smile with warmth in my heart
And go all the way,
There's so much in life
And I'll sing
This is my dream, I want to make it really happen
And make my dream come true!
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Just like a new born star!
Fly above like a seagull on the waves
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