Wendy Torrance is watching her son, Daniel, as he waits for his father to return from the interview at the Overlook hotel. As she walks out of their apartment towards him, Wendy reflects on the changes in their lives since they moved from Stovington, Vermont. While they had lived in a small, pleasant brick home in Vermont; their current living conditions are dirty and on occasion violent as the neighbors fight each evening. She wonders of the effects of this on Danny, and feels grief over the situation.
As she sits next to Danny on he curb, she sees his glider is splintering, and offers to fix it. Danny replies that his father will take care of it. As they talk, Danny suddenly asks why his father lost his teaching position. Startled, Wendy.....
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