Third Part, Section 22 Summary

22 - The next night, Jerome takes his lantern to his favorite baseball court, the one that used to be too far away to use; now, with his lantern, he's able to both light the court while he plays and his way home. In spite of the lantern's powerful glow, he feels a bit nervous going down the darkened path to the court, becoming even more so when he hears some strange sounds - a bouncing basketball, the bang of the ball on the backboard, a voice counting quietly. He sneaks up to the court but is unable to see who's playing until he suddenly aims the previously shaded light onto the court, and discovers that the player is Bix. At first, Jerome hides in the shadows, pretending to be an alien from Saturn searching for earth-people games, and Bix...