Child's Play

It was one of those stories that make you stay up late, even though you know it's a school day and you'll regret the next morning wanting to sleep more. But I read on anyway. I thought I'd rather finish up a good story than wait until tomorrow. I'm one of those people who has to finish something right there and then or else I'll have wandering thoughts, out of nowhere, just like that. Well. I was almost done reading, I had one more page to go, so I flipped it, but that was it. The last page. The end. I uttered an obviously audible "oh" out loud, as though that would make appear a line I missed. But of course--the reason why Alice Munro's stories are so good is that she leaves you hanging, so blasé.