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an Indian burial ground.

And I believe they actually had to repel a few Indian attacks as they were building it.

That’s our Snowcat.

Can you both drive a car?

Yes.

That’s fine.

Because basically the Snowcat operates very much like a car.

It won’t take you long to get the hang of it.

As a matter of fact, we brought a decorator in from Chicago just last year to refurbish this part of the hotel.

He sure did a beautiful job.

Pink and gold are my favorite colors.

Well, this is our Gold Ballroom.

Oh, I’ll say!

We can accommodate up to 300 people here very comfortably.

Boy, I bet you, we could really have a good party in this room.

I’m afraid you’re not gonna do too well here unless you brought your own supplies.

We always remove all the booze from the premises when we shut down.

That reduces the insurance we normally have to carry.

We don’t drink.

Then you’re in luck.

Dick, come on over and say hello to Mr. and Mrs. Torrance.

This is Dick Hallorann, our head chef.

Mr. Hallorann, I’m Jack.

This is my wife, Winifred.

Glad to meet you madam.

Nice to meet you.

The Torrances are gonna take care of the Overlook for us this winter.

That’s just great.

How do you folks like our hotel so far?

It’s just wonderful.

Hi, Danny!

I found him outside looking for you.

Dan, did you get tired of bombing the universe?

Yeah.

Come on over here.

Thanks.

Thank you, Susie.

Dick, if you ready to do it now, I think it’d be good if you could show Mrs. Torrance the kitchen while I continue on with Jack.

It would be a pleasure.

Right this way, Mrs. Torrance.

Great. See you later, hon.

Bye, darling.

Mrs. Torrance, your husband introduced you as Winifred.

Now, are you a “Winnie” or a “Freddie”?

I’m a Wendy.

Oh, Wendy.

That’s nice.

That’s the prettiest.

God, this is the kitchen, huh?

Yeah, this is it.

How do you like it, Danny?

Is it big enough for you?

Yeah.

It’s the biggest place l ever seen.

Yeah, this whole place is such an enormous maze.

I feel like I’ll have to leave a trail of breadcrumbs every time I come in.

Don’t let it get you down, Mrs. Torrance.

It’s big, but still it ain’t nothing but a kitchen.

A lot of this stuff you’ll never have to touch.

I wouldn’t know what to do with it if l did.

One thing for sure, you don’t have to worry about food.

You folks could eat here for a whole year and never have the same menu twice.

Now right here is our walk-in freezer.

This is where we keep all of our meat.

You got 15 rib roasts 30 ten pound bags of hamburger.

We got 12 turkeys, about 40 chickens, 50 sirloin steaks, two dozen of pork roast and 20 legs of lamb.

Do you like lamb, Doc?

No.

You don’t?

What’s your favorite food, then?

French fries and ketchup.

I think we can manage that too, Doc.

Come along, now.

Watch your step.

Mr. Hallorann how’d you know we call him Doc?

Beg your pardon?

Doc.

You called Danny, “Doc” twice, just now.

l did?

Yeah.

We call him Doc sometimes, y’know like in the Bugs Bunny cartoons.

But how did you know?

Well, I guess l probably heard you call him that.

Well, it’s possible.

But l honestly don’t remember calling him that since we’ve been with you.

Well anyway, he looks like a Doc, doesn’t he?

Eh, what’s up, Doc?

Now, this is the storeroom.

In here Mrs. Torrance is where we keep all the dried goods and the canned goods.

We got canned fruits and vegetables canned fish and meats, hot and cold cereals.

Post Toasties, Corn Flakes, Sugar Puffs.

Rice Krispies, oatmeal, Wheatena and Cream of Wheat.

You got a dozen jugs of black molasses.

We got 60 boxes of dried milk.

How’d you like some ice cream, Doc?

Sociables, finger rolls and 7 kinds of what have you.

Now, we’ve got dried peaches, dried apricots dried raisins and dried prunes.

You know Mrs. Torrance, you got to keep regular if you want to be happy.

Hi.

Hi.

How’re you getting on?

Just fine.

Can we borrow Mrs. Torrance for a few minuets?

We’re on our way to the basement.

I promise we won’t keep her very long.

No problem, Mr. Ullman.

I was just getting to the ice cream.

You like ice cream, Doc?

Yeah.

I thought you did.

You folks mind if l give Danny some ice cream while we’re waiting for you?

Not at all.

No, we don’t mind.

Good.

Sound good to you, Doc?

Yeah.

Okay, you behave yourself.

What kind of ice cream do you like, Doc?

Chocolate.

Chocolate it shall be.

Come on, son.

It’s amazing, all this activity going on today.

Yes, the guests and some staff left yesterday, but the last day’s always hectic.

Everybody wants to be on their way as early as possible.

By 5:00 tonight, you’ll never know anybody was ever here.

Just like a ghost ship, huh?

Yes.

Do you know how l knew your name was Doc?

You know what I’m talking about, don’t you?

I can remember when l was a little boy my grandmother and I could hold conversations entirely without ever opening our mouths.

She called it “shining.”

And for a long time l thought it was just the two of us that had “the shine” to us.

Just like you probably thought you was the only one.

But there are other folks though mostly they don’t know it, or don’t believe it.

How long have you been able to do it?

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 that lives in my mouth.

Is Tony the one that tells you things?

Yes.

How does he tell you things?

It’s like l go to sleep, and he shows me things.

But when l wake up, I can’t remember everything.

Does your mom and dad know about Tony?

Yes.

Do they know he tells you things?

No, Tony told me never to tell them.

Has Tony ever told you anything about this place?

About the Overlook Hotel?

I don’t know.

Now think real hard, Doc.

Think.

Maybe he showed me something.

Try to think of what it was.

Mr. Hallorann, are you scared of this place?

No.

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 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 if someone burns toast.

Well.

Maybe things that happen leave other kind of traces behind.

Not things that anyone can notice.

But things that peopIe who shine can see.