![]() Electrico, Mademoiselle Tarot, the Dangling Man, the Illustrated Man, The Skeleton, the Dust Witch, the Egyptian Mirror Maze ("see yourself ten thousand times!"), and The Most Beautiful Woman in the World. ![]() They notice a crumpled advertisment: "Coming October 24th, Cooger and Dark's Carnival." The flier promises to present Mephistopheles, the Lava Drinker, Mr. Will hears steps running up behind him and suddenly Jim is with him again. ![]() ![]() Chapter 6 ends with Jim walking toward the Theater as Will walks home by himself. While walking home the boys approach Hickory Street, and Jim wants to stop and look through a window in a particular house, which they call "the Theater." One morning, they had been climbing trees and picking apples, when they happened to glance through this window and witness people who "all unknowing, flourished shirts above their heads, let fall clothes to the rug, stood raw and animal-crazy, naked, like shivering horses, hands out to touch each other." To this day, Jim finds himself drawn to the Theater, while Will wants nothing but to stay away. ![]()
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