KPs hell for takin too much of the potato along with the peel。 I says；
'Here； lemme show you how that's done。' He held out the potato and the peeler
and then the whole kitchen was gone。 Bang； just like that。 You say you see this
guy Tony before 。。。 before you have dreams？〃
Danny nodded。
Hallorann put an arm around him。 〃With me it's smellin oranges。 All that
afternoon I'd been smellin them and thinkin nothin of it； because they were on
the menu for that night—we had thirty crates of Valencias。 Everybody in the damn
kitchen was smellin oranges that night。
〃For a minute it was like I had just passed out。 And then I heard an explosion
and saw flames。 There were people screaming。 Sirens。 And I heard this hissin
noise that could only be steam。 Then it seemed like I got a little closer to
whatever it was and I saw a railroad car off the tracks and laying on its side
with Georgia aced South Carolina Railroad written on it； and I knew like a flash
that my brother Carl was on that train and it jumped the tracks and Carl was
dead。 Just like that。 Then it was gone and here's this scared； stupid little KP
in front of me； still holdin out that potato and the peeler。 He says； 'Are you
okay； Sarge？' And I says； ‘No。 My brother's just been killed down in Georgia'
And when I finally got my momma on the overseas telephone； she told me how it
was。
〃But see； boy； I already knew how it was。〃
He shook his head slowly； as if dismissing the memory； and looked down at the
wide…eyed boy。
〃But the thing you got to remember； my boy； is this： Those things don't always
e true。 I remember just four years ago I had a job cookin at a bo