Across
- 2. The house did not notice that the humans were gone, simply following the routine that it always had. You could say that the house was ___________.
- 4. Mice dart out of tiny tunnels in the wall (what are these tunnels called?)
- 7. Due to the implied nuclear bomb that led to the entire population of Allendale's death, the city let off a glow.
- 9. Armies of mice sprung from tunnels in the walls, going to clean up the dusty house.
- 11. This machine was used many times after the mouse left their burrows to clean up something. it got rid of messes, turning the object into a pile of ashes.
- 12. - Flaming red birds. The house quivered in fear each time one was near and when the soft rain walls, when mankind has perished, they will continue to circle while singing their shimmering sound.
- 13. The fireplace blazed at eight o'clock. A cigar sat in front of it, burning down to ashes while waiting for someone, anyone.
Down
- 1. In There Will Come Soft Rains, the McClellans are compared to gods when their role in the house is described. In this paragraph, the house was compared to something, with ten thousand attendants and servicing choirs.
- 3. The city was destroyed and as the fire swarmed the McClellan's house, the house collapsed into a giant pile.
- 5. only four shapes stood out on the charred wall. The father's was mowing, the mother's was picking flowers and the childrens' were playing with the ball's.
- 6. The house shook with each animals that drew near it. It became paranoid with each sparrow and fox that creeped up to the door.
- 8. Every day at four thirty-five, cards fluttered on top of a table along with martinis and egg-salad sandwiches. Every day at five o'clock, the cards disappeared through the tables, the game untouched.
- 10. The walls lit ablaze as these paintings burnt to a crisp. They were eaten like delicacies, oil dripping off of them as the canvases burnt to a crisp.