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In the beginning there was the wheelbarrow, which they kept in the bedroom and filled with books, fruit, and phone messages.
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Later when the sleeplessness got too much, they used it to wheel each other around the house. Once they filled it with soup, which they ladled into bowls and ate with chunks of bread.
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The wheelbarrow was silver. It glittered in the dark and made whistling sounds like birdsong. Sometimes it hummed.
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Once she pushed him backwards into the wheelbarrow and tossed the book after him, saying, Stay there until you've read the first act of Hamlet at least!