In Raymond Carver's "A Small, Good Thing" a little boy named Scotty is hit by a car, hospitalized, and is unconscious. ... She hadn't let Howard into it, though he was there and needed all along" (Carver 240). ... (Carver 239). ... She was afraid, and they were afraid" (Carver 243). ... He was happy and, so far, lucky - he knew that" (Carver 237). ...

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