Spider-Man
Chapter One
THE ARRIVAL
It smelled weird.
That was the first thing that Peter noticed. The moment he stepped
over the threshold, he noticed the smell of the house. It was ...
it was antiseptic, somehow. Not that young Peter, standing there so
neatly attired in his blue shorts, white shirt, and yellow sweater
vest, would have known the word "antiseptic." That was a big,
important word. Most four-year-olds hadn't heard the word, couldn't
use it in context, couldn't even come close to spelling it. In this
regard, Peter Parker, who had celebrated his birthday the previous
August at a big and splendid party where his parents had made a
marvelous fuss over him, was no different. By age five, however, he
would be able to correctly define and spell it ... along with
"microbiology," "cellular," and "mitosis." On the other hand, he
would continue to stumble over "photosynthesis" and "paleontologist"
until he reached the ripe old age of six.
Peter, however, wasn't looking that far ahead. Five and six were an
eternity away. All that concerned Peter at that moment was the here
and now. And what was here, and what wasn't.
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