"A creaking of the king made by the weight carried by one foot after another along a wooden floor. I listened." -pg. 231
The opening section of this story creates an emotional background for the "children's story" that is told. The creaking sound the speaker hears she concludes could be two different things. First, it could be a murderer or another human. Second, it could simply be the house settling into the ground naturally and creaking. The fear created within the speaker sets the background for the short story she tells. It automatically creates a feeling of suspense, and prepares the reader for a climatic, unexpected ending. It also creates question in the reader about what is about to happen, with the speaker or within the story. This feeling of fear and suspense is the emotional background created for the children's story that is told.
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