ET- Depressing House

  Somehow he must prevent his personal disaster from overtaking these Earthlings, or the Earth itself, for he didn’t know—there was no formulated equation for this planet—it might indeed follow him if he went, for his body contained a great atomic secret.

  Every plant in the house was dead. The walls themselves seemed to be heaving toward him, with each breath of his own lung.
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  Michael groaned and shook Elliott. “Please, Elliott, wake up . . .”

  Elliott came around, slowly, and Michael helped him down the hall toward his room, the two brothers staggering against each other, Michael feeling like he was dragging an iron ball with him. What was this strange downward-tugging force? What had happened to his brother? What had happened to the house? Was it caving in or something?

  Michael touched the wall to reassure himself, but the wall made other-dimension movements, its fibers charged with a subtle dance of dark light.

- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in His Adventure on Earth, chapters 14 and 15