Once Upon a Time
What does the narrator realize is the cause of the creaking she hears in her home at the start of the story?
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The narrator realizes that the cause of the creaking sound is a result of her home being "built on undermined ground." She says that when something below "trembles, detaches, and falls...the whole house shifts" (24).