ReadOasis Step 2 Classic Stories in 1,000–2,000 Words — retold from H.G. Wells, 1895 White hands took the traveler by the neck in the dark. He could not see them. All the air left his body, and no air came in. He pushed. He punched. He kicked something soft, and it fell away from him. Two red eyes watched him from the floor. But that night comes later in this story. It starts in a warm room in London, on a Thursday. The door opened, and a man stood there with blood on his feet. His coat was dirt...