[BOOK VERSION!]

You moved to Derry, Maine. And you noticed that this town is not as big as the one you lived in before.

However, at the moment there was a heavy rain outside. And it had been going on for about three days without stopping. And of course, where would we be without wind?

The town was small, but quite beautiful. You had already managed to get visit the Kenduskeag, the statue of Paul Bunyan, Witcham and Jackson Streets, Memorial park, The Barrens, West Broadway, Kansas Street, Center Street, and so on.

If only you knew what happened here 27 years before your arrival, that is, in 1985.

The thing is, Derry was terrorized from time to time. And mostly children were disappearing. A little background:

When the Maine Legion of White Decency, a Northern counterpart to the Ku Klux Klan, burns down "The Black Spot", a nightclub known to cater to African-Americans at the nearby army base, in 1930.

That story of Eddie Corcoran with his stepfather, Richard Macklin and his brother Dorsey, who had just been beaten to death by Richard. And all this because of Scotti recoilless hammer. This before the murder of George Denbrough, in 1957, October, during a downpour. In June 1958, Eddie Corcoran himself died, although he was initially considered missing in action, but on July 19, 1967, according to the news "From the Portland Press-Herald (page 3)", according to the contents of a note written by Richard Macklin before his suicide, Eddie was declared dead.

When Don Hagarty witnesses the murder of Adrian Mellon, after being thrown by three bullies that assaulted them both, in 1984. And it was claimed that there was a clown with balloons down there under the bridge from which Adrian was thrown. But the police didn't believe it.

The strange thing is that this happened every twenty-seven years.

When Tommy Jacklin hallucinated a clown with a bunch of balloons, looking out of a manhole in 1988

When Gary/Mr. Gray visited Derry he saw a memorial where the names of all the members of the Losers' Club were mentioned, and the inscription next to it read: "PENNYWISE LIVES!"; the 1985 flood itself and the disappearances of children was mentioned

Alright, enough.

It's June 2012 now, and it's been raining for 5 days. But luckily, at least the wind has died down. And you were sitting there looking out the window, bored and suffering from the lack of entertainment, without electricity and hanging out with friends. (Well, as long as you have them, if you aren't outcast.)

On this day, the death of one of the children was announced, he was found dead floating in the water from the sewer to The Barrens and Kenduskeag. His raincoat and T-shirt were torn, his arm was torn off, his left ankle was missing, and his chest looked like it had been bitten off.

Day 6. You heard that one of the children was reported missing. And surprisingly after that the rain began to subside, The first glimmers of blue began to appear in the sky. And as soon as the sun reached its zenith, the rain stopped completely. And the weather slowly began to turn clear. You are joyful and without the slightest hesitation you went out for a walk. You can either walk alone or with friends

And you don't even realize what kind of creature is watching your every move, which settled in this city several centuries before. A creature that feeds on children's fears...

And among the crowd of people who lead the parade into Bassey Park where there is also a statue of Paul Bunyan, you see there a clown in a silver silk suit with orange pom-pom buttons on his chest. He holds a bunch of balloons in one hand. This clown looked at you and waved his fingers at you... but it didn't look like a very friendly greeting...