Estou tentando identificar uma pequena história que li anos atrás, na qual um garoto pequeno está brincando no quintal e é infectado por um vírus (não me lembro se ele se cortou). Ele tem alguns dias enquanto o vírus se espalha e toma conta de seu corpo - ele está consciente de que está acontecendo.
No final, ele foi dominado e beija a mãe, que acha que ele se recuperou, para espalhar a invasão.
Eu acho que estava em uma coleção de histórias sobre os 1950s.
"Sonho de febre" por Ray Bradbury tem um menino tomado por micróbios depois de estar doente. A data de publicação do 1948 também é apropriada.
The story concerns Charles, a fifteen-year-old boy who is suffering from a severe illness. The local doctor diagnoses it as scarlet fever, but Charles protests that his hand has "changed" and is no longer under his control. He claims that he has been infected by microbes that are not only causing illness, but literally taking over his body and forming a new being. The doctor, however, assures Charles's parents that this is all in his imagination—a fever dream brought on by his illness.
Charles continues to lose control of his body—first his other hand, then his legs—but the doctor continues to assure him otherwise, and gives him antibiotics to deal with his problems. After Charles tries to choke himself, he is restrained to the bed by his parents. One night, Charles begins to lose control of his body, and he feels himself being taken over by the microbes.
The next morning, Charles appears fully recovered. He is pronounced completely healthy by the astonished doctor, whose hand Charles vigorously shakes. After the doctor leaves, however, Charles brushes his foot over a swarm of red ants on the floorboard in the carriage, killing them on contact. It appears that he has, indeed, been taken over by the microbes in his body.
Então, o texto completo está disponível aqui.