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Blish,James – Nor Iron Bars

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Some kind of emergency but then why not the alarms

Got to ring Stauffer

Daddy? Daddy? Bye-bye-see you? Daddy

Where’s the bottle I knew I shouldn’t of gotten sucked

into that game

The wind always the wind

Falling falling why can’t I stop falling will I die if I

stop

Two point eight three four Two point eight three four I

keep thinking two point eight three four that’s what the

meter says two point eight three four

Somebody stop that wind I tell you it talks I tell you I

hear it words in the wind

Johnny don’t go. I’m riding an elephant and he’s trying

to go down the ladder after you and it’s going to break

No alarms. All well. But can’t think. Can’t Mommy ladder

spaceship think for bye-bye-see-you two windy Daddy bottle

seconds straight. What’s the bottle trouble game matter any-

how? Where’s that two point eight three four physicist, what’s-

his-bye-bye-name, Daddy, Johnny, Arpel

will I die if I stop

I love you

the wind

two point

Mommy

STOP.

STOP. STOP. Arpe. Arpe. Where are you? Everyone else,

stop thinking. STOP. We’re reading one another’s minds.

Everyone try to stop before we go nuts. Captain Arpe, do

you hear me? Come to the bridge. Arpe, do you hear me?

I hear you. I’m on my way. My God.

You there at the field tension meter

two point eight three four

Yes, you. Concentrate, try not to pay attention to anything

else

Yes, sir. 2.834. 2.834. 2.834.

You people with children, try to soothe them, bed them

down again. Mr. Hammersmith]

The wind . . . Yes?

Wake up. We need your help. Oestreicher here. Star deck

on the double please. A hey-rube.

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