Hopeful Monsters
“Then - Do other people think like this?
One day I knocked on the door of my father's study.
'Yes?' 'You know those experiments you have been doing with salamanders -' 'Presumably.' 'I'd like to try one.' 'We're packing them up.' 'I know. I'd like to take one over.' In his own room my father seemed smaller, more compact. He was in one of those chairs that tipped back so that he could put his feet up on his desk. I thought - With one flick, could I get him flying into the shrubbery?
H...e said 'You wouldn't have time.' 'I've talked to Miss Box.' 'You've talked to Miss Box?' 'Yes. I know I wouldn't have time to do the whole experiment -' 'What did you make of Miss Box?' 'I like her. I thought I could just see if I could get one or two salamanders to stay alive - ' He said 'What did you talk about with Miss Box?' I thought - This is ridiculous.
Then - You mean, my father does carry on with Miss Box?MoreLess
One day I knocked on the door of my father's study.
'Yes?' 'You know those experiments you have been doing with salamanders -' 'Presumably.' 'I'd like to try one.' 'We're packing them up.' 'I know. I'd like to take one over.' In his own room my father seemed smaller, more compact. He was in one of those chairs that tipped back so that he could put his feet up on his desk. I thought - With one flick, could I get him flying into the shrubbery?
H...e said 'You wouldn't have time.' 'I've talked to Miss Box.' 'You've talked to Miss Box?' 'Yes. I know I wouldn't have time to do the whole experiment -' 'What did you make of Miss Box?' 'I like her. I thought I could just see if I could get one or two salamanders to stay alive - ' He said 'What did you talk about with Miss Box?' I thought - This is ridiculous.
Then - You mean, my father does carry on with Miss Box?MoreLess
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