Return From the Stars
“A white-and-orange robot was waiting on the lawn. I stepped out.
"Welcome to Clavestra," it said, and its white belly unexpectedly began to sing: tinkling notes, as though it had a music box inside.
Still laughing, I helped it unload my things. Then the rear hatch of the ulder, which lay on the grass like a small silver zeppelin, opened, and two orange robots rolled out my car. The heavy blue body sparkled in the sun. I had completely forgotten about it. And then all the robots, carrying my suitcases, boxes, and packages, moved in single file toward the house.
The house was a large cube with glass walls. One entered through a panoramic solarium, and farther on were a hall, a dining room, and a wooden staircase going up; the robot, the one with the music box, did not fail to point out to me this rarity.
Upstairs there were five rooms. I did not pick one with the best—an eastern—exposure because in them, particularly in the room with the view of the mountains, there was ...too much gold and silver, whereas mine had only streaks of green, like crushed leaves on a cream background.MoreLess
"Welcome to Clavestra," it said, and its white belly unexpectedly began to sing: tinkling notes, as though it had a music box inside.
Still laughing, I helped it unload my things. Then the rear hatch of the ulder, which lay on the grass like a small silver zeppelin, opened, and two orange robots rolled out my car. The heavy blue body sparkled in the sun. I had completely forgotten about it. And then all the robots, carrying my suitcases, boxes, and packages, moved in single file toward the house.
The house was a large cube with glass walls. One entered through a panoramic solarium, and farther on were a hall, a dining room, and a wooden staircase going up; the robot, the one with the music box, did not fail to point out to me this rarity.
Upstairs there were five rooms. I did not pick one with the best—an eastern—exposure because in them, particularly in the room with the view of the mountains, there was ...too much gold and silver, whereas mine had only streaks of green, like crushed leaves on a cream background.MoreLess
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