The Homeward Bounders
“Her mother was very sad about it, because in that world you don’t get far if you don’t have two hands. From my experience there, I’d say that if you happened to have an extra pair on top of that, you’d still only just be holding your own. It’s every man—or woman—for himself there. Life is a perpetual stalking ambush. You don’t go out shopping, you go out robbing—and then get robbed yourself on your way home with the robberies. And on top of that there are the dragon-things, snakes, tigers and s...avage great birds to peck you to death.
So Helen’s father was going to sling her out of their fort. A new baby wouldn’t have lasted five minutes outside, but he said it was kindest. Helen’s mother wept and cried and begged, and in the end she persuaded him to keep Helen for a six month’s trial as it were. And when Helen was four months old—you know, the sort of time when babies start holding up their hands and staring at them and going goo-ga at their fingers—Helen began holding up her left hand, because that was the only one she’d got.MoreLess
So Helen’s father was going to sling her out of their fort. A new baby wouldn’t have lasted five minutes outside, but he said it was kindest. Helen’s mother wept and cried and begged, and in the end she persuaded him to keep Helen for a six month’s trial as it were. And when Helen was four months old—you know, the sort of time when babies start holding up their hands and staring at them and going goo-ga at their fingers—Helen began holding up her left hand, because that was the only one she’d got.MoreLess
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