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    another a purgative, the third to overcome an cid condition, xplained He seemed ‘ and said there was nothing to worry about iftke fever pot go above one hundred and four degrees. This was a light *Pidemic of, and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia. influenza can only exist in an acid condition, he e all about influes Back in the room I te the boy's temperature down and made a not © Of the time to give the variou yea? galiow” ow S mii If you want to,’ said th 0, said the boy. H inder his eyes. He y. His face was very white He lay still tn the bed and se a ied ro taps emed very detached sat was going on from Howard P. nm Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates; but I could see h could see he was not what Twas reading Schatz asked him, 5 you fee ‘Just the same, so far’ he said. ; sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while waited for it to be time to give another eapsule. Ie “oa have been narural for him 90 gn.es sheep, bu x Tlooked up he was looking a the for f the A ed, looking very strangely. = “Why don't you try to go to sleep? Til wake you uP for the medicine. . ‘Td rather stay awake: t < Afeer a while he said to me, ‘You dont have to $f sft bothers you! \ & in here with me, Papa, ‘Te doesn't bother me. ‘No, I mean you don't bother you: I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven o'clock I went out for a while. ? Te was a bright, ah day, 1 ed with a sleet that had frozen so that it the bare trees, the and all che grass and the bare groune ee have to stay if its going f° up the road and along @ - che gassY gurface and a a & 3 5 pe what time do you you think Um g Boing to die Ne asked, w long will ie be before 1 d, ing to die, What's the mat ter with y yout Jam. I heard 8 1 him say nde w on't die with a fever of Fone hundred and two, Th 0. "That's a silly wray ay to talk, hey do. At school in Brance the ve got a hundred and twa? told me you can't live with f ng to die all da : : ay, ever since nine o! Schatz’ I said. Poor € nine o'clock in the mo ico die Toe if o Schatz, It's like miles and ll me ay divest net vn bette Git erecaes . On that thermometer en is normal. On this kind ir! is kind it's ninety-eight/ -eight, 2 wail sre you sure? I said. ‘It's like miles and kilometers. You know, like how mz ke , any hen we do seventy miles in the car? absolute mnerers we make w! e said. seat the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed kilo: ‘Ob, h Bur his ga: ‘00, finally, it was very slack and he cried very easily at little things that w and the next day i ere of no importance. Ernest HEMINGWAY \ Ermest Hemingway (1899-1 961) lived a life full of adventure. retas one of @ group of writers colled the ‘Lost Generation’ These writers rejected what they saw as an American focus on acquiring many possessions. ‘Along with being one of ‘America’s aco rmous writers, Hemingway wos o fisherman hunter, ond «a fan of bullfighting. He participated in both world wars. Many of his works are based on his experiences in Europe and Cubs. Fiemingnay’s witinge A Dey aaNet bo life. While Hemingway wos living cted like Schatz. Like much ' actual events in Hemingway's ha high fever and rea in France, his son come down wit decides to invade and rule Earth? up of Martians v rule < when a grouf t about how three Martians land inside a nus accoun” “of rhymes called Mother Goose drives them mre eat saves the Earth. how the book s { out he CHARACTERS LinuTENANT Lora Mtouty THI8 Tay TORIAN a Oop Apprentice Noopteé OFestace Voice GEANT O¢ TAIN OMEGA ; Scene I ORIAN Good afternoon. Welcome to our Museum of Ancient History, and to my department —cutiosities of the g { old, far-off ewentieth century. The twentieth century was often called the Era of the Book. In those days, there were books about everything, from anteaters to Zulus. Books taught people how to, and when to, and where to, and why to. They illustrated, educated, punctuated, and even decorated. But the strangest thing a book ever did was to save the Earth. You haven't heard about the Martian invasion of 2040? Tsk, tsk. What do they teach children nowadays? Well, you know, the invasion never really happened, because a single book stopped it. What was the book, you ask? A noble encyclopedia? A tome about rockets and missiles? A secret file from outer space? No, it was none of those. Tt was — but here, let me turn on the historiscope and show I wk-TANK NooDLeE Tuinx-TANK the projector st n left on Think.’ REAT AND and points it i ank, who is seated and be wears a ley, ds beside him at an ol aped bead, On 4 raised box, army odle stang " ig robe decorated with laborate switchboard Dion dA sign on 7c Mans Sha Coton a THINK-TANK, Commanbuacty bow low before entering) (bowing) © Great and Mi and intelligent creature in orders? (peevishly) You lef out part of my salutation, Noodle. Go over the whole thing again. Ir shall be done, sir. (in a sing-song) © Great and Mighey Think-Tank, Ruler of Mars and her two moons, most powerful and intelligent creature in the whole universe - (out of breath) what-are-your-orders? That's better, Noodle. I wish to be placed in communication with our manned space probe to that ridiculous little planet we are going to put under our generous rulership. What do Corer ghty Think-Tank, mose powerful the whole universe, what are your Apprentice they call it, again? v Earth, your Intelligence. af ; la Barth - of course. You see how insignificant the place re "3 first, something important. ‘My mirror. 1 wish to consult my mirror. : 4 Noopie Ir shall be done, sir. (He hands Te ee, Tax-Tank Mirror, mirror, in my hand. Who is the m intellectually gifted being in the land? TAGE VOICE (after a pause) You, sit. ‘ a aot — ‘an: (smacking mirror) Quicker. Answet quicker n 67 al we mirror. (He admires himself in the mirror.) Aly, ¢ ase er issna net a Hanclectos rice So ean reactive than those ugly Earthlings with their tiny jeage Noodle, you keep on exercising your mind, and somer® i youll have a balloon brain just like mine. ieday ge hope so, Mighty Think-Tank. I hope so, space probe. I want to invade that ball of mud called Barth before lunch, Ieshall be done, sit. (He adjusts levers on switchboard, buzzes and beeps are heard as the curtains open.) w, contact th Primitive Electron Scene II Time — A few seconds later Place - Mars Space Control and the Centerville Public Library (Ae rise — Captain Omega stands at centre, opening and closing card ca drawers in a confused fashion. Lieutenant Iota is up left, counting books j bookcase. Sergeant Oop is at right, opening and closing a book, turning it uns. down, shaking it and then riffing the pages and shaking his head.) Pt rare band) A sandwich? woh shon bie Dat Oc ee ra eat staple of Earth diet. Look a Tearnees TAnt = ae ee ga nivel ie See two sliceg creek called Grout aed berween her etome sorcof fg what is called bre That is correct, sir Cone To confirm my opinion, order you to ene it, : gulping) Bac it? Hinx- TANK Do you doubt the Mighty Think-Tanke Ob, no, no. But poor Lieutenant ota breakfast. Lieutenant Iota, I order you sandwich, (dubiously) Bat it? Oh, Captain! It's a very Steat honour tobe the first Martian to eat a sandwich, Tm sace, but ~ tay can I be so impolite as to eat before my Sergeant? (handing Oop the book and saying brightly) Sergeant Oop, I order you to eat the sandwich immediately, Oop (making a face) Who, Lieutenant? Me, Lieutenant? Tora and Omeca Oop has not had the, 0 eat this~ ha (saluting) For che glory of Mars, Oop! Yes, of course! (unhappily) Immediately, (He opens his mouth wide. Omega and Tota watch him breathlessly. He bites down on a corner of the book, and pantomimes chewing and swallowing, while making terrible faces.) Omeca Well, Oop? Well, Oop? ( Oop cous ighs. Omega and Iota pound him on the back.) Was it not delicious, Sergeant Oop? (saluting) That is cor tect, sit. It was not delicious. I don't know how the Earthlings can get those sandwiches down without water, They're dry as Martian dust. Sir, sir. Great and Mighty Think-Tank. I beg your pardon, but an i insignificant bit of data floated into my mind about those sandwiches, ee eo Tora Tuink-Tanx Oop Noopte 4 brightly) Alhat (brightly) Oho! bursting into 1 - bab does it the ca. sit. (She reads with freot sereeae emcee nos Mistress Mary, wane eae eenee) ‘ ; How does your garden -oil With cockle shells and silver bells ee maids all in a row. j aha, ha. Imagine that. Pretey maids growing i a garden MF og TANK (alarmed) Stop! This ‘nnd Beta ce realize the seriousness of this discovery? "The tatlog discovered how to combine agriculture and mining. oa a gH crops of rare metals such as eet \ cockle shells. ey can grow high explosives, 7 too. Noodle, tact our invasion fleet. cont NooDLE They are ready to go down and take over Earth, sit. Tuink- TANK Tell them to hold. Tell them new information has come to us about Earth. Jota, transcribe. Jota Yes, sir. (She reads very gravely.) Hey diddle diddle! The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog Jaughed to see such sports And the dish ran away with the spoon Oop (laughing) The dish ran away with the spoon! Trunx Ramco’ Jaughter, Desist. This js more and More alaeming: The Earthlings have reached a high level of civilizatio®> Didnt you hear? ‘They have raught their domesticated animals echniques: Exe” ir dogs have they ™) musical culcure and space © a sense of humour. Why, at this very alin of cove! launching an inte must not know th, about, putting book, Wher at T know, (6 back on she i alll We go, sive ; xo Tanx Ahundredmillion Mega, Tota, 8) fleet to eva for Alpha planet of Mats, We are ndred, million. a ot as Noodle hel and the curtain closes. Spotlight « igl bs Think-Tank of loft Historian down right) Aiusty ok book of nursery e artian invasion. As you al know, in the twenty-fifh century, five hundted yjnns deer y this happened, we Earthlings resumed contact with Mats, and we even became very friendly with the Martians. By thar me, Great and Mighty Think-Tank had been replaced by a very clever Martian ~ the wise and wonderful Noodle! Oh, yes, ne er HOU ihe Ntaeria nate tes Hitter enon Gen ee ess teaaaee aug books. : We tanght them how to read, too, and we established a) el library in their capital city of Marsopolis. But as you ight expect, there is still one book that the Naren ae ne bring themselves to read. You've guessed it - Mo nev c Goose! (She bows and exits right.) Curtain ines on (chuckling) And that’s how one thymes saved the world from a mod Craire Borko \ ° hod 4 California. She aie Seattle, Boston, an en ond her educatio! duced in i an Korea. One of her plays wos Pro® ake produced Ee blihes o number of chide os Penang, Malaysia. Creative Actors, Dramatized Paro’ eee od Children's Plays fo by Princess, Plays and fear 5 Disaster! 1S Stories, The oe some of her works. Doctor Din Girls, My here © hadow play written by Boiko. as va the truth, ie wa "We di get argyy all the students. > the weekend, Bonku Babu went gouse, 0 spend the evenings with other r ee ibe antes Sripati Majumdae's je had come back thinking, ‘Enough, ie On a number of scasions, he could put up with the pranks played by ka e is *Feason was simply that grown, even middle-aged men started making fun Va ce iis school, but when a im, it became too much On one particular day, the topic of conversation was hi - sh-flying — in other words, they were talking of satellites. Soon after sunset, os of light * : r B a had been seen in the northern sky. The discussion about satellites led to tall about aliens. Bhairav Chakravarty suddenly said, ‘Suppose some creature from a different planet arrived on earth? 'So what? Even if it did, you and I would never be able to see it! Everyone turned their attention to their cups of tea, After a few moments of silence, Bonku Babu cleared his throat and said gently, ‘Suppose ~~ suppose they came here?’ w Chakravarty slapped Bonku Babu's bac jp # 1, "What a ching «9 say! Where is creature po 4 1/ Not Moscow, not London, not New ¥, 4 In Kankurgachbi? You de think big, dont your’ n ig continued and avon, Bonku Babu decided he could noe vaya he reasing contin’ , er. He rose to his feet 's a moonless night, ren re, Bonkuda,’ warned Ramkanai, ‘i And it's a Saturday, Very auspicious for ghosts and spookef anne Bonku Babu saw the light when he was about halfway through the grove. In the last few minutes, he had become aware ofsomete ene first, he could not put his finger on it, Somehow, things were differene tonig Whar was wrong? Whae was missing? Suddenly, he realized that the eric were silent. There was only an eerie silence, Puzzled, Bonku Babu walked another twenty yards and then saw the lighe. Bang in the middle of the bamboo grove, in the clearing near a small pond, quite a large area was glowing pink. Despite being afraid, an irrepressible curiosity drove Bonku Babu further forward, As he went past a cluster of bamboo stems, an object came into view. It looked like a giant glass bowl, turned upside-down, covering the pond completely. It was through its translucent shade that a strong, yet gentle pink light was shining out, to turn the whole area radiant, Not even in a dream had Bonku Babu witnessed such a strange scene. He took a few steps to get a better look, but felt suddenly as if an electri current had passed through his body. In the next instant, he was rendere completely immobile. His hands and feet were tied with an invisible rope. A second later, a voice spoke, shattering the silence of the night. It sound Auman, but was extraordinarily thin. ‘Milipi-ping kruk! Milipi-ping kruk! it said loudly. . life a start, Wha hat id ie ean? Wise an guage Wun Uist An rice spoke poke made his hea ou? Who are you? Tt Jorn again ese were English wordat W, lowed. ‘Tam Bonkubthael (estes " am Bonkubihari Datta, sie, Wena to him? Bort ubihaei Datta’ he eeplion he replied, “ou English? Ave you Bnglish? th «yy Bonku Babu shouted back, ‘Bega suas on. I, sit.’ was followed by a short pause, Then the: ny ‘é) eat!” ice came back, speak \ , ing clearly. iu: Babu heaved a sigh of relief and rernened the grees ~addenly realizing that the invisible bonds menor "Namaskar! he lolding him tightly Bon said, had disappeared. ro run away but he did not. Now his astounded eyes could could see that He was fre a portion of the glass mound was sliding to one side, opening out like a door. Through that door emerged a head-like a plain, smooth ball iets 3 ofaweird creature. Its arms and legs were amazingly thin. With the ee ofits head, its whole body was covered by a shiny outfit. Instead of ae atiny hole on each side of its head. On its face were two holes where it should have had a nose, and another gaping hole instead of a mouth. There was no sign of hair anywhere. Its eyes were round and bright yellow. They appeared to be glowing in the dark. The creature walked slowly towards Bonku Babu, Having stared at him for away. Then it gave him a steady, unblinking stare. ded mote like a flute than nearly a minute, it spoke in the same voice that souns anything else: ‘Are you human?’ Yes! ‘Ts this Earth? "Yes. and stopped only a few feet —— ae v c ago, you could noe move an inch. Do you, a ead this liede. ching-in, nyihaneieee woulg "2 Nothing can be more effective than this in matt ovlele without actually hurting him Physically, ing snk Babu Fle genuinely taken aback. His mind was feeling fale jeu Babu fele ge A little is there any place that you have wished to visit OF Keene that yy to see, but never could?’ bu chought: why, the whole world remained to be seen! He tau, aphy, but what had he seen except a few villages and towns ix we ss so much I would like to see,’ he finally admitted, ‘but most of all nk { would like vist the North Pole, I come from a warm county yt 808, 80.5 Ang took out a small tube, one end of which was covered by a piece of ‘Take a look through this!’ Ang invited. Bonku Babu peered through the glass, and felt all his hair rise. Could this be true? Could he really believe his eyes Before him stretched an endless expanse of snow. Above him, against a blue sky, all the colours of a rainbow were forming different patterns, ch: every second. The Aurora Borealis! What was that? An igloo. There wasa grou of polar bears. Wait, there was another animal. A strange, peculiar creature. Yes! It was a walrus. There were two of them, in fact. And they were fightin Their tusks were bared-large as radishes-and they were attacking each other. ‘What about Brazil? Don't you wish to go there?! asked Ang. Bonku Babu peered through the tube again. He could see a dense forest. O: alittle scattered sunlight had crept in through the almost impenetrable folia There was a huge tree, and hanging from a branch ... what was that? Oh Gc he could never even have imagined the size of that snake, Anaconda! The na flashed through his mind, Bonku Babu could not bear to watch any more, His limbs were trembling, head reeled painfully, } aa swifaamall hueticane swept in, in the guise of gs, é be wrong: It wae one into stunned silence Then he cleared his thee chr speaking: pleasure in telling you that this is the last time you ing. The only reason Lam here today is simply that I y, “things before I go. Chandi Babu — at your age, bigs sther people's shoes and umbrellas is not just childish, but totally we Kindly bane my umbrella and brown canvas shoes to my house tomorroy, Nighu Babu, if you call me Bunkum, I will call you Nirwit and YOu must leary to live with thar. And Sripati Babu, you are an important man, of course yo, must have hangers-on. But let me tell you, from today you can count me ou. And oh, you are here as well, Poncha Babu! Let me inform you and everyone else, that last night, an Ang arrived from the planet Craneus and landed on the pond in your bamboo grove. We had a long chat. The man, sorry, the Ang. was most amiable.’ Bonku Babu finished his speech and made his exit, walking swiftly, his head held high. In the same instant, the cup fell from Ramkanai’s hand; shattering to pieces, and splattering hot tea on most of the others. Satyagit Ray (abridged) Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 - 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. Ray fidely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. wu believe that we are superioey bu ran his tongue over his ee wanted to know. \e oaked. et lips."Yes, Oh yer “ertainily. OF : sok, I have been watching you. Y, that I do not know. I also know thirty-one languages spoken on planets outside your system. ‘ I have been to twenty-five of «4 them. How old are you? ¥ ‘Tam fifty? ‘Tam 833. Bonku Babu swallowed \ hard. | ‘Take a look at this! Ang offered him a small object. It looked like a pebble. Bonk Babu touched it for an instant, and felt an electric current pass through his body. He withdrew his hand at once. a3 Oop INK-TANK Notify the invasion fleet. No invasion today Oop, transcribe the next code. Yes, sir. (reading) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty hada great fall; All the King’s horses and all the King’s men, Cannot put Humpty Dumpty together again. Oh, look, sir. Here's a picture of Humpty Dumpty. Why, sir, he looks like-he looks like~(turns large picture of Humpty Dumpty towards Think-Tank and the audience) (screaming and holding his head) It's me! It's my Great and Mighty Balloon Brain. The Earthlings have seen me, and they're after me. ‘Had a great fall!'~ That means they plan fo capture Mars Central Control and me! It's an invasion of Mars! Noodle, Prepare a space capsule for me. I must escape without delay, Space people, you must leave Earth at once, but be sure to remove all traces of your visita The Earthlings ened them and watched them, they Mitac I will clarify that for YoU Cag, munication, Now, Captain Omega for eye comm they are large, colourful sandwich over there, { y take that large, ¢ that is quite we Th idwiches are not for ear commun; ag? 4, Those sar On tay portant. Tell me what you observe, (Omepr eae sora ae} Lae volenta hb isihae ea holding it so that thy pactionce can seaithe itleaTota loi her left shoulder apt Gop peves over ier right shoulder.) . It appears to contain pictures of Barth! ings. ar There seen so be some sort of cade, ne Tanx (sharply interested) Code? I told you this was j ak peal Mae ™POrtan, Oop Ie's liccle lines and squi, iggles and dots — thousands of them alongside the pictures. *K-TAanK Perhaps the Earthlings are not mn thought. We must break the code, Noopie Forgive me, your Cleverness, but did not the chemical department give our Space people vitamins to increase thei intelligence? Trunx-Tanx Stop! A thought of magnificent brilliance has come to me. Space people, our chemical department has given You vitamins to increase your intelligence. Take them immediately and then watch the sandwich. The meaning ¢ the code will slowly unfold before you, It shall be done, sit. Remove vitamins. (Crew takes vitamin trom boxes on their belts.) Present vitamins. (They hold vitamins out in Sront of them, stiffly.) Swallow vitamins, (Th Pop the vitamins into their mouths and gulp simultaneously. They open their eyes wide, their heads shake, and they put the hands to their foreheads.) Excellent, Now, decipher that code, as Primitive as we hay, Omeca sue OMEGA Tuink-TANK OMEGA Oop Tuink- TANK OmEGA lora (adjusting ke ing knobs’ a ) Thave a closes nh Ta i Tank puts on a pair pate of the space of enormous erew, aie soagles and turn towards the sta the stage to watch core of Barbarians ote a eth to have ene tered some cn Make voice contact (speci nt « microphone) Ma crew of Pr ats crew a Pb One Mit Sac Cal cing ec location. Captain Omega, and ge us your (speaking into a disk whit Coin One B ee Ales ee ber neck) Sergeant Oop, and I haye arrived on Earth wit sense See cakes tudes tet neato ee els Hier you any idea where we are, ee can't figure it out, Captain. i z se cee ae eee as of: storage barn. What do you think, Sergeant Oop? "clue. Tve been to seven galaxies, but Iveneverseen dnything like this. Maybe theyre hats (He apes ¢ book and puts ion bis bead.) Says may De this is a haberdashery! (bowing low) Perhaps the Great and Mighty Think-Tank will give us the benefit of his thoughts ‘on the matter. Elementary, my dear Omega. Hold one of the items up s© that I may view it closely. (Omega holds a book om the palm of her hand.) Yes, yes» J understand now: Since Earth creatures are always eating, the place in which you find yourselves i8 undoubtedly a crude refreshment stand. (to Iota and Oop) He says werre in a refreshment stand. Well, che Earthlings certainly have @ strange diet. “That item in your hand is called a sandwich. (nodding) A sandwich. (nodding) A sandwich. 6 liehered and I fell ewice, hardy once dropping my gay a Re te ee clay Genk witts Oran peor Verh coy of al nde che op ofthe bane emma) 40° va Ce yee oF them scattered into brush piles and ie wy, | ob! e covey ye the ice-coared mounds of bral gence comes eae oot vhile you were poised tn on the icy, s o Bush, Coming ng and | led evo, mised fre and maa | 993 ney made found covey close tothe house and happy therewerey, |p, ey left to find on another day. At the house they said the boy had refused ye ‘You can't come in,’ he said. "You mustn't get what I have! oe I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white- ag faced, but with the tops of his cheeks Hushed by the fever, staring still, s he Ase hhad stared, at the foot of the bed. we Took his temperature. isk “Whar is it?” ‘Ol ‘Something like a hundred,’ I said. Tewas one hundred and two and fourtenths. | By ‘Tr was a hundred and two,’ he said, s “Who said so?” d “The doctor.’ ‘Your temperature is all right,’ I said. ‘It’s nothing to worry about.’ { ‘don't worry,’ he said, ‘but I can't keep from thinking, ‘Don't think,’ I said. ‘Just take it easy’ ‘Tm caking it easy,’ he said and looked straight ahead, He was evidently holding tight onto himself about something. ‘Take this with water,’ ‘Do you think it will do any good? ‘Of course it will.’ I sat down and opened the Pirate book and commenced to read, see he was not following, so I stopped. bs {is a qood idea to keep your sur thoughts and feelings with chert Rta a 9 pour

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