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    SELECTED STORIES of Philip K. Dick Jonathan Lethem aby SELERTED STORIES OF PHILP K, ICR Pata wanted to do was Beep myo It wast Kaplan wanted to Kilwa my own position andi Tas inetd in” “And Mike’ wasthethid report That cae ferthe minor repo” Winwercnrcted him." meu tame st “ik was he last ofthe the, yes. Feed wit the knowledge ofthe frst repr. fa deve nor kl Kaplan, That sce rp Rt faced with thr report, 1 changed may mind back, Reporte situation tw, was the situation Kaplan wanted cross Iwas ote avanige of {the polceto x-crste postion n,n bythat ine Ts thinking of he police Thad gored ot what Kaplan doing. The third sport inva Ait the second onein the same way the second une invalidated th ist That brought is back where we sated frm” "sa came over, reathles and gasping, “Lets go—wee al finished hee" Litheand gil she ascended the mt rang othe ticks gue In beside her husband andthe div. The ate bed started up his ‘wud and theater flo “Each report we dileent” Anderton concluded “Each was unique But oof hem agreed on oe pin Ile Fe, 1 would il Kaplan, Tat created theision of majority report Asti hal was —an ill Son. "Don and'Mik’ previewed th sums evnt—b in totally di ferent tine pats. occurring under otal teen sutton. Donn and ee the soled snort report an half ofthe joy reports wee income. OF the the,"Mike ws coeect-—since mo report came ater his ‘ovat im, That msi up Anxious, Witwer ote along bee the track, hismoot, blond ce rested wih worry." Wilithappen again Should we overhaul the setup?” “itean happenin nly one ccustancs”Andrton i "My ene was unique sine had acest the tat ble nba nly tothe net Plice Commission So wach your step” Hey e rine, deriving so incnsdeabe comfort fons Witwer’ stained expreson, Bee him, Lislsredlipstwitebed and er had eached out an closed veri eter keep your eyes open” he informed young Witwe, “it might appen o youst ay tna” THE DAYS OF PERKY PAT [Attn in the morning terrific horn familia to hi, hoot Sam Regan st ofhissleep ana be cused he carebo uti eke the acket was deliberate, The carboy cling wanted tobe etn that tukes—and ‘ot mercy wild animal—go the care parcel that wee tbe dropped Wel get cher, wel get then, arn Rega sa to hisel ae ppd his dst-proot ove puts fe into boot, an then gmp san tered a lowly as posible toward the rrp, Several he Hers joinsd imal showing similar inition “He's ery today” Tod Mocion complained “And I bet ial les, supa and flour andlard—nothing interning the say candy” "Weought tobe grateful” Norman Schein sid Grate!” Tod bate star at him. "GRATEFUL "ex Schein a “What do you think web tng witout them: If ad sen the clouds en yest 0" "Wel Te sid len "just on’ ke the coe ary actly ont exactly mind ther coming, assuch™ ‘Ashe puts shoulders aginst the lid atthe top ofthe ramp, Schein ssi en "Tha mighty tolerant of you, Tad boy. sure the areboys woul be pleted thea our settinents? ‘OF the threo ther, Sam Regan ws the st och the surfs he 4 not ike the upstairs tal ane he di cae who knew Ad ay hos ao one could compl hi to eave the fey of the Pinole Fake pit es entirely his sins and he noted now that numberof his fellow hers had ected wo remain below in their quarters, conden tht those ‘eho dd answer the horn would bring thm bck something “tes bright" Tod murmured, blinking i the sun 2uu SELESTED STORIES OF PHILP K. OIC The cae ship sparkled clone ovechead et opsinat the gray sky a8 if tunging fom an uneasy thread Good pil thi drop, Tox decided, Heo rather js ily andes inno ey. waved tthe ce ship od tne more the he orn burst out edn, aking hit lp is sta his eats: Hey. ajke'sajoke esi to himself. And then the hora ees the careboy had ened Wate to im 1 drop” Norm Seen sa to od. “Youve go the "Sure!" sid and hepan borouly Napping thee ag wich the Martian crear had lon ago provides, ack and forth back and forth A projectile sli fom the underpart of he ship ose ou stabilizes, spiraled ward the ground, *Sheoot” Sam Regan sud with digas. Iti staples: hey dont have ‘he parachute” He urned away, not intersted How miserable the ups loked today, he thought ashe surveyed ‘he senesurounding him. Thes tothe ight, the uncompleted house which somone—not fir rom thee pit—had begun to build out of lam ber slvaged fom Veja en mies tothe noth, Animals oe adition dst ‘nd gotten the Bile, and so his war remained where twat would ever be pu tous. And, Sas Regan saan anally hey prepa ‘ad formed since st he hd ben up here Thursday morning oe phaps| Friayshehad ost exact rack The darn dst he thought. stocks piss of rubble, an the dant Works becoming & diy objet with no one 10 shin to regulary, How about yout Be ake sent of te Martian ‘arcboy fying In slow ciecks overhead. lant your tecogy Kites? CCnttyou appear some morning with dust ra milion miles in srlce tyenand restore our plant to prtine newness? (Or eather, he thought pitne ones, the way it ws inthe “oh day atthe chien cal We ike tat, Wile ou loking for some ‘hingt give tous in the way offre id ty ta The creo circ once noe, senching for sigs of writing inthe Ass a message fom the kes below. wrt tat, Sam though xe DUST 24s, RESTORE OUR ciALzaF10N. Okay caeboye Alla onc the ae ship shot of no doubt omits wy bac hom ts bse on Luna or perhaps the wy to Mars rom the open ke pit hole up which the tc of them had one OO O_O THE UaYS OF PERRY PAT 2k farther head poked, a woman, Jean Rega, San wif, pened shielded toys bonnet guns the gay, blinding sun, owning and sying,"Anything, important Anything new” "aid ot" Su sad. The care pare projectile al landed and he walked toward it sealing hi boots the dis. The hl ofthe protic tad ercked open rom the impact and he cold se the canister ley. I looked tbe ive thowsand pounds of sle—might as wellweit up ete s0 the animals woulda starve he died. Hee despot ow peculiar ansous the crcboys were, Concerned he time ha ‘he mainstays of eitenee be ere rom theo planet to Earth. They st think weet al day lng, Sam thought. My God... theptwa filled ‘w aps wih stored fonds. But of oureit id been on of the smallest public shelersin Norther Califia Hey” Schein si, stoping down by the pojctie and pring into the crack opened along its side" Believe Ice something we ca se” He found ast etl pole—onc it ha helped reinforce the concrete side ofan o-days pale ligand poked athe projectile, strsng is leat mechanism int ston. The mechanism tigre off, pop the rear half te peti open and herelay the contents fully tokng his shor black bead he sai “Maybe we ean ws them for Something nein ou Mine aleay got radio” Schein pointed out "Wil, bud ap electronic ssirctng law howe with the pars “Td said. "ow dont have tht, do you” He knew the Shin Perky Pat layout iy wth two coupes an his wife wih Schein and is, had layed togthera go del being almost evenly mathe ‘San Regan sibs onthe radios because them. His cout lacked the automatic garage door opener tht both Sci ad Td hadshe was considerably behind therm, “ats gett work Schein agrod. "Well eave the stpls hee anda «art back the adios. anybody wate the staple thm some ete and tthe. Before the dons da "Novi, the oer eno me lt the jab of carting the afl com tents ofthe project to the entrance of thee okt ramp, For os in theiprecous, abort Perky Pt outs. ‘ua SELECTED STORIES OF PHILIP. aiCe Seat rotleggd with is whetstone, Timothy Schein, ten yer ld and aware of his many responsi, sharpened his kil, soy and ‘xp. Meal, dsubing hr, he moter and father nosy qua reed wth Mand Mix. Marion, om the fase ofthe partition They ‘were paying Perky Pat sain, Avs, ow many times toy they ave to play that dumb game? Timothy sed himself Forever ues He could Se nothing init but hs paren Payed on anybow. And they werent the oly ones he Kaew fom what other kids sai, ever ros ater keisha thr parents, oo, played Pky Pa ost fhe day and sts ven omit he might. His mother a loudly." Peky Pa ing othe grocery store andi stone of those electri pes that opens the dont Look” A pt. "Se i ‘pened forerand now she's nse ‘she pushes cart Timorhy’s dad added in suppor. "No, she doce” Mrs, Morrison contradicted. "Thats wrong. She vse sco the rocer and he fils i” at's only i ie neighborhood stores" hismother exis. “And ‘his ia superar you can tl esabiof the eticeye do “Vm aural grocery toreshadelstric eye doors” Mis. Mores ik stubborn and her husband chimed in with his agreement, Now the ‘ices rose in anger another squabble had broken ou. Asus ‘Av cung 0 them, Tinothy sid wo hime, asing the strongest word whic he and his eens new. Wha a supermarket anyhow? He test the blade of his ile had rade it his, orginally out fay ‘metal pan—snd then hopped to is et. A moment the had sprit silemly down the hall and ws rapping his spec sap onthe dooe othe CChambecane quater, Fred alto ten years ld ansered. “Hi Ready to go? 14 you got that, kaif of yours sharpened wha do you think wl ath” ‘Nota do-at Timothy iA lt hee tha that's ed ting oscat Too peppery” our peas playing Perky Pa ‘Yeah ‘red sd,"My mom and dad have ben gone for long io play THE OAYS UF PERKY PAT. aba sng withthe Bentley” He glanced sideways a Timothy andi am instant ‘hey had shared hei mt appointment regarding thir patents. Gon, and maybe the dan game wa al aver the wold, by now tat would not he surprise’ either ofthe, How come your patents ply Timothy asked Same resn yours do" Fred a esitatng, Timothy sd, Wel, why? dn know why they do Tm ski you, ca you sy? "Es beauie— Fred broke of Ask them, Come nets ge upstae and start hunting” His eyes sbone. “Lt sce what we ca cate and ill toy Stony they had ascended the ramp, popped open he i and were erouching amidst the dust and cocks, saching the horizon, Tiothy’ heart pounded this moment aay verwheind in the ist nica of| reaching the wptis, The thing nl ight of the expanse Besa it vas ever the sme. The dst heavier toda had darker gray coro it than before i seemed denser, noe mytrous, Here and shee, covered by many yrs of dst, ly pares dropped from pst ei ships droped and lett deteriorate Neve tbe cin ‘And, Timothy so, an additional new projectile which hal arsved tht morning, Mos of cargo could e een wii the grown-up ad not had any use forthe majority af the contents tod “Look Fred tk ft Two do-ate—mutant dogs a cats; no one knew for sre—could be seen lightly silfig at the projectile Aerated hy the unclaimed cates, “we dnt want them Timothy si “Thane sue nie and ft Pred sa longing Butt wa Timothy ‘hoa the is ale mse had was ring with a metal ol om the ‘endhabull-roater that coulda irl oa sal animal ata distance—but ‘eles gaint a doe which generally weighed fee to ewenty pounds ated sorties mor High pin the sky dot moved at immense spe, and Toth knew ‘hata acareship heading or another Takei bringing supplies wot ‘Sure ae busy, he thought to himselé Those cares abeays coming ane 270 SELERTED STORIES AF PRI KOCK sing they never stp, because if they did the grown-ups woud di Wonk that be oo bad ethoughtieon call Sane be ad resid "Wave to it and maybe il drop something” He grnn at “Timothy and then hey both broke ot nighing “Sure! Timothy ad. “Lets ses; wha do T want” Again the two of ther laughed at the ea of them wanting something. The two boys had the entire upstairs as far asthe eye ould se. they ad even tore than ‘the citboyt had, and tha was plenty, moet plenty, Do you think they kn” Fed said, "hat our parent ply ery Pat ith Frnue made out of what they dcp? bet hey dont know abot Perky Pa they never have sen a Pehl and if hy id they be seally mad” “Yo rght? Timothy sid “Theydbe so sore they'd probably stop dropping stuf” He hanced at Fred catching ise “aw no” Bed sad. “We should tll hems; your dad would best you gain if you di that and probably ton” "hens it waa interesting ide, He coud imagine ist the spi andthe the anger ofthe cies two be fun 0 5 tht the ec ‘on ofthe ight Iggsd Martian cetures no ad so much hari inside thei warty bois, he cephalopod univdve malas ogame Ind voluntary taken i upon themselesto supply succor to the waning ferns ofthe human ace. thi was hw thy ot pid back for thet charity, this ately wate stop purpose to which thei goods were ling pt. Thi sti Perky Pa ame thal he as played ‘And anyhow it woud be very ha ol thems thre was soos no communication besen humans and ctboys. Tey wee oo diferent ‘ats deed, could be done, convey somthing... bat not mere words notmere sus And anyhow— ‘grea brown abit bounded byt theright past the hal-sompleted house. Timothy whipped out his kis. “Chhoy"he sai lod in excite ‘ment “Lets go” He wt off across the robb round, Fro ite being him, Grady they gained onthe rabbit swt unning came casy othe ‘wo oy: they a done mich practicing “Throw the ki” Fed pated and Timothy. skidding taal ised bist em poused to takai and then the sharpened, wcightod ie. His most valuable, sel-made possesion THE oavS OF PERKY PAT 7a Ie elewed the rabbi stright evough its vital The rabbit ambled sl raising coud of das Tbe we can get dalla fr that” Fed exsaimed ping up and dowa."The id slone—I het we can ge ify cents for the dara hie! Together, they hursed toward the dead rabbi, wanting to get her telnet hk oases mn i the gray sy show, Bending, Nonna Schein picked up his Perky Pst dol and sd sl Ten quitting dont want pay anymore: Disessd his wil protest Hat we veg Perky Pt al te wy down town in er new Ford hardop ceri ad pak nd dime inthe meer and sh’ shopped and now shes inthe analyst oe rsdn For ‘une—wc'e way ead ofthe Morison! Why do you want to git, Norm We just don't ages” Noemen grumble. "Yo say analyse chard twenty dolls an hour and dtiatlyremsember them carping oa ten; nobody could charge twenty So ye penalizing ouside, a fr what? The Morrisons gree it was only en. Dow you?" he sai Mr-and Mrs Morrison, who squatted on thefrsideo the yout which combined bath couples Perky Pt sets Helen Morison sid to her husband, "You wet to the nals ore ‘han dikareyou sore capcom tnt” "Wel, went mostly to group iherap Tod sk "Ahe erly State ‘Mental Hygiene Clinic, and they charged aconding to your ability to pay An Perky Pat iat rte ayant "WIL hae 1 ask someone de” Helen sail to Norman Schein.“ uesall we can do now his minutes suspend the game” He fon in Sa bing glared at by he, 10, now cause by his insistence nthe one Point head pt an cht ther gone forthe whole eran. "Shall we le ial set ap? ran Sch ak "We might as wal maybe we can nish tonight afer diner” ‘Norman Schein gized down a their combined Iayut the swanky Stop, the welPt strats withthe parked newemde! cis, all of thera Shiny, the spite house ul, where Petky Pat ved and where she ‘entrained Leonard, he boyfie tw the hoe that he perpetually ave SELECTED STORIES OF PHILIP. o1gE yea forthe house wa the ea fos fhe yuo athe Perky Pt ayo however mach they might otherwise ery Pas wardrobe for instance thet inthe closet ofthe house, he big bedeoom closet. Her capri pans, er whit ction shor-shorts, er tw piee plla-dot vist eazy sweaters... anthers n herbed oom, ber if set her allen of long plying ears ‘Wad bear this way. once, realy bem Hk hin he ody: Noem Schein could remembers | precor cllcton, and he ha once had

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