not take a chance. The following units are scheduled for water privileges. Unit three. Unit six. -Hey! Hey! -Unit 12. Water privileges denied. Remember, behavior determines existence... Get back, get back! (ALARM BUZZES ) Programming assembly has been called. Appear with enthusiasm for programming assembly. (SLURPING) It's my drinking ration. (CHUCKLING) You like it here. It's quiet. That's the difference between us. I don't like quiet. Yes, I know. Why do you let them go beyond the walls? It's good for morale. It lets them feel they're getting away with something. And after all, there is no chance of escape. The nearest uncontrolled water is 100 miles away. -I want them punished for it. -AII of them? I saw only Solarbabies. Were they winning? (CHUCKLING) Odd name for a skateball team, don't you think? "Solarbabies." Soft. No menace. Why do you suppose they chose it? They don't seem to need anything more menacing, do they? They always seem to win. But you needn't worry. They'll be properly punished. (MEN SCREAMING) (MACHINE GUNS FIRING) (GRUNTING) (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) They called themselves "Eco-warriors." "Eco," taken from what? Rabbit? Hey, if they took it, they should give it back. (ALL LAUGHING) Tutor Nover, l would like to see Jason, Metron, Rabbit, Terra and Tug on the dog block immediately. GIRL: Looks like trouble. BOY: Busted. Sundown for the Solarbabies! (CHILDREN LAUGHING) This orphanage is dedicated to producing useful members of the E-Protectorate. I will not run it as a prison. -Do you understand that? -Yes. Yes. Then why did I have a Strictor from the E-Police Maiming Squad in my office this morning? -We were challenged by the Scorpions. -WARDEN: I'm sure you were. But you could have taken the challenge here in organized play. -They wanted the outside arena. -WARDEN: Of course they did. There are no rules at the arena. Now understand something. My power ends at the walls. Outside, it's the Strictors' world. There is nothing out there. Nothing. Stick with us. Learn to serve order and you'll achieve a decent lifegrid. -Let them do 10 cubic meters. -TUG: What? Ten? Let them do 20 cubic meters. (ALL CHATTERING) BOY: Hurry up! Come on, let's go! BOY 2: AII right, it's a good game! (WHOOPING) AII right. Come on! It's my roll. (CHEERING) Twenty cubic meters by sundown or double that tomorrow. Start digging! (STUDENTS CHATTERING) BOY: What is that? BOY 2: What's that supposed to be? (CAWING) Hey, crowbrains! No birds allowed. (SQUAWKING) (SQUAWKING) GAVIAL: You got a problem, Darstar? Bye-bye, Mr. Magic. The guy's a total moon. (ALL LAUGH) Terra ! (GASPS ) -I like the sweat. -Get out, you creature of filth! Hey, I just wanna talk. Maybe just a little hands-on parley? (GASPS ) Now I'm listening. Gavial! Get out of there! Next time. Well, little Stakker, they gave us 20 cubes in the ditch. Yes, there's times when it pays to be just a mascot. -Forget it. He's not wearing his ears. -TUG: When's the next water privilege? How long do I gotta wear this scuzz? You're gonna have us holding our noses for the next two days. (CHUCKLES ) Unless we had a rainstorm. Sure, well, how about a hurricane or a flood while you're at it? You believe all that dog squeeze they feed us in class? That's not the way it was. Here's how it used to be. "Thunder rolls distant across the sky, "in echo to pale flashes of lightning. "The vast cloudscape thickens. "The scent of purest water hangs in the air to be savored, "before the first large warm drops fall. "Then, within seconds, the air is no more, "replaced by a vertical curtain of falling rain. "The land drinks and the earth is refreshed." Could you imagine to see clouds and feel rain falling from the sky? One of the few good things the Protectorate ever did was outlaw fiction. -Where'd you get this? -Never mind! Just give it back! Well, ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Человек из ресторана на английском - текст Наваждение на английском - текст Обыкновенный фашизм на английском - текст Альф на английском - текст Чёрная Акула на английском |