John! Take "Quininocilline" from out your first aid kit. "Quininocilline". Test tube number 2. It's nine fifteen. I've transmitted to Earth all the data collected by "Sirius". It's one thirty: I passed over the all terrain vehicle... ... it was entering the sea. Something's approaching in the air, from behind on the right. What does the infra visor show?. Some changeable shapes. Sort of quite dense. Look! Resembles a pterodactyl. Shut your helmets. No kidding with this dragon. Here's an awesome boy! Hell! Did you managed to take a shot? Yes, both a photo and a film.. Then shoot him with a cannon. Aim at his jaws. There's a jam! Do it manually and open up the hood. Some flying animals are attacking. A strong blow! Inform the Earth... Hallo. What's the matter? Hallo? What is your message? Ready. Have a go. What's happened? The vehicle is not designed for submersion. Does it mean a catastrophe? What's wrong with them? If their spacesuits are intact, they'll be all right. They may be wounded! I must save them. But if I land, there's no return to Earth. And yet, I should land. I can do it during the next turn. In an hour, I'll start up the engines. A whole hour's wait! I must think it over. Earth! Millions of people have been working ...to build up this pyramid as high as the skies. We've been put on its top,... ....entrusted with everything,... ... and now the outcome depends on me alone. And I don't know what to do! Under the instruction orders I shouldn't leave the orbit. If I land, there is no way back to Earth. But does it make any sense to save fuel, ...if people die? The instruction couldn't have foreseen everything... ...but my heart tells me... ... that I'm more needed at the Planet. I must inform the Earth. It's so hard to speak calmly. Let them listen to my last recordings. The instruction couldn't foresee everything. ... but my heart tells me Hallo, "Vega"! Masha Ivanova! Earth is with you. Take yourself in hand. Wait for them! Whatever happens, stay in the orbit, or everything will be ruined. Be firm. The Earth is asking you. Your Earth! My... Earth! Await them in the orbit. Otherwise all will be ruined! What is to be done? Time's running out. I must take a decision. And I... I just can't. Sinking the vehicle was by far easier than pulling it out. Yes, the resistance is quite strong. Let's take a short break. Interesting boulders. I'll go look. They' like those on Earth. The environments are similar. I wonder if nature could create such regular rows of rocks? Like streets. What if it's a drowned city? That would be great! You scared me! An entrance?! That's interesting. I hope the house owners aren't in. A strange stone, a triangular projection. I'd rather take it. Take a look! What is it? A petrified dragon. But, perhaps, it's made of stone? Man made? You bet!? Take a look! It's an eye! A ruby. Mounted by an intelligent creature! Give me the buoy. So what do you say, Professor? It's volcanic spongy iron. It gets oxidized to steal the oxygen from the atmosphere. So what? Man can change it. And then... Do you wish to facilitate colonization and get the Nobel prize? Why, no! It will do for people as it is. We can go, sir. John, give us your song. Our favorite! Ilya! Yes? We'll have to wait awhile for the vehicle to dry out. Nothing doing. Ilya, but the ruby eyed dragon is a bit crude. Made by a savage. Very likely. But savages couldn't have flown up to Venus, could they! Why not? Engineer Bobrov, for example, he could! Shut up. Savages couldn't have flown up here. But... ...they could've appeared here in situ. How come? Just imagine that once upon a time... ... some highly civilized creatures came here. And for some reason or other, they got stuck, ...lost all contact with their mother planet. They were to perish. They ran out of their reserves,... .... the nature and ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Жестокий романс на английском - текст Кин-Дза-Дза на английском - текст Мой научный проект на английском - текст В богатстве, в бедности на английском - текст ДМБ-002 на английском |