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27 July 10 - 03:33"Nothing!"
He had received his legacyShe had...
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26 July 10 - 18:05"Nothing!"
He had received his legacyShe had...
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26 July 10 - 03:51The white light splutters and
poursCarnations;...
The white light splutters and
poursCarnations; chrysanthemumsMilk carts at the doorWherever I go, mysterious figures, I see
you, turning the corner, mothers and sons; you, you, youThis, I fancy, must be the seaGrey is the landscape; dim as
ashes; the water murmurs and movesIf I fall on my knees, if I go
through the ritual, the ancient antics, it's you, unknown figures, you I
adore; if I open my arms, it's you I embrace, you I draw to me--adorable
world!
A HAUNTED HOUSE
Whatever hour you woke there was a door shuntingFrom room to room they
went, hand in hand, lifting here, opening there, making sure--a ghostly
couple
"Here we left it," she saidAnd he added, "Oh, but here too!" "It's
upstairs," she murmured"And in the garden," he
black gucci bag whispered "Quietly,"
they said, "or we shall wake them
But it wasn't that you woke us"They're looking for it; they're
drawing the curtain," one might ...
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25 July 10 - 18:08The white light splutters and
poursCarnations;...
The white light splutters and
poursCarnations; chrysanthemumsMilk carts at the doorWherever I go, mysterious figures, I see
you, turning the corner, mothers and sons; you, you, youThis, I fancy, must be the seaGrey is the landscape; dim as
ashes; the water murmurs and movesIf I fall on my knees, if I go
through the ritual, the ancient antics, it's you, unknown figures, you I
adore; if I open my arms, it's you I embrace, you I draw to me--adorable
world!
A HAUNTED HOUSE
Whatever hour you woke there was a door shuntingFrom room to room they
went, hand in hand, lifting here, opening there, making sure--a ghostly
couple
"Here we left it," she saidAnd he added, "Oh, but here too!" "It's
upstairs," she murmured"And in the garden," he
black gucci bag whispered "Quietly,"
they said, "or we shall wake them
But it wasn't that you woke us"They're looking for it; they're
drawing the curtain," one might ...
(more)
24 July 10 - 12:37I don't know
yet which one of these gentlemen...
I don't know
yet which one of these gentlemen I'll be matched
withWe are all strangers to one anotherThey
planned it that way; they said there would be
fewer memories between usThey want us to
forget everything about the lives we've led and
the places we've livedThe babies must grow up
with no knowledge of a world outside, so that
they feel no sorrow for what they have lost
I hear some noises across the roomI think
it's the babies arrivingYes, here they come,
each being carried by one of those gray-suited
menSo many of them! So small! Little
scrunched-up faces, tiny fists wavingThey're going to pass them out
Later
We're traveling again, on a bus this timeIt
is night, I think,
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because they have boarded up the windows of
the bus from the outsideThey don't want us to
know where we're going
I have a baby on my lap--a girl She has a
...
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24 July 10 - 03:43I don't know
yet which one of these gentlemen...
I don't know
yet which one of these gentlemen I'll be matched
withWe are all strangers to one anotherThey
planned it that way; they said there would be
fewer memories between usThey want us to
forget everything about the lives we've led and
the places we've livedThe babies must grow up
with no knowledge of a world outside, so that
they feel no sorrow for what they have lost
I hear some noises across the roomI think
it's the babies arrivingYes, here they come,
each being carried by one of those gray-suited
menSo many of them! So small! Little
scrunched-up faces, tiny fists wavingThey're going to pass them out
Later
We're traveling again, on a bus this timeIt
is night, I think,
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because they have boarded up the windows of
the bus from the outsideThey don't want us to
know where we're going
I have a baby on my lap--a girl She has a
...
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23 July 10 - 18:08I don't know
yet which one of these gentlemen...
I don't know
yet which one of these gentlemen I'll be matched
withWe are all strangers to one anotherThey
planned it that way; they said there would be
fewer memories between usThey want us to
forget everything about the lives we've led and
the places we've livedThe babies must grow up
with no knowledge of a world outside, so that
they feel no sorrow for what they have lost
I hear some noises across the roomI think
it's the babies arrivingYes, here they come,
each being carried by one of those gray-suited
menSo many of them! So small! Little
scrunched-up faces, tiny fists wavingThey're going to pass them out
Later
We're traveling again, on a bus this timeIt
is night, I think,
vintage rolex watch though it's hard to be sure
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because they have boarded up the windows of
the bus from the outsideThey don't want us to
know where we're going
I have a baby on my lap--a girl She has a
...
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23 July 10 - 12:06"But the mayor is the one committing the...
"But the mayor is the one committing the crime,"
said Doon
"So then we should tell the guards, I guess," said
Lina"They're next in authority to the mayorThough
I don't like them much," she added, remembering how
she'd been so roughly hustled down the stairs from the
roof of the Gathering Hall"Especially the chief
guard
"But you're right," Doon said"We should tell the
guardsThey'll go down into the Pipeworks and see for
themselves that we're telling the truthThen they can
arrest the mayor and have all the stuff put back in the
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storerooms, and then they can
mulberry bags tell the city what's been
going on
"That's a much better idea," said Lina"Then you
and I can get back to what's more important
"What?"
"Figuring out the InstructionsNow that we know
that the door we found wasn't the right one, we have to find the right one
"I don't know," said Doon"We might be all wrong
about those ...
(more)
23 July 10 - 03:15"But the mayor is the one committing the...
"But the mayor is the one committing the crime,"
said Doon
"So then we should tell the guards, I guess," said
Lina"They're next in authority to the mayorThough
I don't like them much," she added, remembering how
she'd been so roughly hustled down the stairs from the
roof of the Gathering Hall"Especially the chief
guard
"But you're right," Doon said"We should tell the
guardsThey'll go down into the Pipeworks and see for
themselves that we're telling the truthThen they can
arrest the mayor and have all the stuff put back in the
161
storerooms, and then they can
mulberry bags tell the city what's been
going on
"That's a much better idea," said Lina"Then you
and I can get back to what's more important
"What?"
"Figuring out the InstructionsNow that we know
that the door we found wasn't the right one, we have to find the right one
"I don't know," said Doon"We might be all wrong
about those ...
(more)
22 July 10 - 18:08"But the mayor is the one committing the...
"But the mayor is the one committing the crime,"
said Doon
"So then we should tell the guards, I guess," said
Lina"They're next in authority to the mayorThough
I don't like them much," she added, remembering how
she'd been so roughly hustled down the stairs from the
roof of the Gathering Hall"Especially the chief
guard
"But you're right," Doon said"We should tell the
guardsThey'll go down into the Pipeworks and see for
themselves that we're telling the truthThen they can
arrest the mayor and have all the stuff put back in the
161
storerooms, and then they can
mulberry bags tell the city what's been
going on
"That's a much better idea," said Lina"Then you
and I can get back to what's more important
"What?"
"Figuring out the InstructionsNow that we know
that the door we found wasn't the right one, we have to find the right one
"I don't know," said Doon"We might be all wrong
about those ...
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21 July 10 - 15:34In her state of insanity, Kisagotami took up the...
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14 July 10 - 03:32And she laughed and laughed; and he
laughed too,...
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laughed too,...
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laughed too,...
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laughed too,...
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13 July 10 - 04:43Well, he will do as well as anotherA man who sat...
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11 July 10 - 02:37The air moved
against their faces and in their...
The air moved
against their faces and in their hair
"Hear those sounds?" said DoonA high, thin
chirruping sound came from somewhere nearbyIt
253
was repeated over and over, like a question"What could it be?"
"Something alive, I thinkMaybe some kind of
bug
"A bug that singsHer face
was shadowy in the silver light"It's so strange here,
Doon, and so hugeIt feels like a dreamMaybe that's why it feels familiarI
might have dreamed about this place
They walked until they came to where the dark
shapes billowed up from the groundThese were
plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with
stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses,
chanel jumbo bag and
leaves that spread out over their headsOn the slope
beside these plants, they sat down
"Do you think there is a city here somewhere?"
Lina asked"Or any people at all? ...
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10 July 10 - 22:37The air moved
against their faces and in their...
The air moved
against their faces and in their hair
"Hear those sounds?" said DoonA high, thin
chirruping sound came from somewhere nearbyIt
253
was repeated over and over, like a question"What could it be?"
"Something alive, I thinkMaybe some kind of
bug
"A bug that singsHer face
was shadowy in the silver light"It's so strange here,
Doon, and so hugeIt feels like a dreamMaybe that's why it feels familiarI
might have dreamed about this place
They walked until they came to where the dark
shapes billowed up from the groundThese were
plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with
stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses,
chanel jumbo bag and
leaves that spread out over their headsOn the slope
beside these plants, they sat down
"Do you think there is a city here somewhere?"
Lina asked"Or any people at all? ...
(more)
10 July 10 - 15:58The air moved
against their faces and in their...
The air moved
against their faces and in their hair
"Hear those sounds?" said DoonA high, thin
chirruping sound came from somewhere nearbyIt
253
was repeated over and over, like a question"What could it be?"
"Something alive, I thinkMaybe some kind of
bug
"A bug that singsHer face
was shadowy in the silver light"It's so strange here,
Doon, and so hugeIt feels like a dreamMaybe that's why it feels familiarI
might have dreamed about this place
They walked until they came to where the dark
shapes billowed up from the groundThese were
plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with
stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses,
chanel jumbo bag and
leaves that spread out over their headsOn the slope
beside these plants, they sat down
"Do you think there is a city here somewhere?"
Lina asked"Or any people at all? ...
(more)
10 July 10 - 03:17She went in to wake Granny"Time to get up,"...
She went in to wake Granny"Time to get up," she
said, but Granny didn't answerShe was lying with her
mouth half open and breathing in a strange hoarse
way"Don't feel too good," she finally said in a weak
voice
Lina felt Granny's foreheadHer hands
were very coldMurdo and after that
to Cloving Square to tell Captain Fleery she would
not be coming to work todayThen she ran to Oliver
Street, to the office of DrTower, where she banged on
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the door until the doctor opened itTower was a thin woman with uncombed hair
and shadows under her eyesWhen she saw Lina, she
seemed to grow even more
chanel wallet tiredTower," Lina said, "my grandmother is sick
Will you come?"
"I will," she said"But I can't promise to help her
I'm low on medicine
"But come and lookMaybe she doesn't need
medicine
Lina led the doctor the few blocks to her house
When she saw Granny, the doctor sighed"How are
you, Granny ...
(more)
09 July 10 - 23:09She went in to wake Granny"Time to get up,"...
She went in to wake Granny"Time to get up," she
said, but Granny didn't answerShe was lying with her
mouth half open and breathing in a strange hoarse
way"Don't feel too good," she finally said in a weak
voice
Lina felt Granny's foreheadHer hands
were very coldMurdo and after that
to Cloving Square to tell Captain Fleery she would
not be coming to work todayThen she ran to Oliver
Street, to the office of DrTower, where she banged on
132
the door until the doctor opened itTower was a thin woman with uncombed hair
and shadows under her eyesWhen she saw Lina, she
seemed to grow even more
chanel wallet tiredTower," Lina said, "my grandmother is sick
Will you come?"
"I will," she said"But I can't promise to help her
I'm low on medicine
"But come and lookMaybe she doesn't need
medicine
Lina led the doctor the few blocks to her house
When she saw Granny, the doctor sighed"How are
you, Granny ...
(more)
09 July 10 - 16:37She went in to wake Granny"Time to get up,"...
She went in to wake Granny"Time to get up," she
said, but Granny didn't answerShe was lying with her
mouth half open and breathing in a strange hoarse
way"Don't feel too good," she finally said in a weak
voice
Lina felt Granny's foreheadHer hands
were very coldMurdo and after that
to Cloving Square to tell Captain Fleery she would
not be coming to work todayThen she ran to Oliver
Street, to the office of DrTower, where she banged on
132
the door until the doctor opened itTower was a thin woman with uncombed hair
and shadows under her eyesWhen she saw Lina, she
seemed to grow even more
chanel wallet tiredTower," Lina said, "my grandmother is sick
Will you come?"
"I will," she said"But I can't promise to help her
I'm low on medicine
"But come and lookMaybe she doesn't need
medicine
Lina led the doctor the few blocks to her house
When she saw Granny, the doctor sighed"How are
you, Granny ...
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08 July 10 - 15:58Hurv: xi-xii
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07 July 10 - 22:19The open air and the sense of being out of doors...
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07 July 10 - 15:59The open air and the sense of being out of doors...
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07 July 10 - 01:55Surely, Minnie, you know better! A strange
young...
Surely, Minnie, you know better! A strange
young manStop! I'll tell him--Minnie!--Miss Marsh!--I don't know
thoughThere's something queer in her cloak as it blowsOh, but it's
untrue, it's indecentLook how he bends as they reach the gateway
She finds her ticketWhat's the joke? Off they go, down the road, side
by sideWell, my world's done for! What do I stand on? What do I
know? That's not MinnieThere never was MoggridgeWho am I? Life's bare
as bone
And yet the last look of them--he stepping from the kerb and she
following him round the edge of the big building brims me with
wonder--floods me anewMysterious figures! Mother and sonWho are you?
Why do you walk down the street? Where to-night will you sleep, and
louis vuitton scarf then,
to-morrow? Oh, how it whirls and surges--floats me afresh! I start after
themPeople drive this way and thatThe white light splutters and
poursCarnations; chrysanthemumsMilk carts ...
(more)
06 July 10 - 22:08Surely, Minnie, you know better! A strange
young...
Surely, Minnie, you know better! A strange
young manStop! I'll tell him--Minnie!--Miss Marsh!--I don't know
thoughThere's something queer in her cloak as it blowsOh, but it's
untrue, it's indecentLook how he bends as they reach the gateway
She finds her ticketWhat's the joke? Off they go, down the road, side
by sideWell, my world's done for! What do I stand on? What do I
know? That's not MinnieThere never was MoggridgeWho am I? Life's bare
as bone
And yet the last look of them--he stepping from the kerb and she
following him round the edge of the big building brims me with
wonder--floods me anewMysterious figures! Mother and sonWho are you?
Why do you walk down the street? Where to-night will you sleep, and
louis vuitton scarf then,
to-morrow? Oh, how it whirls and surges--floats me afresh! I start after
themPeople drive this way and thatThe white light splutters and
poursCarnations; chrysanthemumsMilk carts ...
(more)
06 July 10 - 16:01Surely, Minnie, you know better! A strange
young...
Surely, Minnie, you know better! A strange
young manStop! I'll tell him--Minnie!--Miss Marsh!--I don't know
thoughThere's something queer in her cloak as it blowsOh, but it's
untrue, it's indecentLook how he bends as they reach the gateway
She finds her ticketWhat's the joke? Off they go, down the road, side
by sideWell, my world's done for! What do I stand on? What do I
know? That's not MinnieThere never was MoggridgeWho am I? Life's bare
as bone
And yet the last look of them--he stepping from the kerb and she
following him round the edge of the big building brims me with
wonder--floods me anewMysterious figures! Mother and sonWho are you?
Why do you walk down the street? Where to-night will you sleep, and
louis vuitton scarf then,
to-morrow? Oh, how it whirls and surges--floats me afresh! I start after
themPeople drive this way and thatThe white light splutters and
poursCarnations; chrysanthemumsMilk carts ...
(more)
06 July 10 - 01:14My educated dad always said, "When I have some...
My educated dad always said, "When I have some extra money, I'll give it The problem was, there was never any extraSo he worked harder to draw more money in rather than focus on the most important law of money: "Give and you shall receive Instead, he believed in "Receive and then you give
In conclusion, I became both dads One part of me is a hard-core capitalist who loves the game of money making moneyThe other side is ': a socially responsible teacher who is deeply concerned with this ever-widening gap between the haves and have notsI personally hold the archaic educational system primarily responsible for this growing
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CHAPTER EIGHT
Overcoming Obstacles
Once people have studied and become financially literate, they may still face roadblocks to becoming financially independentThere are five main reasons why financially literate people may still not develop abundant asset columnsAsset ...
(more)
05 July 10 - 21:43My educated dad always said, "When I have some...
My educated dad always said, "When I have some extra money, I'll give it The problem was, there was never any extraSo he worked harder to draw more money in rather than focus on the most important law of money: "Give and you shall receive Instead, he believed in "Receive and then you give
In conclusion, I became both dads One part of me is a hard-core capitalist who loves the game of money making moneyThe other side is ': a socially responsible teacher who is deeply concerned with this ever-widening gap between the haves and have notsI personally hold the archaic educational system primarily responsible for this growing
omega watches for sale gap
CHAPTER EIGHT
Overcoming Obstacles
Once people have studied and become financially literate, they may still face roadblocks to becoming financially independentThere are five main reasons why financially literate people may still not develop abundant asset columnsAsset ...
(more)
05 July 10 - 15:37My educated dad always said, "When I have some...
My educated dad always said, "When I have some extra money, I'll give it The problem was, there was never any extraSo he worked harder to draw more money in rather than focus on the most important law of money: "Give and you shall receive Instead, he believed in "Receive and then you give
In conclusion, I became both dads One part of me is a hard-core capitalist who loves the game of money making moneyThe other side is ': a socially responsible teacher who is deeply concerned with this ever-widening gap between the haves and have notsI personally hold the archaic educational system primarily responsible for this growing
omega watches for sale gap
CHAPTER EIGHT
Overcoming Obstacles
Once people have studied and become financially literate, they may still face roadblocks to becoming financially independentThere are five main reasons why financially literate people may still not develop abundant asset columnsAsset ...
(more)
05 July 10 - 02:02But what is more powerful is financial...
But what is more powerful is financial educationMoney comes and goes, but if you have the education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin building wealthThe reason positive thinking alone does not work is because most people went to school and never learned how money works, so they spend their lives working for money
Because I was only 9 years old when I started, the lessons my rich dad taught me were simpleAnd when it was all said and done, there were only six main lessons, repeated over 30 yearsThis book is about those six lessons, put as simply as possible as my rich dad put forth those lessons to meThe lessons are not meant to be answers but guidepostsGuideposts that will assist you and your children to grow wealthier no matter what happens in a world of increasing change and uncertainty
Lesson #1 The
cartier clock Rich Don't Work for Money
Lesson #2 Why Teach Financial Literacy? ...
(more)
04 July 10 - 22:21But what is more powerful is financial...
But what is more powerful is financial educationMoney comes and goes, but if you have the education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin building wealthThe reason positive thinking alone does not work is because most people went to school and never learned how money works, so they spend their lives working for money
Because I was only 9 years old when I started, the lessons my rich dad taught me were simpleAnd when it was all said and done, there were only six main lessons, repeated over 30 yearsThis book is about those six lessons, put as simply as possible as my rich dad put forth those lessons to meThe lessons are not meant to be answers but guidepostsGuideposts that will assist you and your children to grow wealthier no matter what happens in a world of increasing change and uncertainty
Lesson #1 The
cartier clock Rich Don't Work for Money
Lesson #2 Why Teach Financial Literacy? ...
(more)
04 July 10 - 16:02But what is more powerful is financial...
But what is more powerful is financial educationMoney comes and goes, but if you have the education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin building wealthThe reason positive thinking alone does not work is because most people went to school and never learned how money works, so they spend their lives working for money
Because I was only 9 years old when I started, the lessons my rich dad taught me were simpleAnd when it was all said and done, there were only six main lessons, repeated over 30 yearsThis book is about those six lessons, put as simply as possible as my rich dad put forth those lessons to meThe lessons are not meant to be answers but guidepostsGuideposts that will assist you and your children to grow wealthier no matter what happens in a world of increasing change and uncertainty
Lesson #1 The
cartier clock Rich Don't Work for Money
Lesson #2 Why Teach Financial Literacy? ...
(more)
04 July 10 - 08:16But what is more powerful is financial...
But what is more powerful is financial educationMoney comes and goes, but if you have the education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin building wealthThe reason positive thinking alone does not work is because most people went to school and never learned how money works, so they spend their lives working for money
Because I was only 9 years old when I started, the lessons my rich dad taught me were simpleAnd when it was all said and done, there were only six main lessons, repeated over 30 yearsThis book is about those six lessons, put as simply as possible as my rich dad put forth those lessons to meThe lessons are not meant to be answers but guidepostsGuideposts that will assist you and your children to grow wealthier no matter what happens in a world of increasing change and uncertainty
Lesson #1 The
cartier clock Rich Don't Work for Money
Lesson #2 Why Teach Financial Literacy? ...
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03 July 10 - 16:43Lina's heart leapt"You did?"
Doon nodded
"Is...
Lina's heart leapt"You did?"
Doon nodded
"Is it the way out?" Lina whispered fiercelyHe glanced behind himClutching
Lina's arm, he pulled her into a shadowy spot on
the street "It doesn't lead out of Ember," he whispered
"It leads to a big room
Lina's face fell"A room? What's in there?"
"EverythingFood, clothes, boxes, cansLight
bulbs, stacks of themPiles and piles up to
the ceiling"And someone was
there, in the middle of it all, asleep
"Who?"
A look of horror passed over Doon's face"The
mayor," he said"Conked out in a big
see by chloe bag armchair, with an
empty plate in front of him
"The mayor!" Lina whisperedThe mayor has a secret treasure room in the
Pipeworks
They stared at each other, speechlessThen Doon
suddenly stamped hard on the pavementHis face
flushed red"That's the solution he keeps telling us
aboutIt's a solution for him, not the rest of usHe
gets everything he needs, and we get the ...
(more)
03 July 10 - 03:35He understood how the faucets in the...
He understood how the faucets in the sink
workedHe'd fixed the toilet many timesHe'd made a
wheeled cart out of the parts of an old armchairHe
even had a hazy idea of what was going on in the
refrigeratorHe was proud of his mechanical talent
There was only one thing he didn't understand at all,
and that was electricityWhat was the power that ran
through the wires and into the light bulbs? Where did
it come from? He had thought that if he could just get
a look at the generator, he would have the clue he
neededFrom there, he could begin to work on a solution
that would keep the lights of Ember burning
But one glimpse of the generator showed him how
foolish he wasHe'd expected to see something whose
workings he could understand--a wheel turning, a
spark being struck, some wires that led from one point
to anotherBut this monstrous roaring
hermes wallet thing--he
wondered if anyone understood how it workedIt
...
(more)
02 July 10 - 23:54He understood how the faucets in the...
He understood how the faucets in the sink
workedHe'd fixed the toilet many timesHe'd made a
wheeled cart out of the parts of an old armchairHe
even had a hazy idea of what was going on in the
refrigeratorHe was proud of his mechanical talent
There was only one thing he didn't understand at all,
and that was electricityWhat was the power that ran
through the wires and into the light bulbs? Where did
it come from? He had thought that if he could just get
a look at the generator, he would have the clue he
neededFrom there, he could begin to work on a solution
that would keep the lights of Ember burning
But one glimpse of the generator showed him how
foolish he wasHe'd expected to see something whose
workings he could understand--a wheel turning, a
spark being struck, some wires that led from one point
to anotherBut this monstrous roaring
hermes wallet thing--he
wondered if anyone understood how it workedIt
...
(more)
02 July 10 - 16:53He understood how the faucets in the...
He understood how the faucets in the sink
workedHe'd fixed the toilet many timesHe'd made a
wheeled cart out of the parts of an old armchairHe
even had a hazy idea of what was going on in the
refrigeratorHe was proud of his mechanical talent
There was only one thing he didn't understand at all,
and that was electricityWhat was the power that ran
through the wires and into the light bulbs? Where did
it come from? He had thought that if he could just get
a look at the generator, he would have the clue he
neededFrom there, he could begin to work on a solution
that would keep the lights of Ember burning
But one glimpse of the generator showed him how
foolish he wasHe'd expected to see something whose
workings he could understand--a wheel turning, a
spark being struck, some wires that led from one point
to anotherBut this monstrous roaring
hermes wallet thing--he
wondered if anyone understood how it workedIt
...
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02 July 10 - 08:16He understood how the faucets in the...
He understood how the faucets in the sink
workedHe'd fixed the toilet many timesHe'd made a
wheeled cart out of the parts of an old armchairHe
even had a hazy idea of what was going on in the
refrigeratorHe was proud of his mechanical talent
There was only one thing he didn't understand at all,
and that was electricityWhat was the power that ran
through the wires and into the light bulbs? Where did
it come from? He had thought that if he could just get
a look at the generator, he would have the clue he
neededFrom there, he could begin to work on a solution
that would keep the lights of Ember burning
But one glimpse of the generator showed him how
foolish he wasHe'd expected to see something whose
workings he could understand--a wheel turning, a
spark being struck, some wires that led from one point
to anotherBut this monstrous roaring
hermes wallet thing--he
wondered if anyone understood how it workedIt
...
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