Riddley Walker

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Authors: Russell Hoban
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that paper. Hes thinking hard hes mummering to his self then hes scratching his head and hes thinking some mor. He groans a littl then he says, "All these here numbers and that its all too much to keap in 1 head and programming my self. What I nead is a nother head and bigger so it can do some of this hevvy head work for me."
    Eusa does down agen and hes clanging and banging hes huffing and puffing and hammering it souns like hes bellering up a reddying fire and hes beating some thing on a hanvil.
    Persoon Eusa comes up agen this time hes got like a iron hat on his head. 2 long wires coming out of the top of the hat and littl pegs on the ends of the wires. Plus theres a cranking handl on the side of the iron hat. Eusas trying to shif some kynd of a box its biggern he is. He gets the box heavit up on to the show board. He says, "Hoo! Thats a hevvy 1." Theres a cranking handl on the side of the box as the 1 on Eusas hat. 2 littl hoals and a slot in the top of the box and a nother slot in 1 end of it.
    Eusa says, "2 heads are bettern 1." He takes them 2 wires coming out of his hat and he pegs them in to the hoals in the box. He says, "Now Iwl jus input a few littl things in to my No. 2 head." Hes terning that crank on his iron hat. Rrrrrrrrrrrr.
    Eusa says, "Now les see if it works." He takes a peace of paper and he says out loud what hes writing on it: "Whats my name?" He puts the peace of paper in the slot in the top of the box he says, "Now les see if you can anser that."
    Eusa terns the crank on the side of the box and a peace of paper comes out of the slot in the end of the box. Theres writing on the paper. Eusa reads it out: "_My name is Eusa._"
    Eusa says, "Thats the ticket." Hes terning the crank on his iron hat some mor then. Hes inputting all kynds of knowing out of his head in to the box.
    Mr Clevver comes up and hes watching Eusa and lissening to him. Eusas mummeling all kynds of numbers and formlers it souns like hes inputting all the knowing there ever ben in the woal worl out of his head in to that box. Hes saying the Nos. of the rain bow and the fire qwanter hes saying the smallering Nos. and the biggering Nos. plus it souns like hes saying some thing about the 1 Big 1. Mr Clevver hes leaning closer and closer hes lissening lissening.
    Mr Clevver he says to Eusa, "Thats a guvner lot of knowing youre inputting in to that box parbly theres knowing a nuff in there for any kynd of thing."
    Eusa says, "Thats about it. I dont think theres many things you cudnt do with that knowing. You cud do any thing at all you cud make boats in the air or you cud blow the worl a part."
    Mr Clevver says, "Scatter my datter that cernly is intersting. Eusa tel me some thing tho. Whyd you input all that knowing out of your head in to that box? Whynt you keap it in your head wunt it be safer there?"
    Eusa says, "Wel you see I cant jus keap this knowing in my head Ive got things to do with it Ive got to work it a roun. Ive got to work the E qwations and the low cations Ive got to comb the nations of it. Which I cant do all that oansome in my head thats why I nead this box its going to do the hevvy head work for my new projeck."
    Mr Clevver says, "What is that new projeck of yours then Eusa?"
    Eusa says, "Good Time."
    Mr Clevver says, "Eusa did I hear you say Good Time with a guvner G and a guvner T?"
    Eusa says, "Thats what I said and thats how I said it. Good Time which I mean every thing good and every body happy and teckernogical progers moving every thing frontways farther and farther all the time. You name it wewl do it. Pas the sarvering gallack seas and all that."
    Mr Clevver says, "Youve got all that in that box have you?"
    Eusa says, "You myt say Ive got the nuts and balls of it in that box which is my No. 2 head but Ive got the master progam in my regler head which is the 1 on my sholders."
    Mr Clevver says, "Wel Eusa youre a parper wunner you are. Im realy looking forit to having that Good Time seakert yes I am."
    Eusa says, "O

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