"Richard Brautigan - in_watermelon_sugar" - читать интересную книгу автора (Brautigan Richard)

had grown him, he was in so close.
"This time they were different," he said. "They played musical
instruments and went for long walks in the moon.
"They stopped and played by the river. Their instruments
looked nice. They sang, too. You remember how beautiful their
voices were."
Pauline shivered again.

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"Yes," I said. "They had beautiful voices but I never heard
them singing."
"They were singing in my dream. I remember the music but
I can't remember the words. They were good songs, too, and
there was nothing frightening about them. Perhaps I am an old
man," he said.
"No, they had beautiful voices," I said.
"I liked their songs," he said. "Then I woke up and it was
cold. I could see the lanterns on the bridges. Their songs were
like the lanterns, burning oil."
"I was a little worried about you," Pauline said.
"No," he said. "I sat down in the grass and leaned up against
a tree and fell asleep and had a long dream about the tigers, and
they sang songs but I can't remember the words. Their instruments
were nice, too. They looked like the lanterns."
Old Chuck's voice slowed down. His body kept relaxing until
it seemed as if he had always been in that chair, his arms gently
resting on watermelon sugar.

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pauline and I went into the living room and sat down on a
couch in the grove of trees by the big pile of rocks. There were
lanterns all around us.
I took her hand in mine. Her hand had a lot of strength
gained through the process of gentleness and that strength made
my hand feel secure, but there was a certain excitement, too.
She sat very close to me. I could feel the warmth of her body
through her dress. In my mind the warmth was the same color
as her dress, a kind of golden.
"How's the book coming along?" she said.
'Tine," I said.
"What's it about?" she said.
"Oh, I don't know," I said.
"Is it a secret?" she said, smiling.
"No," I said.
"Is it a romance like some of the books from the Forgotten
Works?"