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that King Solomon had three hundred wives and six hun-
dred cucumbers? Wow! I'm really naughty! You other folks
who volunteered just take seats right there"
The first lady volunteer was old and pretty. Well, maybe
not so old. But maybe like Mary Clay who realized that she
was too old for young David Webster and after she cried
she accepted the fact and sent him back to Madge Barkley
whom he really loved all the while, only they had this silly
quarrel.
The lady smiled at him. He smiled back. I-feel-GREATI
"So that's the way the rules work, and now, folks, in just
five seconds we'll be on the air! Fivefourthreetwo
one Good evening, all you lovely people out there in TV
Land! This is Keith Kane, bringing you the greatthe
greaterthe GREATEST quiz program ever: Cash or
Credit?"
Now he felt his heart beating very fast. So that was what
it was like! And now he knew what was odor. But the
lovely lady volunteer next to him smelled, yes, that was
sweet. But if it was Muls or Van Art Number Three, this he
would learn later.
"just rinse and dry, folks, that's all there is to it: Clear-o,
the all-purpose vegetable detergent. And now whom have
we here? What is your name, sir?"
Here it was. And how terrible if he should break down
and press his hands to his head and sob, "I1 don't know!"
But he did know; he had it all ready. "David. My name is
David Taylor." All the ones named David were good. Oh,
they had their troubles, but in the end everyone loved
them. And see: nice Keith Kane beaming. The lady, too.
"Well, David, what'll it be? Cash-or-Credit? You know
the rules: If you pick Cash, we spin this little wheel. If it
comes up with a number, you go on to answerif you can,
hah-haa question worth however many thousand dollars
follow that number. If it comes up blankyou're out. Where-
as, if you pick Credit, you take your place among the vol-
unteers and if any contestant makes a boo-boo, why, you
step into his shoes and he is out. Soooo?"
"Take the cash and let the credit go," said David.
Grinning from lobe to lobe, Keith Kane asked the same
questions of the lady, whose name was Mrs. Conar, Mrs.
Ethel-Mae Conar, a widow: and received the same an-
swer. The audience applauded, the wheel was spun, and it
came up io.
"TenthousandDOLLARS!" screamed Keith Kane.
"That's what your first question is worth and here it is:
What former President of the United States is associated
with this tune, and what is the name of the tune, which re-
fers to his State? Remember, you have thirty seconds to
think it over . . ."