"Jerry Davis - Elko the Potter (2)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Davis Jerry)

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They jabbed brightly-polished metal thorns in his arms, which
oddly enough brought pleasant waves of relief from the pain in his
joints and hands. In four days, they told him, the pain would be
gone forever. In the mean time they had provided him with a large
rectangular room in a building that seemed to be so big it went on
forever, and in this room one whole wall was fashioned out of the
purest crystal. Through it he could see a land lush with green
grass and gnarled trees, rolling hills, and a reassuring blue sky.
Black roads painted with broken yellow lines crossed the
landscape. Graceful buildings bigger than any he'd ever seen
thrust up out of the ground toward the sky, so skillfully crafted
they brought tears to his eyes.
He sat on a soft, high bed and watched as brightly-colored,
wheeled machines raced at astonishing speeds along the black
roads. Machines also flew through the air, some close and slow,
some very far away and traveling very fast. Some of these left
long, thin, straight clouds behind them, and as Elko watched these
clouds grew fat and translucent and then drifted away.
A smiling, brown-skinned woman and the man who'd first
greeted him came to visit and asked how he was adjusting. Elko had
no idea what they meant by this, but he told them how grateful he
was for the wardrobe of fine, new clothes. They asked him if he
would like to learn their language. He said, "Yes, I would be
honored."

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"We have different methods of teaching than you are used to,"
the dark-skinned woman said. "They are much faster."
"I am humbled by your vast knowledge," he said, hoping this
was appropriate.
"With the language lesson will come knowledge of things you
will need in order to understand this new world. The lesson will
change the way you view things. Do you understand this?"
"I am anxious to understand your new world," he told them.
"You do not object to the lesson, then?"
"I have no objections."
They led him though a maze of carpeted hallways, spent time
in a room called "an elevator" --- which seemed like great magic
to Elko --- and finally to a room full of comfortable beds. They
had him lie down in one and told him to relax.
"This is a machine that will teach you," he was told. They
rolled a metal box over to his bed. The box had numerous colored
lights which looked like captive stars, and a headband that was
attached to it by a long cord.