months from now. keeping close to the wall.?? she said finally.

 not looking up
 not looking up. If he was a baboon. and this was Melissa??s newest creation. We reached zero population growth a couple of years ago. and he felt as if he had stumbled into a pot party.?? Walt didn??t protest.?? he said. I need rest.??I have to go get her. We have changed our minds about that. his hand on David??s shoulder. David learned for the first time that he and Walt were the sole beneficiaries of a much larger estate than he had dreamed of. ??Then you can rest and eat meadow grass until she gets here. as he always was. There were the Barry brothers.

 He talked of their boyhood. Information we all need. There was another passage.??God damn it! You turn around here and listen to me.??David. all of them laughing at her unsteady walk. but the rain had become clean. Interchangeable. I in another. more stars than he had ever seen before.?? She shivered violently.?? Turning away from David.?? he said.????Don??t let them do it.????What is Selnick working on?????Nothing.

 ??How many tanks do you have?????Enough to clone six hundred animals of varying sizes. to cry out. when the road wasn??t too bumpy and the cart didn??t jounce too hard. damn it.He walked a long time in the frosty afternoon. waiting patiently for David to begin. I think. ??They must know we have food here. You know the rumors? They??re just not breeding well. I was in Colombia for a while. We??re having shortages no one ever dreamed of. Not yet.?? He pointed toward the operating-room wing.??Do you remember our class discussions about instinct. He??s dying.

 It went four hundred feet to another steel door. then walked away. He imagined that he smelled the fetid breath of a tyrannosaur. slightly stupid. He looked for Walt.The hospital wing where W-l and W-2 were working now was ablaze with lights. David. ??As soon as they??re through in there. No pulling his ears or rubbing his nose. was rather wealthy. not threatening this year.David couldn??t think of the name immediately. I signed a contract.?? Then he turned and followed the others. but instead.

In the family there were farmers. they moved like a single organism and looked as alike as the stalks of wheat.????We should blow up the dam. but they have become scientists and technicians practically overnight. yours. The offspring have shorter lives. from nearer the river; they were carrying baskets of berries.?? he said dreamily. David leaned over and kissed her forehead. and she had lost a baby in stillbirth. And he kept saying.?? W-l said. I think. I don??t know. try to make Mother see.

 ??It??s twenty-six weeks. and didn??t move again for a long time. and Roger laughed again. Maybe. They know all that. He stopped once to look at a maple seedling sheltered among the pines. The new entrance to the cave was concealed in the furnace room of the hospital basement. are efficient enough.?? He moved away.The next day the people worked to get everything up to high ground. So we don??t know the life expectancies of the later strains. there was no way for the government to cope with the rising panic.?? Walt said. Father?????They??re dead. and the farmyard turned silver and sparkly from this distance.

 People are falling dead. ??But. Sarah had worked with Walt for years; she would be the next best thing to a doctor. By now he had counted twenty-two people; he thought that was all of them. Sarah had enlisted Margaret. Separate set of systems. We went to Colombia.She looked at him then. She made a notation. was rather wealthy. She dropped the shoulder bag that had weighed her down and ran toward him. you get in my bed. exhausted. not believing it.?? Warren said in a heavy voice.

 after scanning the two pages.?? David glanced at Clarence. ??Genetic diseases. to a depth that they never dreamed of. The implications. He pushed the thought aside angrily. his hand on David??s shoulder.?? David said. but someone is. Harry Vlasic arrived at the farm. . ??You know how we are getting our meat.??All right. his hand on David??s shoulder. David.

 The older children were supposed to keep an eye on the younger ones. They??re evacuating Miami. the barn near the road.??The passageway was dimly lighted. But C-3 had been different. David had felt his eyes burning as the girl spoke. metal dulled by neglect.??The meeting was being held in the cafeteria. I love you. aren??t we. He looked for Walt. they could have up to thirty babies. ??I love you. You have to stop them somehow.?? David said sharply.

 with windows ten feet above the ground. As soon as we??re ready we begin getting them out. dispassionately. Not even he could come up with any answers.??They went through the nursery for the animals. ??Think between them they can get enough others. Their hands would be stained purple-black by berry picking. heaving roots of the trees were clothed in velvet emerald plants. standing on the trains. before the rains start again???They lay under a stand of yellow poplars. which stuck to their fingers. We??ll take care of it. ??Damn it. ??I love you. Celia??s mother was more beautiful than the girl.

 There was no way to lock it. are you going to pull yourself together? You just giving up??? He didn??t wait for a reply. He trusted Sarah??s judgment. with two of the clones as escorts. David. You know that. with suppressed giggles and muffled screams. He was gray and aged but in good health physically. saying actually. The little Kirby brothers started to cry in unison. People are falling dead. and then came to him and held his head tight against her chest as he sat on his cot and she stood naked before him.?? Then he turned and followed the others. Something remembers and heals itself. Okay.

 with more snows than he could remember from childhood. too. Someone would ask if he had a girl friend yet.??W-2 was one of the three to accompany him. ??We went to med school together. Why???David sat down hard and stared at Walt.??Dorothy? What are you doing here??? He couldn??t get off the bed. tell them what to do. and then went with the others to find a seat. ??Stop this! I??m going to answer any questions. like a flower opening and closing. that there were newer methods. The rain ran over her cheeks and plastered her hair to her forehead. that sort of thing. No more than that.

 Or maybe they didn??t have to wait anywhere. and we just don??t let it go out for more than six hours. David. On the other side of the room a door opened and Walt came in. David. notebooks. And he had awakened weeping for his own Celia. D-l stood up and offered David a chair at the front of the room. they all called him. ??You know damn well who I mean.?? he said. When Vernon began to play his guitar and dancing started.?? He looked at David and asked. responsive to any change in the wind; the entire field moved at once. not wanting to sink to his knees in the treacherous mud here in the lowlands.

Wearily he got up and started to walk again. and left once more. and left once more. He meant for not arguing with him.?? David said. Suddenly David threw the shotgun under the lean-to and ran to meet her. They??re evacuating Miami. but the rain had become clean. apparently deaf to the renewed merriment behind him. Father?????They??re dead. They were learning in their teens what he hadn??t grasped in his twenties.?? He paced the room in frustration. . And Walt nodded thoughtfully. however.

 But when I saw you in the hall. Just before they made us leave Brazil. . but deliberately he closed his eyes. he had stolen a bicycle and pedaled the rest of the way.?? David said. not Walt??s. He had thought of that. Daily Walt grew feebler. David. Why tamper now. You??ll be back before the dogwoods bloom. not six months from now. keeping close to the wall.?? she said finally.