"Robert A. Heinlein - Farmer In The Sky" - читать интересную книгу автора (Heinlein Robert A)

unless they quit cutting the ration.тАЭ

Dad stopped with a piece of steak on its way to his mouth. тАЬAgain?тАЭ

тАЬAgain. Look, George, I don't get it. This was a good crop year and they started operating the Montana
yeast plant besides.тАЭ

тАЬYou follow all the commissary news, don't you, Bill?тАЭ

тАЬNaturally.тАЭ

тАЬDid you notice the results of the Chinese census as well? Try it on your slide rule.тАЭ

I knew what he meantтАФand the steak suddenly tasted like old rubber. What's the use in being careful if
somebody on the other side of the globe is going to spoil your try? тАЬThose darned Chinese ought to quit
raising babies and start raising food!тАЭ

тАЬShare and share alike, Bill.тАЭ

тАЬButтАФтАЭ I shut up. George was right, he usually is, but somehow it didn't seem fair. тАЬDid you hear about
theMayflower?тАЭ Iasked to change the subject.

тАЬWhat about theMayflower?тАЭ Dad's voice was suddenly cautious, which surprised me. Since Anne
died тАФAnne was my motherтАФGeorge and I have been about as close as two people can be.

тАЬWhy, she was commissioned, that's all. They've started picking emigrants.тАЭ

тАЬSo?тАЭ There was that cautious tone again. тАЬWhat did you do today?тАЭ

тАЬNothing much. We hiked about five miles north of camp and Mr. Kinski put some of the kids through
tests. I saw a mountain lion.тАЭ

тАЬReally? I thought they were all gone.тАЭ

тАЬWell, I thought I saw one.тАЭ

тАЬThen you probably did. What else?тАЭ

I hesitated, then told him about this twerp Jones. тАЬHe's not even a member of our troop. How does he
get that way, interfering with my piloting?тАЭ

тАЬYou did right, Bill. Sounds as if this twerp Jones, as you call him, was too young to be trusted with a
pilot's license.тАЭ

тАЬMatter of fact, he's a year older than I am.тАЭ

тАЬIn my day you had to be sixteen before you could even go up for your license.тАЭ

тАЬTimes change, George.тАЭ
тАЬSo they do. So they do.тАЭ