"Henry Kuttner - See You Later" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kuttner Henry)

Well, I guess purty near everybody hi the whole world had took a whang at Mr. Yancey. He never even
had a chance to swing that monkey wrench. The whole world had got in the fust lick.

Yes, siree. Mr. Yancey looked plumb ruined.
But he could still yell. You could of heard him a mile off. He kept screaming that he'd been cheated. He
wanted another chance, and this time he was taking his shoot-

ing iron and a bowie knife. Finally Maw got disgusted, took him by the collar, and shook him up till his
teeth rattled.

"Quoting Scripture!" she said, madlike. "You little dried-up scraggle of "downright pizen! The Good
Book says an eye for an eye, don't it? We kept our word, and there ain't nobody kin say different."

"That's the truth, certes," Grandpaw chimed hi from the attic.

"You better go home and git some arnicy," Maw said, shaking Yancey some more. "And don't you come
round here no more, never again, or we'll set the baby on you."

"But I didn't git even!" Yancey squalled.

"I guess you ain't a-gonna, ever," I said. "You just cain't live long enough to git even with everybody hi
the whole world, Mr. Yancey."

By and by, that seemed to strike Yancey all in a heap. He turned a rich color like beet soup, made a
quacking noise, and started cussing. Uncle Les reached for the poker, but there wasn't no need.

"The whole dang world done me wrong!" Yancey squealed, and clapped his hands to his haid. "I been
flummoxed! Why hi tarnation did they hit me fust? "There's something funny aboutтАФ"

"Hush up," I said, all of a sudden realizing the trouble wasn't over, like I'd thought. "Listen, anybody hear
anything from the village?"

Even Yancey shet up whilst we listened. "Don't hear a thing," Maw said.

"Saunk's right," Grandpaw put hi. "That's what's wrong."

Then everybody got itтАФthat is, everybody except Yancey. Because about now there ought to of been
quite a rumpus down at Piperville. Don't fergit me and Yancey went visiting the whole world, which
includes Piperville, and people don't take a thing like that quiet. There ought to of been some yelling going
on, at least.

"What are you all standing round dumb as mutes for?" Yancey busted out. "You got to help me git even!"

I didn't pay him no mind. I sat down and studied the gadget. After a minute I seen what it was I'd done
wrong. I guess Grandpaw seen it about as quick as I did. You oughta heard him laugh. I hope it done the
old

gentleman good. He has a right peculiar sense of humor sometimes.