"Madeline L' Engle - Time Quartet 04 - Many Waters" - читать интересную книгу автора (L'Engle Madeleine)

computer: "TAKE ME SOMEPLACE WARM."

"Hey, I don't think we ought to mess with that," Sandy
warned.

"What do you expect? A genie to pop up, like the one in
Aladdin and the magic lamp? This is just a computer, for
heaven's sake. It can't do anything it isn't programmed to

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do.

"Okay, then." Sandy held his fingers over the keyboard.
"A lot of people think computers are aliveтАФI mean, really,
sort of like Aladdin's genie." He tapped out on the stand-
ard keys: "SOMEPLACE WARM AND SPARSELY POPULATED."

Dennys shouldered him aside, adding: "LOW HUMIDITY."

Sandy turned away from the odd computer. "Let's make
the cocoa."

"Sure." Dennys picked up the red tin, which he had set
down on the counter. "Since Mother's using the Uunsen
burner, we'd better go back to the kitchen to make the
cocoa."

"Okay. It's warmer there, anyhow."

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"I could do with another sandwich. If they've gone all
the way into town, supper'll probably be late."

They left the lab, closing the door behind them. "Hey."
Sandy pointed. "We didn't see this." There was a small
note taped to the door: EXPERIMENT IN PROGRESS. PLEASE
KEEP OUT.

"Uh-oh. Hope we didn't upset anything."

"We'd better tell Mother when she gets back."


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"Why didn't we see that note?"