"Barry Longyear - Enemy Mine" - читать интересную книгу автора (Longyear Barry)
the roof. In half a second we were underwater, the currents inside the shack agitating us like socks in a
washing machine.
The water receded, and as I cleared my eyes, I saw that the windward wall of the shack had caved in.
"Jerry!"
Through the collapsed wall, I saw the Drac staggering around outside. "Irkmaan?" Behind him I could
see the second roller gathering speed.
"Kizlode, what'n the Hell you doing out there? Get in here!"
I turned to the capsule, still lodged firmly between the two rocks, and found the handle. As I opened the
door, Jerry stumbled through the missing wall and fell against me. "Davidge . . . forever soakers go on!
Forever!"
"Get in!" I helped the Drac through the door and didn't wait for it to get out of the way. I piled in on top
of Jerry and latched the door just as the second wave hit. I could feel the capsule lift a bit and rattle
against the overhang of the one rock.
"Davidge, we float?"
"No. The rocks are holding us. We'll be all right once the breakers stop."
"Over you move."
"Oh." I got off Jerry's chest and braced myself against one end of the capsule. After a bit, the capsule
came to rest and we waited for the next one. "Jerry?"
"Ess?"
"What was it that you were about to say?"
"Why I stay?"
"Yeah."
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"About it hard me talk, gavey?"
"I know, I know."
The next breaker hit and I could feel the capsule rise and rattle against the rock. "Davidge, gavey 'vt
nessal"
"Ne gavey."
"Vi nessa . . . little me, gavey?"
The capsule bumped down the rock and came to rest. "What about little you?"
"Little me . . . little Drac. From me, gavey?"
"Are you telling me you're pregnant?"
"Possiblemaybeperhaps."
I shook my head. "Hold on, Jerry. I don't want any misunderstandings. Pregnant. . . are you going to be a
parent?" I
"Ae, parent, two-zero-zero in line, very important is, ne?" тАв
"Terrific. What's this got to do with you not wanting to go to the other island?"
"Before, me vi nessa, gavey? Tean death."
"Your child, it died?"
"Ae!" The Drac's sob was torn from the lips of the universal mother. "I in fall hurt. Tean death. Nasesay
in sea us bang. Tean hurt, gavey?"
"Ae, I gavey." So Jerry was afraid of losing another child. It was almost certain that the capsule trip
would bang us around a lot, but staying on the sandbar didn't appear to be improving our chances. The
capsule had been at rest for quite a while, and I decided to risk a peek outside. The small canopy
windows seemed to be covered with sand, and I opened the door. I looked around, and all of the walls
had been smashed flat. I looked toward the sea, but could see nothing. "It looks safe, Jerry ..." I looked
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