"James Morrow - Director's Cut" - читать интересную книгу автора (Morrow James)

accidentally drank that turpentine.

NELLIFER. No, my secondborn died much later, drowned when the Red Sea
rolled back into its bed. My thirdborn drank the turpentine. A mother remembers
these things.

INTERVIEWER. I was certain youтАЩd be more bitter about your ordeals.

NELLIFER. Initially we thought the plagues were unjust. We even wrote a
book about it.

BAKETAMON. When Bad Things Happen to Good Pagans.

NELLIFER. Then we came to understand our innate depravity and intrinsic
wickedness.

BAKETAMON. ThereтАЩs only one good Person in the whole universe, and
thatтАЩs the Lord God Jehovah.

NELLIFER. Next to Him, weтАЩre a couple of slime molds.

INTERVIEWER. Sounds like youтАЩve converted to monotheism.

BAKETAMON. (nodding) We love the Lord our God with all our heart.

NELLIFER. And all our soul.

BAKETAMON. And all our might.

NELLIFER. Besides, thereтАЩs no telling what He might do to us next.

BAKETAMON. Fire ants, possibly.

NELLIFER. Killer bees.

BAKETAMON. Scarlet fever.
 NELLIFER. I got two sons left.

BAKETAMON. IтАЩm still up a daughter.

NELLIFER. The Lord giveth.

BAKETAMON. And the Lord taketh away.

NELLIFER. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

The screen goes blank.

INTERVIEWER. When you went up on Mount Sinai, Jehovah offered you a
lot more than the Decalogue.