"Kim Stanley Robinson - Forty Signs of Rain" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robinson Kim Stanley)

тАЬWell, IтАЩm drinking my wifeтАЩs breast milk, if you must know.тАЭ

тАЬSay what?тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm testing the temperature of one of JoeтАЩs bottles. They have to be thawed to a very exact temperature
or else he gets annoyed.тАЭ

тАЬSo youтАЩre drinking your wifeтАЩs breast milk out of a baby bottle?тАЭ

тАЬYes I am.тАЭ

тАЬHow is it?тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs good. Thin but sweet. A potent mix of protein, fat, and sugar. No doubt the perfect food.тАЭ

тАЬI bet.тАЭ Roy cackled. тАЬDo you ever get it straight from the source?тАЭ

тАЬWell I try, sure, who doesnтАЩt, but Anna doesnтАЩt like it. She says itтАЩs a mixed message and if I donтАЩt
watch out sheтАЩll wean me when she weans Joe.тАЭ

тАЬAh ha. So you have to take the long-term view.тАЭ

тАЬYes. Although actually I tried it one time when Joe fell asleep nursing, so she couldnтАЩt move without
waking him. She was hissing at me and I was trying to get it to work but apparently you have to suck
much harder than, you know, one usually would, thereтАЩs a trick to it, and I still hadnтАЩt gotten any when
Joe woke up and saw me. Anna and I froze, expecting him to freak out, but he just reached out and
patted me on the head.тАЭ

тАЬHe understood!тАЭ

тАЬYeah. It was like he was saying I know how you feel, Dad, and I will share with you this amazing
bounty. DidnтАЩt you Joe?тАЭ he said, handing him the warmed bottle. He watched with a smile as Joe took it
one-handed and tilted it back, elbow thrown out like Popeye with a can of spinach. Because of all the
pinpricks Charlie had made in the rubber nipples, Joe could choke down a bottle in a few minutes, and
he seemed to take great satisfaction in doing so. No doubt a sugar rush.

тАЬOkay, well, you are a kinky guy my friend and obviously deep in the world of domestic bliss, but weтАЩre
still relying on you here and this may be the most important bill Phil introduces in this session.тАЭ

тАЬCome on itтАЩs a lot more than that, young man, itтАЩs one of the few chances we have left to avoid
complete global disaster, I meanтАФтАЭ

тАЬPreaching to the converted! Preaching to the converted!тАЭ

тАЬI certainly hope so.тАЭ

тАЬSure sure. Okay, IтАЩll read this draft and get back to you ASAP. I want to move on with this, and the
committee discussion is now scheduled for Tuesday.тАЭ
тАЬThatтАЩs fine, IтАЩll have my phone with me all day.тАЭ