"Jo Walton - Unreliable Witness" - читать интересную книгу автора (Walton Jo)

"M-A-D," Janice said, signalling with her eyes to Richard. "Le Nutso. Le crack
finale." She's the one who's mad if you ask me, thinking that Franglais would
fool anyone. But I admit saying that an alien has been to visit me sounds odd.
So I'm making this tape to explain it all.


And I have a new theory. I think the people who are stealing my stuff are trying
to find out about the aliens. That's probably why They usually bring it back and
scatter it about in different places. They're not stealing it because They want it,
They're searching it for alien information. That doesn't explain why they take
some things so many times and other things only once, but perhaps They're not
very bright. Perhaps they're the NSA, or another lot of aliens, I don't know. But if
I leave this tape lying around, They'll find it, and take it. Then they'll know the
truth, and maybe They'll leave me in peace for a while. If Tom comes back, or I
meet any more aliens, I'll make another tape. So just leave everything alone
except tapes marked with an X, all right? Do we have a deal? I'll tell you anything
about any aliens that come to visit me, and you stop stealing my things.




Copyright ┬й 2000 Jo Walton