Gremlins by George Gipe

Author:George Gipe
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 0380865610
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1984-06-22T19:19:55+00:00

Preoccupied with the object in his laboratory and exhausted from his long hours of research, Roy Hanson was as anxious to get through the day as his students, who were already restless to get into the new snow. Despairing of getting their attention with unusual teaching methods or subject matter, too stubborn to just let them sit and study or talk, he had decided to review their study of the brain in the hope a little material would stick with someone. Before him on his desk was a colorful, electronic model of the human brain with various sections that flashed on and off. Weighing close to a hundred pounds, it was a splendid instructional tool—and a shame to waste on such a lost cause of a day. Hanson had little choice, however, so he plunged ahead.

“Anybody know what we call this?” he asked, pointing to the lit portion of the brain.

No one answered.

“Chuckie?” Hanson said, nodding toward a chubby, oversized youth with prominent teeth.

“Ah, the crouton?” Chuckie murmured.

“The crouton,” Hanson repeated, rolling his eyes. “Get them in my Caesar salad all the time. Any other guesses?”

Samantha Weaver, the smartest student in the class, caught his eye. “Thalamus,” she said confidently.

“Close, but I’ll get another doctor to do my brain surgery,” he replied. “It’s the medulla oblongata.” Then, his irritation beginning to show, he said, “What is it with you kids? I mean, look at this thing. When I was your age, I was learning this stuff from old books. You people have something outa “Star Trek” and you still can’t learn it.”

He glared at them. They in turn avoided his glance. And in the grim silence that followed, a wet pop, like a piece of ripe fruit splitting, could be heard very distinctly. It came from the lab.

Hanson decided to ignore it, but when it happened again, he knew he would have to investigate.

“Open your books to page one-thirty-seven and study the brain glossary. I want everybody to know it.”

As he stood up to go to the lab, his gaze met that of Pete Fountaine.

That’s right, Pete, he thought, I believe its time has come.

Looking nervously at his watch, he strode smartly out of the classroom, breathing a silent prayer his chastised students would not hear their tough teacher scream for help a moment later.

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