Thunder and Roses by Theodore Sturgeon

Author:Theodore Sturgeon [Sturgeon, Theodore]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-58394-748-7
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2013-04-08T21:00:00+00:00

“I looked around again. Joey’s hands were moving. Fred and Brot leaned forward suddenly as if they’d been pulled by the same string. Stompy just looked vacant. His three valve fingers trembled the way they do when he’s clearing his horn for a high riff.

“Wham-bop, shillu, shillop,

Wham-bop, shillu, shillop …

“I tell you, it rocked part of you right to sleep and brought something else in you wide, wide awake.

“All of a sudden there was another noise in with it. The steering lines, whipping up slack as the wheel was twitched from side to side—not enough to turn the rudder, mind you; just sufficient to slap the lines against the inside of the guards—and mixed up in it was the very gentle tapping of feet on the deck overhead and a little aft, by the wheelpost. One toe, one heel. And all the while this motor noise backing it. Subtle? Hey! I’ll try to talk it for you:

“Wham-bop, shillu, shillop,

Wham-bop, shillu, shillop …

(And with the feet and the ropes:)

Tickety wham-bop t’tick shillop,

T’tickety bop shillu, shillop,

Tack bop t’tock shillop …

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