Have Space Suit - Will Travel by Robert A Heinlein

Author:Robert A Heinlein [Heinlein, Robert A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Award Winners, Hugo Award Winner
ISBN: 9780345461070
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2005-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

Hasn't it?" "Huh?" I glanced up, saw that the dial said I had about four hours of air left. I had had to reduce pressure twice, since we closed up, to match falling pressure in the room. "Yes, Peewee, it's been swell. I wouldn't have missed it for the world." She sighed. "I just wanted to be sure you weren't blaming me. Now go to sleep." I did almost go to sleep, when I saw Peewee jump up and my phones came to life. "Kip! Something's coming in the door!" I came wide awake, realized what it meant. Why couldn't they have let us be? A few hours, anyhow? "Peewee. Don't panic. Move to the far side of the door. You've got your blue-light gadget?" "Yes." "Pick them off as they come in." "You've got to move, Kip. You're right where they will come!" "I can't get up." I hadn't been able to move, not even my arms, for quite a while. "Use low power, then if you brush me, it won't matter. Do what I say! Fast!" "Yes, Kip." She got where she could snipe at them sideways, raised her projector and waited. The inner door opened, a figure came in. I saw Peewee start to nail it- and I called into my radio: "Don't shoot!" But she was dropping the projector and running forward even as I shouted. They were "mother thing" people. It took six of them to carry me, only two to carry the Mother Thing. They sang to me soothingly all the time they were rigging a litter. I swallowed another codeine tablet before they lifted me, as even with their gentleness any movement hurt. It didn't take long to get me into their ship, for they had landed almost at the tunnel mouth, no doubt crushing the walkway-I hoped so. Once I was safely inside Peewee opened my helmet and unzipped the front of my suit. "Kip! Aren't they wonderful?" "Yes." I was getting dizzier from the drug but was feeling better. "When do we raise ship?" "We've already started." "They're taking us home?" I'd have to tell Mr. Charton what a big help the codeine was. "Huh? Oh, my, no! We're headed for Vega." I fainted. Chapter 9 I had been dreaming that I was home; this awoke me with a jerk. "Mother Thing!" ("Good morning, my son. I am happy to see that you are feeling better.") "Oh, I feel fine. I've had a good night's rest-" I stared, then blurted: "-you're dead!" I couldn't stop it. Her answer sounded warmly, gently humorous, the way you correct a child who has made a natural mistake. ("No, dear, I was merely frozen. I am not as frail as you seem to think me.") I blinked and looked again. "Then it wasn't a dream?" ("No, it was not a dream.") "I thought I was home and-" I tried to sit up, managed only to raise my head. "I am home!" My room! Clothes closet

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