Ray Bradbury - Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1

‘Go to a show, listen to the radio, watch television, play cards, put the children to bed, go to bed themselves, like always.’

‘In a way that’s something to be proud of – like always.’

They sat a moment and then he poured himself another coffee. ‘Why do you suppose it’s tonight?’

‘Because.’

‘Why not some other night in the last century, or five centuries ago, or ten?’

‘Maybe because it was never October 19, 1969, ever before in history, and now it is and that’s it; because this date means more than any other date ever meant; because it’s the year when things are as they are all over the world and that’s why it’s the end.’

‘There are bombers on their schedules both ways across the ocean tonight that’ll never see land.’

‘That’s part of the reason why.’

‘Well,’ he said, getting up, ‘what shall it be? Wash the dishes?’

They washed the dishes and stacked them away with special neatness. At eight-thirty the girls were put to bed and kissed good night and the little lights by their beds turned on and the door left open just a trifle.

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