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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Zero Hour - -Author: Ray Bradbury - -Release Date: January 11, 2021 [eBook #64264] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ZERO HOUR *** - - - - - ZERO HOUR - - By RAY BRADBURY - - PLANET STORIES - proudly presents one of the best science-fiction stories - we have ever seen. Perhaps you will vote it _the_ best! - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Planet Stories Fall 1947. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -Oh, it was to be so jolly! What a game! Such excitement they hadn't -known in years. The children catapulted this way and that across the -green lawns, shouting at each other, holding hands, flying in circles, -climbing trees, laughing.... Overhead, the rockets flew and beetle-cars -whispered by on the streets, but the children played on. Such fun, such -tremulous joy, such tumbling and hearty screaming. - -Mink ran into the house, all dirt and sweat. For her seven years she -was loud and strong and definite. Her mother, Mrs. Morris, hardly saw -her as she yanked out drawers and rattled pans and tools into a large -sack. - -"Heavens, Mink, what's going on?" - -"The most exciting game ever!" gasped Mink, pink-faced. - -"Stop and get your breath," said the mother. - -"No, I'm all right," gasped Mink. "Okay I take these things, Mom?" - -"But don't dent them," said Mrs. Morris. - -"Thank you, thank you!" cried Mink and boom! she was gone, like a -rocket. - -Mrs. Morris surveyed the fleeing tot. "What's the name of the game?" - -"Invasion!" said Mink. The door slammed. - -In every yard on the street children brought out knives and forks and -pokers and old stove pipes and can-openers. - -It was an interesting fact that this fury and bustle occurred only -among the younger children. The older ones, those ten years and more -disdained the affair and marched scornfully off on hikes or played a -more dignified version of hide-and-seek on their own. - -Meanwhile, parents came and went in chromium beetles. Repair men -came to repair the vacuum elevators in houses, to fix fluttering -television sets or hammer upon stubborn food-delivery tubes. The -adult civilization passed and repassed the busy youngsters, jealous -of the fierce energy of the wild tots, tolerantly amused at their -flourishings, longing to join in themselves. - -"This and this and _this_," said Mink, instructing the others with -their assorted spoons and wrenches. "Do that, and bring _that_ over -here. No! _Here_, ninnie! Right. Now, get back while I fix this--" -Tongue in teeth, face wrinkled in thought. "Like that. See?" - -"Yayyyy!" shouted the kids. - -Twelve-year-old Joseph Connors ran up. - -"Go away," said Mink straight at him. - -"I wanna play," said Joseph. - -"Can't!" said Mink. - -"Why not?" - -"You'd just make fun of us." - -"Honest, I wouldn't." - -"No. We know _you_. Go away or we'll kick you." - -Another twelve-year-old boy whirred by on little motor-skates. "Aye, -Joe! Come on! Let them sissies play!" - -Joseph showed reluctance and a certain wistfulness. "I _want_ to play," -he said. - -"You're old," said Mink, firmly. - -"Not _that_ old," said Joe sensibly. - -"You'd only laugh and spoil the Invasion." - -The boy on the motor-skates made a rude lip noise. "Come on, Joe! Them -and their fairies! Nuts!" - -Joseph walked off slowly. He kept looking back, all down the block. - -Mink was already busy again. She made a kind of apparatus with her -gathered equipment. She had appointed another little girl with a pad -and pencil to take down notes in painful slow scribbles. Their voices -rose and fell in the warm sunlight. - -All around them the city hummed. The streets were lined with good -green and peaceful trees. Only the wind made a conflict across the -city, across the country, across the continent. In a thousand other -cities there were trees and children and avenues, business men in their -quiet offices taping their voices, or watching televisors. Rockets -hovered like darning needles in the blue sky. There was the universal, -quiet conceit and easiness of men accustomed to peace, quite certain -there would never be trouble again. Arm in arm, men all over earth -were a united front. The perfect weapons were held in equal trust by -all nations. A situation of incredibly beautiful balance had been -brought about. There were no traitors among men, no unhappy ones, no -disgruntled ones; therefore the world was based upon a stable ground. -Sunlight illumined half the world and the trees drowsed in a tide of -warm air. - -Mink's mother, from her upstairs window, gazed down. - -The children. - -She looked upon them and shook her head. Well, they'd eat well, sleep -well, and be in school on Monday. Bless their vigorous little bodies. -She listened. - -Mink talked earnestly to someone near the rose-bush--though there was -no one there. - -These odd children. And the little girl, what was her name? Anna? Anna -took notes on a pad. First, Mink asked the rose-bush a question, then -called the answer to Anna. - -"Triangle," said Mink. - -"What's a tri," said Anna with difficulty, "angle?" - -"Never mind," said Mink. - -"How you spell it?" asked Anna. - -"T-R-I--" spelled Mink, slowly, then snapped, "Oh, spell it yourself!" -She went on to other words. "Beam," she said. - -"I haven't got tri," said Anna, "angle down yet!" - -"Well, hurry, hurry!" cried Mink. - -Mink's mother leaned out the upstairs window. "A-N-G-L-E," she spelled -down at Anna. - -"Oh, thanks, Mrs. Morris," said Anna. - -"Certainly," said Mink's mother and withdrew, laughing, to dust the -hall with an electro-duster-magnet. - -The voices wavered on the shimmery air. "Beam," said Anna. Fading. - -"Four-nine-seven-A-and-B-and-X," said Mink, far away, seriously. "And a -fork and a string and a--hex-hex-agony ... hexagon_al_!" - - * * * * * - -At lunch, Mink gulped milk at one toss and was at the door. Her mother -slapped the table. - -"You sit right back down," commanded Mrs. Morris. "Hot soup in a -minute." She poked a red button on the kitchen butler and ten seconds -later something landed with a bump in the rubber receiver. Mrs. Morris -opened it, took out a can with a pair of aluminum holders, unsealed it -with a flick and poured hot soup into a bowl. - -During all this, Mink fidgeted. "Hurry, Mom! This is a matter of life -and death! Aw--!" - -"I was the same way at your age. Always life and death. I know." - -Mink banged away at the soup. - -"Slow down," said Mom. - -"Can't," said Mink. "Drill's waiting for me." - -"Who's Drill? What a peculiar name," said Mom. - -"You don't know him," said Mink. - -"A new boy in the neighborhood?" asked Mom. - -"He's new all right," said Mink. She started on her second bowl. - -"Which one is Drill?" asked Mom. - -"He's around," said Mink, evasively. "You'll make fun. Everybody pokes -fun. Gee, darn." - -"Is Drill shy?" - -"Yes. No. In a way. Gosh, Mom, I got to run if we want to have the -Invasion!" - -"Who's invading what?" - -"Martians invading Earth--well, not exactly Martians. They're--I don't -know. From up." She pointed with her spoon. - -"And _inside_," said Mom, touching Mink's feverish brow. - -Mink rebelled. "You're laughing! You'll kill Drill and _every_body." - -"I didn't mean to," said Mom. "Drill's a Martian?" - -"No. He's--well--maybe from Jupiter or Saturn or Venus. Anyway, he's -had a hard time." - -"I imagine." Mrs. Morris hid her mouth behind her hand. - -"They couldn't figure a way to attack earth." - -"We're impregnable," said Mom, in mock-seriousness. - -"That's the word Drill used! Impreg--That was the word, Mom." - -"My, my. Drill's a brilliant little boy. Two-bit words." - -"They couldn't figure a way to attack, Mom. Drill says--he says in -order to make a good fight you got to have a new way of surprising -people. That way you win. And he says also you got to have help from -your enemy." - -"A fifth column," said Mom. - -"Yeah. That's what Drill said. And they couldn't figure a way to -surprise Earth or get help." - -"No wonder. We're pretty darn strong," laughed Mom, cleaning up. Mink -sat there, staring at the table, seeing what she was talking about. - -"Until, one day," whispered Mink, melodramatically, "they thought of -children!" - -"_Well!_" said Mrs. Morris brightly. - -"And they thought of how grown-ups are so busy they never look under -rose-bushes or on lawns!" - -"Only for snails and fungus." - -"And then there's something about dim-dims." - -"Dim-dims?" - -"Dimens-shuns." - -"Dimensions?" - -"Four of 'em! And there's something about kids under nine and -imagination. It's real funny to hear Drill talk." - -Mrs. Morris was tired. "Well, it must be funny. You're keeping Drill -waiting now. It's getting late in the day and, if you want to have your -Invasion before your supper bath, you'd better jump." - -"Do I have to take a bath?" growled Mink. - -"You do. Why is it children hate water? No matter what age you live in -children hate water behind the ears!" - -"Drill says I won't have to take baths," said Mink. - -"Oh, he does, does he?" - -"He told all the kids that. No more baths. And we can stay up till ten -o'clock and go to two televisor shows on Saturday 'stead of one!" - -"Well, Mr. Drill better mind his p's and q's. I'll call up his mother -and--" - -Mink went to the door. "We're having trouble with guys like Pete Britz -and Dale Jerrick. They're growing up. They make fun. They're worse than -parents. They just won't believe in Drill. They're so snooty, cause -they're growing up. You'd think they'd know better. They were little -only a coupla years ago. I hate them worst. We'll kill them _first_." - -"Your father and I, last?" - -"Drill says you're dangerous. Know why? Cause you don't believe in -Martians! They're going to let _us_ run the world. Well, not just us, -but the kids over in the next block, too. I might be queen." She opened -the door. "Mom?" - -"Yes?" - -"What's--lodge ... ick?" - -"Logic? Why, dear, logic is knowing what things are true and not true." - -"He _mentioned_ that," said Mink. "And what's im--pres--sion--able?" It -took her a minute to say it. - -"Why, it means--" Her mother looked at the floor, laughing gently. "It -means--to be a child, dear." - -"Thanks for lunch!" Mink ran out, then stuck her head back in. "Mom, -I'll be sure you won't be hurt, much, really!" - -"Well, thanks," said Mom. - -_Slam_ went the door. - - * * * * * - -At four o'clock the audio-visor buzzed. Mrs. Morris flipped the tab. -"Hello, Helen!" she said, in welcome. - -"Hello, Mary. How are things in New York?" - -"Fine, how are things in Scranton? You look tired." - -"So do you. The children. Underfoot," said Helen. - -Mrs. Morris sighed, "My Mink, too. The super Invasion." - -Helen laughed. "Are your kids playing that game, too?" - -"Lord, yes. Tomorrow it'll be geometrical jacks and motorized -hopscotch. Were we this bad when we were kids in '48?" - -"Worse. Japs and Nazis. Don't know how my parents put up with me. -Tomboy." - -"Parents learn to shut their ears." - -A silence. - -"What's wrong, Mary?" asked Helen. - -Mrs. Morris' eyes were half-closed; her tongue slid slowly, -thoughtfully over her lower lip. "Eh," She jerked. "Oh, nothing. Just -thought about _that_. Shutting ears and such. Never mind. Where were -we?" - -"My boy Tim's got a crush on some guy named--_Drill_, I think it was." - -"Must be a new password. Mink likes him, too." - -"Didn't know it got as far as New York. Word of mouth, I imagine. Looks -like a scrap drive. I talked to Josephine and she said her kids--that's -in Boston--are wild on this new game. It's sweeping the country." - -At this moment, Mink trotted into the kitchen to gulp a glass of water. -Mrs. Morris turned. "How're things going?" - -"Almost finished," said Mink. - -"Swell," said Mrs. Morris. "What's _that_?" - -"A yo-yo," said Mink. "Watch." - -She flung the yo-yo down its string. Reaching the end it-- - -It vanished. - -"See?" said Mink. "Ope!" Dibbling her finger she made the yo-yo -reappear and zip up the string. - -"Do that again," said her mother. - -"Can't. Zero hour's five o'clock! 'Bye." - -Mink exited, zipping her yo-yo. - -On the audio-visor, Helen laughed. "Tim brought one of those yo-yo's in -this morning, but when I got curious he said he wouldn't show it to me, -and when I tried to work it, finally, it wouldn't work." - -"You're not _impressionable_," said Mrs. Morris. - -"What?" - -"Never mind. Something I thought of. Can I help you, Helen?" - -"I wanted to get that black-and-white cake recipe--" - - * * * * * - -The hour drowsed by. The day waned. The sun lowered in the peaceful -blue sky. Shadows lengthened on the green lawns. The laughter and -excitement continued. One little girl ran away, crying. - -Mrs. Morris came out the front door. - -"Mink, was that Peggy Ann crying?" - -Mink was bent over in the yard, near the rose-bush. "Yeah. She's a -scarebaby. We won't let her play, now. She's getting too old to play. I -guess she grew up all of a sudden." - -"Is that why she cried? Nonsense. Give me a civil answer, young lady, -or inside you come!" - -Mink whirled in consternation, mixed with irritation. "I can't quit -now. It's almost time. I'll be good. I'm sorry." - -"Did you hit Peggy Ann?" - -"No, honest. You ask her. It was something--well, she's just a -scaredy-pants." - -The ring of children drew in around Mink where she scowled at her work -with spoons and a kind of square shaped arrangement of hammers and -pipes. "There and there," murmured Mink. - -"What's wrong?" said Mrs. Morris. - -"Drill's stuck. Half way. If we could only get him all the way through, -it'll be easier. Then all the others could come through after him." - -"Can I help?" - -"No'm, thanks. I'll fix it." - -"All right. I'll call you for your bath in half an hour. I'm tired of -watching you." - -She went in and sat in the electric-relaxing chair, sipping a little -beer from a half-empty glass. The chair massaged her back. Children, -children. Children and love and hate, side by side. Sometimes children -loved you, hated you, all in half a second. Strange children, did they -ever forget or forgive the whippings and the harsh, strict words of -command? She wondered. How can you ever forget or forgive those over -and above you, those tall and silly dictators? - -Time passed. A curious, waiting silence came upon the street, deepening. - -Five o'clock. A clock sang softly somewhere in the house, in a quiet, -musical voice, "Five o'clock ... five o'clock. Time's a wasting. Five -o'clock," and purred away into silence. - -Zero hour. - -Mrs. Morris chuckled in her throat. Zero hour. - -A beetle-car hummed into the driveway. Mr. Morris. Mrs. Morris smiled. -Mr. Morris got out of the beetle, locked it and called hello to Mink at -her work. Mink ignored him. He laughed and stood for a moment watching -the children in their business. Then he walked up the front steps. - -"Hello, darling." - -"Hello, Henry." - -She strained forward on the edge of the chair, listening. The children -were silent. Too silent. - -He emptied his pipe, refilled it. "Swell day. Makes you glad to be -alive." - -Buzz. - -"What's that?" asked Henry. - -"I don't know." She got up, suddenly, her eyes widening. She was going -to say something. She stopped it. Ridiculous. Her nerves jumped. "Those -children haven't anything dangerous out there, have they?" she said. - -"Nothing but pipes and hammers. Why?" - -"Nothing electrical?" - -"Heck, no," said Henry. "I looked." - -She walked to the kitchen. The buzzing continued. "Just the same -you'd better go tell them to quit. It's after five. Tell them--" Her -eyes widened and narrowed. "Tell them to put off their Invasion until -tomorrow." She laughed, nervously. - -The buzzing grew louder. - -"What are they up to? I'd better go look, all right." - -The explosion! - - * * * * * - -The house shook with dull sound. There were other explosions in other -yards on other streets. - -Involuntarily, Mrs. Morris screamed. "Up this way!" she cried, -senselessly, knowing no sense, no reason. Perhaps she saw something -from the corners of her eyes, perhaps she smelled a new odor or heard -a new noise. There was no time to argue with Henry to convince him. -Let him think her insane. Yes, insane! Shrieking, she ran upstairs. He -ran after her to see what she was up to. "In the attic!" she screamed. -"That's where it is!" It was only a poor excuse to get him in the attic -in time--oh God, in time! - -Another explosion outside. The children screamed with delight, as if at -a great fireworks display. - -"It's not in the attic!" cried Henry. "It's outside!" - -"No, no!" Wheezing, gasping, she fumbled at the attic door. "I'll show -you. Hurry! I'll show you!" - -They tumbled into the attic. She slammed the door, locked it, took the -key, threw it into a far, cluttered corner. - -She was babbling wild stuff now. It came out of her. All the -subconscious suspicion and fear that had gathered secretly all -afternoon and fermented like a wine in her. All the little revelations -and knowledges and sense that had bothered her all day and which she -had logically and carefully and sensibly rejected and censored. Now it -exploded in her and shook her to bits. - -"There, there," she said, sobbing against the door. "We're safe until -tonight. Maybe we can sneak out, maybe we can escape!" - -Henry blew up, too, but for another reason. "Are you crazy? Why'd you -throw that key away! Damn it, honey!" - -"Yes, yes, I'm crazy, if it helps, but stay here with me!" - -"I don't know how in hell I _can_ get out!" - -"Quiet. They'll hear us. Oh, God, they'll find us soon enough--" - -Below them, Mink's voice. The husband stopped. There was a great -universal humming and sizzling, a screaming and giggling. Downstairs, -the audio-televisor buzzed and buzzed insistently, alarmingly, -violently. _Is that Helen calling?_ thought Mrs. Morris. _And is she -calling about what I_ think _she's calling about_? - -Footsteps came into the house. Heavy footsteps. - -"Who's coming in my house?" demanded Henry, angrily. "Who's tramping -around down there?" - -Heavy feet. Twenty, thirty, forty, fifty of them. Fifty persons -crowding into the house. The humming. The giggling of the children. -"This way!" cried Mink, below. - -"Who's downstairs?" roared Henry. "Who's there!" - -"Hush, oh, nonononono!" said his wife, weakly, holding him. "Please, be -quiet. They might go away." - -"Mom?" called Mink, "Dad?" A pause. "Where are you?" - -Heavy footsteps, heavy, heavy, _very_ HEAVY footsteps came up the -stairs. Mink leading them. - -"Mom?" A hesitation. "Dad?" A waiting, a silence. - -Humming. Footsteps toward the attic. Mink's first. - -They trembled together in silence in the attic, Mr. and Mrs. Morris. -For some reason the electric humming, the queer cold light suddenly -visible under the door crack, the strange odor and the alien sound of -eagerness in Mink's voice, finally got through to Henry Morris, too. He -stood, shivering, in the dark silence, his wife beside him. - -"Mom! Dad!" - -Footsteps. A little humming sound. The attic lock melted. The door -opened. 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