“ We'd left the football at Paul's and we couldn't so we walked over to the park.We sat down and began talking about it. "I'm wondering if it will really come," said Paul. We all squinted up."Where'll the President watch it from?" I said. "He should have a good view from the White House.""No better than us right here," said Howie."What about Australia? Will they see it there?" I said."They'll see it all over.""Africa, too? And what about the Eskimos?""It doesn't matter whether they actually see it or not. It will come to everyone at the same time." ”
F. L. Wallace
Summary
“End as a World”, is a work by F. L. Wallace. It explores elements such as Howie, football and bomb.
Quotes from End as a World (F. L. Wallace)
“ That's what they were saying on TV and you can't talk back to that."Everybody," said Howie. "Not just in this town, but all over. Wherever there are people. Even where they're not.""You read that," said Paul."Sure," said Howie. "You lent me the comic books. It's even in them."We didn't say much after that. I kept thinking of the man who made the H-bomb. I bet he felt silly and spiteful, blowing up an island. Somebody might have wanted to live on it, if he'd just left it there. He must have felt mean and low when something really big like this came along. ”
“ Goodwin grinned again as the light changed and we started up. "I don't blame you for being edgy," he said. "It's the suspense. If we only had some way of knowing for sure, radio maybe.""There's no radio," I said. "The calculations have been checked.""Sure, but maybe there's something we forgot. Or don't know. All sorts of things can go wrong."He must have talked on and on, but I didn't listen. Howie and me and Paul had gone over everything he was saying. ”
