Name: The angry house
Author: Richard Rein Smith

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Richard Rein Smith, The angry house (1955)

“ The house's electronic brain glowed with an intangible thing that might have been pride.
It thought, I am content. I am content because there are so many things I can do to make them happy. I can cook their meals, make the beds, scrub my floors, wash my windows. I can bathe them, keep them warm, give them a gentle, cool breeze. If they want entertainment, I can rise hundreds of feet on my antigravity rays and give them a nice view. I can give them soft music, entertaining TV programs and pleasant surprises. ”

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Richard Rein Smith, The angry house (1955)

“ The woman screamed even more shrilly as the weird machine tugged at her panties. Frantically, she grabbed the slender tentacles and twisted them until rewarded by the crunch of delicate mechanisms not meant for such rough treatment.
The machine served its purpose until its last metal arm was broken.
The house watched as the woman cried for a few minutes and then, clad only in high-heel shoes and wristwatch, continued her search of the bedroom.
She is different, the house thought. She does not scream threats at me like the man does. ”

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Richard Rein Smith, The angry house (1955)

“ She will love me and he will be proud of me and take good care of me. I am glad they own me!
It deactivated the scanner and from hidden closets, shiny machines quietly entered the many rooms. The tiny machines rolled on soft rubber wheels, floated on invisible antigravity rays and went about their many tasks. They sucked in dust and dirt, waxed the floors, washed the dishes. Behind the smooth gray walls, machines prepared the evening meal, checked the video schedule for the afternoon and selected recordings of soft music that the house's owners would enjoy. ”

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Richard Rein Smith, The angry house (1955)

“ The house decided to leave the sound-blocks on. It was best to attack them individually.
A closet door slid into a wall. A slender machine, five feet tall and with sixteen long metal tentacles rolled across the room on soft rubber wheels.
It looked like a mechanical monster from another world, but it was merely a very efficient machine to undress the house's masters—a mechavalet.
The mechavalet paused behind the woman's back. Sixteen rubber-tipped metal tentacles reached out.
The machine normally undressed a person with smoothness and gentleness. ”

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Richard Rein Smith, The angry house (1955)

“ Gray eyes. Small pointed nose. Blue dress and blue, high-heel shoes. The house evaluated her, discarded the word "beautiful" and decided on the words "curvaceous" and "sexy." Yes, it would use those words to describe her to its owners when they returned. It wondered briefly if they were relatives of its masters.
The man was short, stocky. Dark hair, brown eyes. The house searched its files but could not find any complimentary adjectives. It spoke. "No one is home. Would you care to leave a message?" It wished it could inquire as to what they wanted, but there were no circuits for that. ”

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Richard Rein Smith, The angry house (1955)

“ The man's jaw sagged, and with an equal sag of his shoulders he returned to his search of the closet.
The house deducted, They are burglars, only burglars. They want to escape before my masters return because they would have to kill them and they are not murderers. ”

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Richard Rein Smith, The angry house (1955)

“ The woman was removing books from the bookcase; the man continued searching the furniture.
They wouldn't stop when it asked them to. If it only had the burglar devices! Now, there was no way for it to fight. ”

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