escape pods. After carefully looking around to see whether they could see anyone, they walked into the sea, located the pods and placed their feet back into the foot controls. As soon as their feet were properly located the homing signal stopped and the platform rose to the surface. They then manoeuvred the pods back out to sea raised the sides and started back to the shuttle.
5 . Ridicule.
Joseph walked into the tavern for his usual daily few drinks. He looked no different from any of the other men here, but when he arrived nearly all of the customers greeted him with a friendly wave or shook his hand. He had made his way through the crowd of people in the inn and he had already noticed that there were more people here than there would normally be. He thought that maybe they were celebrating something that he had forgotten or had not been invited to, either way he was a little confused by the fact that his quiet afternoon sabbatical had been invaded by all of these people. Of course he knew all of them, but to find them here at this time of day was most unusual.
“Busier than usual Joshua” he said to the innkeeper,
“Morning Joseph, the usual is it” Joseph nodded his head and waited for his drink and an explanation for all the people.
“Yes, its great for business, I must get old Eli to come in every day he is really funny”
Joseph was now more confused than before. Joshua composed himself and told him to listen. He turned around and leaned on the bar with both of his elbows and grasped his fingers together around his stomach.
“Eli, Eli, Joseph is here now tell him what you have been telling us”
Joshua handed another drink to Eli and encouraged him to recount his adventures.
“Oh Joseph, you should have been there, I’ve never seen anything like it before in my life.”
At this, the entire bar broke out into fits of laughter.
Eli was known to drink a little and it was generally accepted that since he had arrived in town he had been very secretive about his past. No one knew if he had any family or where he came from. He was an inoffensive sort of bloke who had got to know people around town and had chosen this particular inn to spend as much free time as he could. He lived alone on the outskirts of town and for a living he would do almost any work that was offered to him on a casual basis. His hygiene was probably not the best, but all in all he was accepted for who he was.
“Joseph, it was like nothing I’ve ever seen. I left here last night and, ok, I probably did have one more than I should have, but I wasn’t drunk. I know when I’ve had enough but last night I was just merry. It was a hot evening and I wasn’t ready to go home, I just needed to go for a short walk to clear my head so I could get a good night sleep. I was supposed to be at Joab’s smithy this morning to work for him today .”
He looked over at Joab who raised his glass in agreement and laughed.
“I didn’t go because I never got a wink of sleep last night after what I saw. I went out through town past my house and walked down to the sea. I wasn’t going to be long; I only had a little oil in my lamp. Anyway I got to the beach and I sat on the big rock, you know the one I mean, the one I always sit on when I’m thinking. Well it wasn’t long before I fell asleep. I suppose I’d been out for about…well not long when I woke up and my lamp had gone out, but it was a clear night and the moon was full so it was still kind of bright out there so it didn’t matter. But the thing is… I saw something that was not of this earth, I don’t know what it was but it was definitely not from here.”
At this there was more laughter which Joshua interrupted and said,
“Hold on, hold on, fellows, please Carry on Eli” Eli took a large mouthful of his drink and continued.
“Listen, I know you think that I am a little nut ’s and that it sounds stupid, but I know what I saw. It was fantastic. I woke up and just sat
5 . Ridicule.
Joseph walked into the tavern for his usual daily few drinks. He looked no different from any of the other men here, but when he arrived nearly all of the customers greeted him with a friendly wave or shook his hand. He had made his way through the crowd of people in the inn and he had already noticed that there were more people here than there would normally be. He thought that maybe they were celebrating something that he had forgotten or had not been invited to, either way he was a little confused by the fact that his quiet afternoon sabbatical had been invaded by all of these people. Of course he knew all of them, but to find them here at this time of day was most unusual.
“Busier than usual Joshua” he said to the innkeeper,
“Morning Joseph, the usual is it” Joseph nodded his head and waited for his drink and an explanation for all the people.
“Yes, its great for business, I must get old Eli to come in every day he is really funny”
Joseph was now more confused than before. Joshua composed himself and told him to listen. He turned around and leaned on the bar with both of his elbows and grasped his fingers together around his stomach.
“Eli, Eli, Joseph is here now tell him what you have been telling us”
Joshua handed another drink to Eli and encouraged him to recount his adventures.
“Oh Joseph, you should have been there, I’ve never seen anything like it before in my life.”
At this, the entire bar broke out into fits of laughter.
Eli was known to drink a little and it was generally accepted that since he had arrived in town he had been very secretive about his past. No one knew if he had any family or where he came from. He was an inoffensive sort of bloke who had got to know people around town and had chosen this particular inn to spend as much free time as he could. He lived alone on the outskirts of town and for a living he would do almost any work that was offered to him on a casual basis. His hygiene was probably not the best, but all in all he was accepted for who he was.
“Joseph, it was like nothing I’ve ever seen. I left here last night and, ok, I probably did have one more than I should have, but I wasn’t drunk. I know when I’ve had enough but last night I was just merry. It was a hot evening and I wasn’t ready to go home, I just needed to go for a short walk to clear my head so I could get a good night sleep. I was supposed to be at Joab’s smithy this morning to work for him today .”
He looked over at Joab who raised his glass in agreement and laughed.
“I didn’t go because I never got a wink of sleep last night after what I saw. I went out through town past my house and walked down to the sea. I wasn’t going to be long; I only had a little oil in my lamp. Anyway I got to the beach and I sat on the big rock, you know the one I mean, the one I always sit on when I’m thinking. Well it wasn’t long before I fell asleep. I suppose I’d been out for about…well not long when I woke up and my lamp had gone out, but it was a clear night and the moon was full so it was still kind of bright out there so it didn’t matter. But the thing is… I saw something that was not of this earth, I don’t know what it was but it was definitely not from here.”
At this there was more laughter which Joshua interrupted and said,
“Hold on, hold on, fellows, please Carry on Eli” Eli took a large mouthful of his drink and continued.
“Listen, I know you think that I am a little nut ’s and that it sounds stupid, but I know what I saw. It was fantastic. I woke up and just sat
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