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[Assistant] It's like art, as I said, it's a story, it's...


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[Assistant] You can write about fiction. I haven't killed my friends. Thank you. Uhm, I, you know, it's like a character. It's like,


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[Assistant] It's like when people really want to act. It's like, you know, when I was little, all, me and all my friends whenever we'd play games, we always wanted to die in the game. Like you always wanted to die another big death and like...


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[Assistant] You know, if we made like little like fake movies, like one of us would like die and it was like, oh my god, we died. And it was crazy. And I don't know why that was, but


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[Assistant] It's, it's like, it's fun. It's like you can become a character that you would never ever be and almost like change your mind and like sort of become.


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[Assistant] You know, someone else, which you can never do.


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[Assistant] Ever. You can never be someone else. I just was talking about that. But, that's what songwriting is.


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[Assistant] Okay, to set this straight, I've never been in love. Gross.


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[Assistant] My brother actually wrote the song, himself, uhm, which-


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[Assistant] In a way, I'm like, thank God, because I don't want to fucking write about falling in love, because gross.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but the thing was that even though my brother had written it,


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[Assistant] It was still mine, you know, it was still exactly like...


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[Assistant] Coming from me, I, I, you know, I took it as mine and the thing is it wasn't at all artificial. It wasn't like, Phineas, write a song for me so that I can do it and I can get credit for it. It's like,


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[Assistant] That wasn't it at all, it was like, I wrote songs already and he had written this song that was sort of, it was about what he was going through but at the time he was like, it was sort of what we were both going through in a way and he,


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[Assistant] He just wanted to hear me sing it and I wanted to, I just loved it a lot and like it was, it was my, it was mine.


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[Assistant] I can't, yo, but this is, this is what I talk about all the time, is that like so many people right now are


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[Assistant] You know, like getting famous from, because of someone else. Like, like, you know.


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[Assistant] And it's like, okay, the way you're gonna do that is have someone else write the song.


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[Assistant] You know, style her to look like somebody else that she's not. Uhm, you know, make, like,


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[Assistant] Put a ton of makeup on her that she doesn't freakin' look like herself in. Like, just like, all these artificial things that involve, like,


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[Assistant] So many people that are not the person that's getting


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[Assistant] To where everyone else wants them to be and it's like if you're just getting somewhere because everyone else wants you to be there.


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[Assistant] Or you're getting there because you're being everyone else. You just get to a place where it's like, what is, what is the point of that?


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[Assistant] Like right now, if everyone died and my whole life I had been doing, you know, fucking what like tons of other people wanted me to do and like try to please people and then everyone died I'd be left with this fucking thing I didn't want in the first place. What's the point of that?


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[Assistant] I just, wow, that was thank you for that. I just, I don't know, like, I mean on that note, like people, people are like, you know, like,


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[Assistant] You're a role model, like how can you, how can you say that? If you're somebody, people are looking up to you, Billy, like how could you possibly say something like that? I'm like, you know why they're looking up to me? Because I say shit like that.


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[Assistant] I say what the fuck I want to say. Because if I don't say it, you know, I don't know, it's just like what-


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[Assistant] What is the point of freaking not doing what you wanna do? I just don't know. And I mean, obviously, there's the fact that women can't really, and that's sort of...


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[Assistant] The, the rule, subconsciously, it's everyone's rule that, you know, universally, women with personalities are hated.


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[Assistant] That's a, that's a universal fact, and I, I know that, and I've always known that, and...


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[Assistant] I would rather die than be artificial.


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[Assistant] Like, I'm, I would, I'm so not saying like, I'm a perfect...


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[Assistant] Roll model and I'm everything that an artist should be. I don't think that at all. You know, I, I hate myself in a lot of ways. I just explained that upstairs.


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[Assistant] Dude, the moment that that happened, I think we both like stood up and jumped and high-fived. I'm pretty sure. Like when we came up with that line, it was like, it was like a moment. We were like, fuck. We are God. And like we're not, but you should feel like that sometimes.


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[Assistant] We were like, I remember, I mean the beginning of that song, the first verse of that whole song, which is...


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[Assistant] I mean, every part of that verse is like, is sorta like that, which is like,


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[Assistant] My boy's being sus, he was shady enough, but now he's just a shadow. So it's like shady, you know, if it's shady in the park, it's a bunch of shadows of trees.


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[Assistant] But it's kind of all of the shadows in one, so it's like shade.


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[Assistant] So it's like almost a shadow. He was shady, now he's just flat out a fucking shadow. Shady ass motherfucker. And then it's like...


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[Assistant] My boy loves his friends like I love my split ends. By that I mean, he gets them all.


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[Assistant] It's really gross, like you look at the ends of my hair and it just looks like a bunch of like legs like this. Each hair, but uhm, nah, it was such a moment. We were sitting on my brother's bed and we had just come up with that first half and then he goes, oh my god, Billy! And he was like, my boy loves his friends.


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[Assistant] Like I love, and I was like, he couldn't, I think he like couldn't find the rhyme. He was like, what are like, what's something like you cut? And I was like, my boy loves his friends. Like I love my split ends. And he goes, and by that, I mean, he cuts them off. And I was like,


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[Assistant] Catch me outside. Ski Master Slump God.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I mean, something by the Beatles is actually incredible.


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[Assistant] Wow, a lot actually. I feel like I always name stuff and people are like, what in the fuck are you? I'd say like...


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[Assistant] Uhm, it's, oh my god, gone away by her. Okay. It's so beautiful.


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[Assistant] Nah, I did it at a birthday party once when I was like 8.


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[Assistant] Oh my, was that one where she like burns a CD and then she calls him gay or something? What song is that?


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[Assistant] I'll tell all your friends that you're gay. What the hell song is that? Like, burned your CD and then I'm not gonna write you a- no wait.


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[Assistant] I don't know, I don't know, geez, karaoke, uhm, the motto. Okay. By Trey.


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[Assistant] Chapter 10 Progress of Reform in Germany


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[Assistant] Luther's mysterious disappearance excited consternation throughout all Germany. Inquiries concerning him were heard everywhere. The wildest rumors were circulated and many believed that he had been murdered. There was great lamentation not only by his avowed friends,


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[Assistant] But by thousands who had not openly taken their stand with the Reformation.


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[Assistant] Many bound themselves by a solemn oath to avenge his death.


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[Assistant] The Romish leaders saw with terror to what a pitch had risen the feeling against them.


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[Assistant] Though at first exultant at the supposed death of Luther, they soon desired to hide from the wrath of the people.


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[Assistant] His enemies had not been so troubled by his most daring acts while among them as they were at his removal.


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[Assistant] Those who in their rage had sought to destroy the bold reformer were filled with fear now that he had become a helpless captive.


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[Assistant] The only remaining way of saving ourselves, said one, is to light torches and hunt for Luther through the whole world.


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[Assistant] As they saw that it commanded far less attention than did the fate of Luther. The tidings that he was safe, though a prisoner, calmed the fears of the people.


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[Assistant] While it still further aroused their enthusiasm in his favor.


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[Assistant] His writings were read with greater eagerness than ever before.


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[Assistant] Increasing numbers joined the cause of the heroic man who had, at such fearful odds, defended the word of God. The reformation was constantly gaining in strength. The seed which Luther had sown sprang up everywhere.


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[Assistant] His absence accomplished a work which his presence would have failed to do.


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[Assistant] Other laborers felt a new responsibility now that their great leader was removed.


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[Assistant] With new faith and earnestness, they pressed forward to do all in their power that the work so nobly begun might not be hindered. But Satan was not idle.


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[Assistant] He now attempted what he has attempted in every other reformatory movement to deceive and destroy the people.


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[Assistant] By palming off upon them a counterfeit in place of the true work.


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[Assistant] As there were false Christs in the first century of the Christian Church,


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[Assistant] So there arose false prophets in the 16th century.


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[Assistant] A few men deeply affected by the excitement in the religious world.


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[Assistant] Imagine themselves to have received special revelations from heaven and claimed to have been divinely commissioned


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[Assistant] To carry forward to its completion the reformation which, they declared, had been but feebly begun by Luther. In truth they were undoing the very work which he had accomplished.


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[Assistant] They rejected the great principle which was the very foundation of the Reformation, that the Word of God


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[Assistant] Is the all sufficient rule of faith in practice.


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[Assistant] And for that unerring guide, they substituted the changeable, uncertain standard of their own feelings and impressions.


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[Assistant] By this act of setting aside the great detector of error and falsehood,


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[Assistant] The way was opened for Satan to control minds as best pleased himself. One of these prophets claimed to have been instructed by the angel Gabriel.


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[Assistant] A student who united with him, forsook his studies.


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[Assistant] Declaring that he had been endowed by God himself with wisdom to expound his word.


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[Assistant] Others who were naturally inclined to fanaticism united with them. The proceedings of these enthusiasts created no little excitement.


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[Assistant] The preaching of Luther had aroused the people everywhere to feel the necessity of reform and now,


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[Assistant] Some really honest persons were misled by the pretensions of the new prophets.


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[Assistant] The leaders of the movement proceeded to Wittenberg and urged their claims upon Melanchton and his co-laborers. Said they, quote, we are sent by God to instruct the people. We have held familiar conversations with the Lord. We know what will happen. In a word, we are apostles and prophets and appeal to Dr. Luther, close quote. Davenay book nine, chapter seven.


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[Assistant] This was such an element as they had never before encountered, and they knew not what course to pursue. Said Melanchton, quote,


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[Assistant] There are indeed extraordinary spirits in these men, but what spirits?


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[Assistant] On the one hand, let us beware of quenching the spirit of God, and on the other, of being led astray by the spirit of Satan.


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[Assistant] The people were led to neglect the Bible or to cast it wholly aside. The schools were thrown into confusion, students spurning all restraint.


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[Assistant] Abandon their studies and withdrew from the university.


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[Assistant] The men who thought themselves competent to revive and control the work of the Reformation succeeded only in bringing it to the verge of ruin.


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[Assistant] The Romanists now regain their confidence and exclaimed exultingly, quote,


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[Assistant] Luther at the Wartburg, hearing of what had occurred, said with deep concern, quote, I always expected that Satan would send us this plague, close quote.


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[Assistant] Had not caused him so great perplexity and distress as he now experienced.


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[Assistant] From the professed friends of the Reformation had risen its worst enemies, the very truths which


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[Assistant] had brought him so great joy and consolation were being employed


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[Assistant] He had not purposed to take such positions as he did or to make so radical changes.


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[Assistant] He had been but the instrument in the hand of infinite power, yet he often trembled for the result of his work. He had once said,


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[Assistant] If I knew that my doctrine injured one man, one single man, however lowly and obscure, which it cannot, for it is the gospel itself,


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[Assistant] I would rather die ten times than to retract it. Close quote. Dabignet Book 9, Chapter 7. And now Wittenberg itself.


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[Assistant] The very center of the Reformation was fast falling under the power of fanaticism and lawlessness.


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[Assistant] This terrible condition had not resulted from the teachings of Luther, but throughout Germany his enemies were charging it upon him. In bitterness of soul he sometimes asked, quote,


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[Assistant] Again as he wrestled with God in prayer, peace flowed into his heart. The work is not mine, but thine alone, he said.


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[Assistant] Thou wilt not suffer it to be corrupted by superstition or fanaticism.


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[Assistant] But the thought of remaining longer from the conflict in such a crisis became insupportable. He determined to return to Wittenberg


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[Assistant] Without delay, he set out on his perilous journey.


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[Assistant] He was under the ban of the empire, enemies were at liberty to take his life, friends were forbidden to aid or shelter him.


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[Assistant] The imperial government was adopting the most stringent measures against his adherents. But he saw that the work of the gospel was imperiled.


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[Assistant] And in the name of the Lord he went out fearlessly to battle for the truth. In a letter to the elector,


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[Assistant] After stating his purpose to leave the Wartburg, Luther said,


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[Assistant] Be it known to your highness that I am going to Wittenberg under a protection far higher than that of princes and electors. I think not of soliciting your highness's support, and far from desiring your protection, I would rather protect you, myself.


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[Assistant] If I knew that your highness could or would protect me, I would not go to Wittenberg at all.


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[Assistant] There is no sword that can further this cause.


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[Assistant] I am ready to incur the displeasure of your highness and the anger of the whole world. Are not the Wittenbergers my sheep? Has not God entrusted them to me?


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[Assistant] And ought I not, if necessary, to expose myself to death for their sakes?


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[Assistant] Besides, I fear to see a terrible outbreak in Germany by which God will punish our nation.


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[Assistant] Close quote, d'Avigny, Book 9, Chapter 7.


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[Assistant] With great caution and humility yet with decision and firmness, he entered upon his work.


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[Assistant] By the word, said he, must we overthrow and destroy what has been set up by violence. I will not make use of force against the superstitious and unbelieving. No one must be constrained. Liberty is the very essence of faith.


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[Assistant] It was soon noise through Wittenberg that Luther had returned and that he was to preach.


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[Assistant] The people flocked from all directions and the church was filled to overflowing. Ascending the pulpit, he with great wisdom and gentleness instructed, exhorted, and reproved.


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[Assistant] And I would that throughout the whole world it were replaced by the supper of the gospel.


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[Assistant] But let no one be torn from it by force. We must leave the matter in God's hands. His word must act and not we. And why so, you will ask?


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[Assistant] Because I do not hold men's hearts in my hand as the potter holds the clay. We have a right to speak. We have not the right to act. Let us preach. The rest belongs unto God. Were I to employ force, what should I gain?


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[Assistant] Grimace, formality, apings, human ordinances and hypocrisy,


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[Assistant] But there would be no sincerity of heart, nor faith, nor charity. Where these three are wanting, all is wanting. And I would not give a pairstalk for such a result.


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[Assistant] God does more by his word alone than you and I and all the world by our united strength. God lays hold upon the heart, and when the heart is taken, all is one.


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[Assistant] I will preach, discuss and write, but I will constrain none, for faith is a voluntary act.


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[Assistant] See what I have done? I stood up against the pope, indulgences and papists, but without violence or tumult. I put forward God's word. I preached and wrote.


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[Assistant] This was all I did. And yet while I was asleep, the word that I had preached overthrew potpourri.


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[Assistant] So that neither prince nor emperor has done it so much harm. And yet I did nothing. The word alone did all.


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[Assistant] If I had wished to appeal to force, the whole of Germany would perhaps have been deluged with blood. But what would have been the result? Ruin and desolation both to body and soul. I therefore kept quiet.


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[Assistant] Day after day for a whole week Luther continued to preach to eager crowds. The word of God broke the spell of fanatical excitement.


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[Assistant] The power of the gospel brought back the misguided people into the way of truth.


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[Assistant] Would not endure the slightest contradiction or even the kindest reproof for counsel. Arrogated to themselves supreme authority, they required everyone without a question to acknowledge their claims. But as they demanded an interview with him, he consented to meet with them.


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[Assistant] And so successfully did he expose their pretensions that the imposters at once departed from Wittenberg. The fanaticism was checked for a time.


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[Assistant] But several years later it broke out with greater violence and more terrible results.


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[Assistant] And they all began to cry, the spirit, the spirit.


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[Assistant] But most assuredly I will not follow where their spirit leads them.


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[Assistant] Preserve me from a church in which there are none but saints.


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[Assistant] I desire to dwell with the humble, the feeble, the sick,


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[Assistant] Who know and feel their sins and who groan and cry continually to God from the bottom of their hearts to obtain His consolation and support.


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[Assistant] Thomas Munzer, the most active of the fanatics, was a man of considerable ability which, rightly directed, would have enabled him to do good.


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[Assistant] But he had not learned the first principles of true religion. He was possessed with a desire of reforming the world and forgot, as all enthusiasts do, that the Reformation should begin with himself. He was ambitious to obtain position and influence, and he was unwilling to be second even to Luther. He declared that the reformers


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[Assistant] In substituting the authority of scripture for that of the pope, we're only establishing a different form of popery.


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[Assistant] He himself he claimed had been divinely commissioned to introduce the true reform.


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[Assistant] He who possesses this spirit, said Munzer, possesses the true faith, although he should never see the scriptures in his life.


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[Assistant] The fanatical teachers gave themselves up to be governed by impressions regarding every thought and impulse as the voice of God. Consequently, they went to great extremes.


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[Assistant] Some even burn their Bibles, exclaiming, The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.


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[Assistant] Munzer's teaching appealed to men's desire for the marvelous.


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[Assistant] Already beginning to throw off the yoke of the papacy.


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[Assistant] Munsir's revolutionary teachings claiming divine sanction led them to break away from all control and give the reign to their prejudices and passions.


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[Assistant] The most terrible scenes of sedition and strife followed and the fields of Germany were drenched with blood.


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[Assistant] The agony of soul which Luther had so long before experienced at Erfurt.


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[Assistant] Now pressed upon him with redoubled power as he saw the results of fanaticism charged upon the Reformation. The papist prince is declared and many were ready to credit the statement.


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[Assistant] With the basest fanaticism, seemed more than he could endure.


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[Assistant] To have brought upon himself the enmity of both princes and people.


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[Assistant] The Romanists exalted, expecting to witness the speedy downfall of the Reformation. And they blamed Luther, even for the errors which he had been most earnestly endeavoring to correct.


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[Assistant] The fanatical party by falsely claiming to have been treated with great prejudice


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[Assistant] Succeeded in gaining the sympathies of a large class of the people, and, as is often the case with those who take the wrong side, they came to be regarded as martyrs.


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[Assistant] Thus the ones who were exerting every energy and opposition to the Reformation were pitied and lauded as the victims of cruelty and oppression. This was the work of Satan.


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[Assistant] And lead them to call sin righteousness and righteousness sin. How successful has been his work.


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[Assistant] How often censor and reproach are cast upon God's faithful servants because they will stand fearlessly in defense of the truth.


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[Assistant] Men who are but agents of Satan are praised and flattered and even looked upon as martyrs, while those who should be respected and sustained for their fidelity to God are left to stand alone under suspicion and distrust. Counterfeit holiness, spurious sanctification, is still doing its work of deception.


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[Assistant] Under various forms it exhibits the same spirit as in the days of Luther.


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[Assistant] Diverting minds from the scriptures and leading men to follow their own feelings and impressions rather than to yield obedience to the law of God.


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[Assistant] This is one of Satan's most successful devices to cast reproach upon purity and truth.


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[Assistant] Fearlessly did Luther defend the gospel from the attacks which came from every quarter. The word of God proved itself a weapon mighty in every conflict.


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[Assistant] With that word he wore it against the usurped authority of the pope and the rationalistic philosophy of the school men.


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[Assistant] While he stood firm as a rock against the fanaticism that sought to ally itself with the Reformation.


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[Assistant] Claiming for her sovereign pontiff and inspiration descended in unbroken line from the apostles,


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[Assistant] and unchangeable through all time gives ample opportunity for every species of extravagance and corruption to be concealed under the sanctity of the apostolic commission.


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[Assistant] The inspiration claimed by Munzer and his associates proceeded from no higher source than the vagaries of the imagination.


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[Assistant] And its influence was subversive of all authority, human or divine.


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[Assistant] True Christianity receives the Word of God as the great treasure house of inspired truth and the test of all inspiration.


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[Assistant] Upon his return from the Wartburg, Luther completed his translation of the New Testament.


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[Assistant] And the gospel was soon after given to the people of Germany in their own language.


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[Assistant] This translation was received with great joy by all who loved the truth.


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[Assistant] But it was scornfully rejected by those who chose human traditions and the commandments of men.


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[Assistant] would now be able to discuss with them the precepts of God's Word, and that their own ignorance would thus be exposed.


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[Assistant] The weapons of their carnal reasoning were powerless against the sword of the spirit. Rome summoned all her authority to prevent the circulation of the scriptures.


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[Assistant] But decrees, anathemas and tortures were alike in vain. The more she condemned and prohibited the Bible, the greater was the anxiety of the people to know what it really taught.


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[Assistant] All who could read were eager to study the word of God for themselves. They carried it about with them and read and reread.


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[Assistant] Luther immediately began the translation of the Old and published it in parts as fast as completed.


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[Assistant] Luther's writings were welcomed alike in City and in Hamlet.


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[Assistant] What Luther and his friends composed, others circulated.


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[Assistant] Monks, convinced of the unlawfulness of monastic obligations, desirous of exchanging a long life of slothfulness for one of active exertion, but too ignorant to proclaim the word of God,


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[Assistant] Traveled through the provinces, visiting hamlets and cottages, where they sold the books of Luther and his friends. Germany soon swarmed with these bold coal porters.


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[Assistant] These writings were studied with deep interest by rich and poor, the learned and the ignorant.


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[Assistant] At night, the teachers of the village schools read them aloud to little groups gathered at the fireside.


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[Assistant] With every effort some souls would be convicted of the truth. And receiving the word with gladness would in their turn tell the good news to others. The words of inspiration were verified.


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[Assistant] The entrance of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto the simple. Psalm 119 verse 130.


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[Assistant] The study of the scriptures was working a mighty change in the minds and hearts of the people.


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[Assistant] Papal rule had placed upon its subjects an iron yoke which held them in ignorance and degradation. A superstitious observance of forms had been scrupulously maintained, but in all their service the heart and intellect had had little part.


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[Assistant] The preaching of Luther, setting forth the plain truths of God's Word.


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[Assistant] and then the word itself placed in the hands of the common people


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[Assistant] Persons of all ranks were to be seen with the Bible in their hands, defending the doctrines of the Reformation.


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[Assistant] The papists who had left the study of the scriptures to the priests and monks


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[Assistant] Now called upon them to come forward and refute the new teachings.


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[Assistant] But ignorant alike of the scriptures and of the power of God,


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[Assistant] Luther had persuaded his followers to put no faith in any other oracle than the Holy Scriptures.


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[Assistant] Crowds would gather to hear the truth advocated by men of little education.


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[Assistant] And even discussed by them with learned and eloquent theologians.


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[Assistant] The shameful ignorance of these great men was made apparent as their arguments were met by the simple teachings of God's Word.


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[Assistant] Laborers, soldiers, women, and even children.


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[Assistant] We're better acquainted with the Bible teachings than were the priests and learned doctors. The contrast between the disciples of the gospel and the upholders of popish superstition.


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[Assistant] And familiarizing themselves with the masterpieces of antiquity.


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[Assistant] Possessing an active mind, an elevated soul and intrepid heart, these young men soon acquired such knowledge that for a long period none could compete with them.


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[Assistant] Accordingly, when these youthful defenders of the Reformation met the Romish doctors in any assembly, they attacked them with such ease and confidence


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[Assistant] As the Romish clergy saw their congregations diminishing, they invoked the aid of the magistrates, and by every means in their power endeavored to bring back their hearers.


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[Assistant] But the people had found in the new teaching that which supplied the wants of their souls.


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[Assistant] And they turned away from those who had so long fed them with the worthless husks of superstitious rites and human traditions.


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[Assistant] The fugitives would find somewhere a hospitable door open to them.


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[Assistant] And there abiding they would preach Christ, sometimes in the church, or if denied that privilege, in private houses, or in the open air.


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[Assistant] Wherever they could obtain a hearing was a consecrated temple.


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[Assistant] The truth proclaimed with such energy and assurance spread with irresistible power.


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[Assistant] In vain both ecclesiastical and civil authorities were invoked to crush the heresy. In vain they resorted to imprisonment, torture, fire, and sword.


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[Assistant] Thousands of believers sealed their faith with their blood. And yet the work went on. Persecution served only to extend the truth.


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[Assistant] And the fanaticism which Satan endeavored to unite with it resulted in making more clear the contrast between the work of Satan and the work of God.


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[Assistant] It'll be either Loc Catherine or Loc Foley. Why of course it's Loc Catherine. There's no water mill there. There's not many of them left around these parts. How long will it take us to get there?


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[Assistant] If you will remember, the curate and I were in an empty house in Haliford, hiding from the Martians.


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[Assistant] Who had just begun to fire their black containers of gas upon the military.


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[Assistant] There we stayed for two whole days, Sunday and Monday, unable to leave due to the black gas that surrounded us.


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[Assistant] With nothing to do and nowhere to go, I began to worry about my wife in Leatherhead.


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[Assistant] I imagined her terribly frightened and sad. She must have assumed that I was long dead. This made me even more upset. I did my best to calm myself.


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[Assistant] Thinking that the Martians probably left Leatherhead untouched due to their concentration on central London. I hoped that this was true.


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[Assistant] The curate, meanwhile, was making me crazy with all of his useless talk about God's punishment and how hopeless things were.


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[Assistant] I tried staying away from him in order to get some peace and quiet, but he would soon follow me into whatever room I went to.


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[Assistant] Finally, I locked myself inside the attic.


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[Assistant] Outside, the black gas gradually came closer and closer to our house where we remained as high up as possible.


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[Assistant] One of the Martians came and cleaned up the gas with his steam gun which when sprayed about


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[Assistant] Did damage of its own by breaking windows and burning the hands of the curate who had been stupidly standing about in the front room instead of hiding. When the Martian had finished I woke up from my sadness.


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[Assistant] Realizing that it was now possible to get away. The curate did not want to leave. He felt safe in the house.


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[Assistant] I, however, was determined to go and I set about gathering as much food as I could.


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[Assistant] When I was ready to go, the curate suddenly realized that I meant to leave him alone.


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[Assistant] He quickly changed his mind about staying and followed me out the door and down the road toward Sunbury.


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[Assistant] Along the road lay hundreds of bodies burnt beyond recognition. Everything was covered in heavy black dust.


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[Assistant] It reminded me of what I had read about the famous city of Pompeii when it was destroyed by a volcano. However, the further we got from Haliford, the more grass and trees we began to see. By the time we arrived in Twickenham, there was no black dust to be seen anywhere, nor any bodies or destruction. However, the area was empty of people. As we pushed on,


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[Assistant] Eventually crossing the Richmond Bridge, around 8 o'clock that evening,


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[Assistant] We found ourselves, once again, following the path of the Martians.


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[Assistant] Buildings were burning all about us and bodies were lying randomly about the streets.


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[Assistant] Nearing Kew, we caught sight of some people running down a narrow road.


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[Assistant] Then, suddenly, behind them appeared the large round head of a Martian fighting machine.


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[Assistant] The curate and I immediately ran into a wooden hut nearby.


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[Assistant] As soon as the danger passed, I carefully walked back out into the street and continued on toward Q.


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[Assistant] The curate, who had been crying in a corner of the hut, came running after me.


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[Assistant] Within a few minutes, we saw another Martian in a field off to our right.


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[Assistant] At its feet were about five or six people running about trying to get away from it.


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[Assistant] The Martian grabbed all of them with its snake-like arms and placed them in a metal basket that hung on its backside. This was the first time I had seen this happen.


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[Assistant] And it made me think that the Martians might have something else in mind other than the total destruction of the human race.


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[Assistant] The curate and I ran away as quickly as we could until we both blindly fell into a deep ditch where we stayed until the darkness of night fell.


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[Assistant] Martians seem to be everywhere around us, although none of them knew of our presence in the ditch.


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[Assistant] At around 11 that night, we finally decided to leave the hole in the ground and get back on the road.


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[Assistant] We stayed in the shadows and stuck to the sides of the streets in order not to be seen. When we arrived in Sheen, the curate was almost ready to fall from hunger. We decided to try one of the houses.


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[Assistant] We were unlucky in our first attempt at finding food.


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[Assistant] The house we tried had nothing but a little water for us to drink. The second house, however, was perfect


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[Assistant] It had a large kitchen with a storage room attached.


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[Assistant] We broke the lock on the storage room door and entered.


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[Assistant] A green light came suddenly shining through the windows and brightened the whole kitchen.


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[Assistant] The light then quickly disappeared and was followed by the sound of an explosion and the house windows all exploded and everything seemed to come falling down around us.


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[Assistant] I do not know for how long I was unconscious, but I woke up to the curate standing over me, wiping my head with a wet towel. There was a large fresh cut above his eyes.


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[Assistant] Somewhere beyond the fallen house in which we were trapped came the sound of moving metal.


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[Assistant] It was a Martian. At first I thought that one of them had been injured and fell onto the house.


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[Assistant] Then the sun began to rise, and its light slowly came in through the boards that had fallen all around us. We could now see where we lay. The entire kitchen was in ruins.


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[Assistant] It was just like I had seen that first day when the Martians first came out of their ship. It had not yet seen us apparently.


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[Assistant] The curate and I carefully crawled into the shadows of the kitchen in order to hide.


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[Assistant] As we moved, it became clear in my mind what had happened last night.


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[Assistant] The fifth Martian cylinder had landed here right upon the house in which we had been dining. We sat there in the shadows for a whole day, frightened out of our minds.


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[Assistant] Above us could be heard the sound of hammering.


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[Assistant] As the Martians made their preparations to join the battle.


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[Assistant] The curate and I sat without moving, hour after hour.


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[Assistant] I could force my eyes open no more and I fell into a deep sleep.


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[Assistant] Okay my friends, we're back with another dynamics problem on work and energy. This is a hard one, so let's see if we can solve this one, okay?


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[Assistant] We're gonna use our work and energy equation.


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[Assistant] What we have here is just kind of set this problem up in a really nice way. So that's going to be easy for us to solve. Okay. And if you'll do this kind of an energy balance on these problems, I think you'll find that this will make it a lot easier to kind of set your equations up because we kind of have a before and we have an after, right? And so we have to add


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[Assistant] These things together, this side needs to add an equal to that side, okay? So.


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[Assistant] There's some compatibility equations that we can come up before you ever even start the problem. Now let's see if we can fill in our energy balance here, okay? So number one.


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[Assistant] T1 plus the sum of all the works from one to two from, from, uh, phase one to phase two or, um, you know, what we would call that. And then,


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[Assistant] Which is potential energy plus, well, all the potential energies.


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[Assistant] And then this guy over here, again, kinetic energy. And kinetic energy.


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[Assistant] Is equal to one half mv squared.


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[Assistant] Now we know what this guy is. We did this in the very last video. So if you don't know how to find work from one point to another,


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[Assistant] Then go back to the last video and watch that right quick and then come back over here and rejoin us, okay?


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[Assistant] So what does kinetic mean? Kinetic means moving, in motion, doesn't it? Okay.


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[Assistant] At the first point here is, now they said that initially,


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[Assistant] The blocks are being held in place, and then they're released and they start moving. So when they're held in place, what's the kinetic energy? Well, we know that it's zero, isn't it? Okay?


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[Assistant] And in order to calculate that, I think maybe it's easier to see if we drew a free body diagram right quick. So let's draw a couple. I'll draw one for block A. Okay, here's block A.


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[Assistant] And let's see what's going on in block A. They tell us that, uh, this is 60 degrees. Okay. And what do I have here? Block A has this. It has a weight of 60 pounds. Okay.


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[Assistant] Now, it has friction. There is friction on this heel. They tell us that the kinetic coefficient of friction is .1. So as these are sliding, these are not, uh,


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[Assistant] These are not slick hills, they're not made out of Teflon, because nothing sticks to Teflon. Except pans. Uhm, I'll explain that to you later.


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[Assistant] And then the friction, since block A is sliding down the hill, friction is going to go up the hill, right? So here's friction A.


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[Assistant] Okay, anything else acting on that? I don't think so. Oh, oh, I do think so. Look what else is acting on that. The rope over here. I've got two ropes acting on that. Okay. Uhm.


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[Assistant] Okay, so, and then block B. Here's block B over here going this way. Whoops, let's make enough room for him.


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[Assistant] And block B weighs 40 pounds.


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[Assistant] Okay, and then I have a normal force. The normal from block B. And I have a tension from the rope.


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[Assistant] Now the rope is not really doing any work. He's not the thing doing the work. Who's doing the work here? Gravity's doing the work. The rope is not an external force that's pulling on anything. It's just tying the two blocks together. So the rope isn't going to do any work.


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[Assistant] Only gravity is going to do the work, so only that, uh, force there, and then we have to get, we have to think about the friction from the, uh, uh, well, the friction force. Okay? And so, let's see here.


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[Assistant] Then you're 30 degrees, and if you're 30 degrees, then, then you are 60 degrees right there, right?


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[Assistant] I see so many students messing up on just simple things like what is the angle? And just work your way around. If that's 60, then that's 30. If that's 30, then that's 60. And just label it. It should be nice and easy to come up with these things, okay?


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[Assistant] The weight and that friction force. Again, the normal force doesn't do any work because why?


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[Assistant] It's perpendicular to the surface and guess how much motion there is perpendicular to the surface? Zero. Okay?


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[Assistant] So remember, since the weight is going down, we're talking about that vertical distance down. Okay. So if I make myself a triangle, right? We know the thing moved one foot down the hill, one foot. So I'm really interested in this distance right here, which is one times the sine of 60, isn't it? Okay. So times one times the sine of 60.


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[Assistant] Okay, so there's that guy. Let's do the same thing for block B, right? The weight is going down. And let's see, what do I need? If that's 30, then this is 60 degrees over here. Oh, is it? Let's see. We're moving this way now, aren't we? Here's the hill.


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[Assistant] And we're moving two feet up the hill and I need like, I need, uh, this distance over here, don't I? So I need two times the sine of 30 this time, right? So this guy is 40 pounds times two times the sine


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[Assistant] Remember we talked about last video when we were talking about work, if the force is one direction and the motion is in another direction, then what?


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[Assistant] And what is friction? Do you remember? Friction is fun! Oh my.


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[Assistant] Remember friction is mu times n. Well we know what mu is, it's given, .1. What's the normal force for this guy?


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[Assistant] Fb is going to be equal to, what do we got here? Uhm, I need this component right there of that 40, right? And that guy is going to be, uhm, 0.1 times 40 times the cosine of 30, right?


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[Assistant] One half mv squared, okay? So for block A, that's just gonna be one half.


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[Assistant] And then the potential energy after they release it, right? One block went up, one block went down, so potential energy is conserved afterwards. These cows are going to be zero. Okay?


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[Assistant] This is the, uh, work and energy equation, right? Kinetic energy plus work equals the kinetic energy after, uh, afterwards. So here's what we've got. Now, we're going to have two equations.


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[Assistant] It's force times distance, right? And the force is the friction, right? Which was mu times n.


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[Assistant] Mu times n, but guess what I didn't put on there? You didn't put the distance on there. So B moved two feet, A moved one foot. Oh my gosh.


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[Assistant] Potential energies, now here goes the work part, okay? So 60 times 1 times the sine of 60.


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[Assistant] And remember one block goes uphill, one block goes downhill. That's why this one has a different sign than this guy does. Okay. Minus 40 times 2 times the sign of 30. Okay. And then.


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[Assistant] And this gets all of our you. Okay? So that business is this guy.


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[Assistant] Oh, look what we have. All of this over here is just a number, isn't it? Just add that up and get a number. This over here I'm going to have VA and VB.


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[Assistant] Oh, but look, I have a second equation right there with a VA and VB. Let's do a little substituting. Let's see if we can solve this.


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[Assistant] Minus a half at times two is one, that's a forty. And what do we have here? A half.


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[Assistant] That's VA squared, the velocity of A squared plus, okay, 40 divided by 32.2 divided by 2 is 0.621.


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[Assistant] Quantity squared. So that's just going to turn into a 4 VA squared, isn't it?


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[Assistant] Equals VA squared. That's feet squared per second squared. Which equals square root of that. Square root of answer .771.


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[Assistant] Chapter 20 Trapped in the Martian Pit


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[Assistant] We were forced to hide ourselves when two fighting machines appeared in the pit.


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[Assistant] We hid in the back of the kitchen for hours, but our incredibly strong desire to continue watching the Martians caused us to risk our lives in order to get another look at them.


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[Assistant] The curate and I were not getting along at all at this point. We were completely different kinds of people.


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[Assistant] I hated his constant crying and hopeless talk.


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[Assistant] His talking and crying constantly prevented me from concentrating


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[Assistant] Even after I pointed out that we might be trapped there for quite a while and might one day be without food if he continued to eat so much.


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[Assistant] Finally, his behavior became so foolish and careless that I had to start using physical force to control him. To this day, I still feel bad for my violent behavior.


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[Assistant] I noticed a curious digging machine that would pick up large amounts of dirt and place it into a box that separated the dirt from the clay.


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[Assistant] The machine then took the clay and processed it somehow through a small machine on its backside. Just seconds later, what had once been clay, now came out a brilliant metal tube.


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[Assistant] It was truly unbelievable how advanced their technological abilities were.


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[Assistant] Then came the first delivery of humans into the pit.


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[Assistant] The curate had been taking his turn to watch, when suddenly he jumped back from the hole in the wall and ran to my side.


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[Assistant] I thought that he had been seen and that we were about to be killed. Nothing happened, though.


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[Assistant] After a few moments, I walked over to the hole in the wall to have a look at what had frightened the curate so much.


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[Assistant] At first, I saw nothing. It was dark now.


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[Assistant] The only light there was to see by was the green flame of the spider-like machines as they continued their restless work.


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[Assistant] And revealed that the object in the machine's hand was a human.


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[Assistant] Then both the machine's hand and the human disappeared behind a hill of dirt.


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[Assistant] A horrible screaming then rose up into the night, along with the cooing sound of the Martians.


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[Assistant] I ran to the back of the kitchen and covered my ears to keep the sound of the screaming out. At that point I decided that we had to somehow escape.


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[Assistant] The problem was that the curate was now totally crazy. He had no ability to think any longer. It was entirely up to me to find a way out.


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[Assistant] I thought of digging through the dirt to the opposite side of the house, but then I feared that I would easily be seen by one of the fighting machines when I emerged.


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[Assistant] Then I realized that our only hope was that the Martians might eventually leave their pit and move on.


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[Assistant] I started to feel that things were quite hopeless. Not just for myself, but for all mankind. Then came the sound of bombs falling.


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[Assistant] In the Philippines, not all of our athletes are fully supported by our government, and because of that, I want to be able to do that for every athlete here in the Philippines.


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[Assistant] To fill that imaginary world out, it's never the same. I mean, all their films, uh, are different, though maybe there are some things people can say, can associate with them, but they're very different. And each world is very specific in its own way.


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[Assistant] We have our own, I don't know how, you know, they just sort of, we have, they showed me a picture of a guy with bad teeth.


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[Assistant] They can be startled, even there in the soothing of the heart, like waves on the shore around them. A flash of lightning quite close. Luke's eyes go white for an instant. I'm not frightened. We're wide awake. The rain hits now. We will be slow and careful.


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[Assistant] From time to time I can see their faces against the dark, flickering like the images of saints in old foreign cathedrals in the light of the draughty candles.


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[Assistant] Candles you would light to pray by, kneeling, your forehead against the wooden railing, hoping for an answer. I can conjure them, but they are mirages only. They don't last.


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[Assistant] Here's what I believe. I believe Luke is lying face down in a thicket. A tangle of bracken.


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[Assistant] Bright as a lithograph or a full color advertisement from an ancient magazine. Though not his face. Not so well. His face is beginning to fade. Possibly because it wasn't always the same. His face had different expressions. His clothes did not.


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[Assistant] I pray that at least one hole is neatly, quickly, and finally through the skull. Through the place where all the pictures were. So that there would have been only the one flash of darkness or pain. Dull, I hope. Like the word thud. Only the one. And then silence.


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[Assistant] I also believe that Luke is sitting up in a rectangle somewhere, gray cement, on a ledge, or the edge of something, a bed or chair. God knows what he's wearing. God knows what they put him in. God isn't the only one who knows, so maybe there could be some way of finding out. He hasn't shaved for a year, though they cut his hair short whenever they feel like it. For lice, they say. I'll have to revise that.


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[Assistant] If they cut the hair for lice, they'd cut the beard too, you'd think. Anyway, they don't do it well. The hair is ragged, the back of his neck is nicked. That's hardly the worst. He looks 10 years older, 20.


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[Assistant] He's bent like an old man. His eyes are pouched. Small purple veins have burst in his cheeks.


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[Assistant] There's a scar. No, a wound. It isn't yet healed. The color of tulips. Near the stem end, down the left side of his face where the flesh split recently.


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[Assistant] The body is so easily damaged, so easily disposed of. Water and chemicals is all it is. Hardly more to it than a jellyfish, drying on sand.


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[Assistant] He finds it painful to move his hands, painful to move. He doesn't know what he's accused of. A problem. There must be something. Some accusation. Otherwise, why are they keeping him? Why isn't he already dead? He must know something they want to know. I can't imagine. I can't imagine he hasn't already said whatever it is. I would.


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[Assistant] He is surrounded by a smell, his own. The smell of a cooped up animal in a dirty cage.


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[Assistant] I imagine him resting because I can't bear to imagine him at any other time.


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[Assistant] Just as I can't imagine anything below his collar, above his cuffs. I don't want to think what they've done to his body. Does he have shoes? No. And the floor is cold and wet. Does he know I'm here, alive, that I'm thinking about him? I have to believe so.


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[Assistant] In reduced circumstances, you have to believe all kinds of things. I believe in thought transference now. Vibrations in the ether, that sort of junk. I never used to.


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[Assistant] I also believe that they didn't catch him, or catch up with him after all. Then he made it, reached the bank, swam the river, crossed the border, dragged himself up on the far shore, an island, teeth chattering.


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[Assistant] Found his way to a nearby farmhouse, was allowed in, with suspicion at first, but then when they understood who he was, they were friendly. Not the sort who would turn him in. Perhaps they were Quakers. They will smuggle him inland from house to house.


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[Assistant] The woman made him some hot coffee and gave him a set of her husband's clothes. I picture the clothes. It comforts me to dress him warmly.


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[Assistant] He made contact with the others. There must be a resistance, a government in exile. Someone must be out there taking care of things.


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[Assistant] I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow. Or rather, no shadow unless there is also light. There must be a resistance. Or where do all the criminals come from on the television?


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[Assistant] Any day now there may be a message from him. It will come in the most unexpected way from the least likely person. Someone I never would have suspected. Under my plate. On the dinner tray.


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[Assistant] Slipped into my hand as I reached the tokens across the counter in all flesh. The message will say that I must have patience. Sooner or later, he will get me out. We will find her, wherever they put her. She'll remember us. And we will be all three of us together. Meanwhile, I must endure. Keep myself safe for later. What has happened to me, what's happening to me now, won't make any difference to him.


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[Assistant] The things I believe can't all be true, though one of them must be. But I believe in all of them. All three versions of Luke, at one and the same time.


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[Assistant] This contradictory way of believing seems to me right now the only way I can believe anything. Whatever the truth is, I will be ready for it.


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[Assistant] One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass. And the words, in hope.


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[Assistant] The assumption that something bad will happen. That every Red Sox ship has a leak and every leak is big enough to sink the ship.


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[Assistant] That thing seemed great. And then... September came.


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[Assistant] And somebody turned the baseball world upside down.


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[Assistant] In this long soap opera comic tragedy that's unfolded over the last 80 years.


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[Assistant] Still a little seasick. Well, it's a pleasure knowing you, son. Anything I can do for you while you're in the country, you just speak up.


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[Assistant] All right, sir. Now we'll quit playing possum. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Look around, it's there someplace. Oh, there it is. That's it. It's just like a woman.


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[Assistant] Before we eat, let us thank God for the food in front of us, said Mr. Wopsle, in the deep voice he used in church. Do you hear that? whispered my sister to me. Be grateful. Especially.


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[Assistant] Said Mr. Pumblechook firmly. Be grateful, boy, to those who brought you up by hand.


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[Assistant] Why are the young never grateful? Wondered Mr. Wopsle, sadly.


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[Assistant] Their characters are naturally bad, answered Mr. Pumblechook. And all three looked unpleasantly at me.


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[Assistant] When there were guests, Joe's position was even lower than usual, if that was possible. But he always tried to help me if he could.


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[Assistant] Sometimes he comforted me by giving me extra gravy. He did that now.


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[Assistant] Just imagine, boy, said Mr. Pumblechook, if your sister hadn't brought you up.


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[Assistant] You listen to this, said my sister to me crossly.


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[Assistant] If, as I say, she hadn't spent her life looking after you, where would you be now? Joe offered me more gravy. He was a lot of trouble to you, madam, Mr. Wopsle said, sympathetically to my sister.


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[Assistant] It's the only thing that seems out there. You know, different players have come and gone, different general managers.


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[Assistant] So it's different than what we see people wearing most of the time when we go out, but it's really beautiful.


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[Assistant] You're gonna feel like a, like a princess and a prince. I look like... a princess.


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[Assistant] So there's a discount. It'll be the kids' first Korean car wash too, so I think it's...


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[Assistant] Kind of time yourself to get your whole car through, and then that's it. And if you're only halfway done with your car, then...


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[Assistant] Uhm, I was so excited to first see the Hun book place. I felt like a princess.


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[Assistant] One summer we lived in a home which had water and hills out in front. The river was very clean. You could see through to the stones at the bottom.


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[Assistant] Soldiers often pass by our house kicking up dust, which turned the trees gray.


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[Assistant] The mountains looked empty except for some fruit trees at the bottom.


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[Assistant] Further up was where many battles were fought during the night.


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[Assistant] Some nights we could hear vehicles moving weapons past the house under the cover of the leaves and branches of the trees in our front yard. On another mountain to the north, a similar fight was taking place. However, our side was losing. In the autumn, the rains took all the leaves away


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[Assistant] Making the village look empty and colorless.


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[Assistant] Everything was wet. The roads, the trees, and the soldiers.


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[Assistant] Sometimes the king would come from Udine in a car to find out what was happening with the war. He never liked what he saw.


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[Assistant] Winter brought with it both rain and disease, killing thousands of soldiers.


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[Assistant] The following year we had many successful battles and we managed to push the enemy back up into the mountains.


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[Assistant] We move to the other side of the river to a town called Gorizia.


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[Assistant] There we stayed in a pleasant house surrounded by trees. The Austrians did not bomb us too heavily there.


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[Assistant] I guessed that it was because they liked Gorizia and wanted to come back in the future, after the war finished.


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[Assistant] Our time in this town was quite different from the earlier part of the war.


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[Assistant] Even though the town had been damaged in recent fighting, the townspeople still lived there. Businesses remained open. Even the sex houses welcomed customers.


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[Assistant] And of course, the king continued his drives through town, while fighting could be heard in the distant mountains.


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[Assistant] One day, as my friend and I were enjoying some wine in one of the local bars, it began to snow outside.


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[Assistant] We knew then that the fighting would stop until spring. Moments later,


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[Assistant] The same priest appeared and my friend started to joke with him.


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[Assistant] Priests like to be with women now. Isn't that right?


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[Assistant] He said, looking at both the priest and me, the priest's face turned red from embarrassment. He was young and shy. No, it's not true, said the priest.


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[Assistant] The captain laughed and then looked at me and said, Not true, he says.


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[Assistant] But I know he always has five women every evening.


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[Assistant] Everyone in the hall laughed loudly at this. The priest just smiled without saying anything.


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[Assistant] It was best just to be silent and let them have their laugh.


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[Assistant] Then the conversation changed and people began to persuade me to take a vacation now that the fighting would be stopped for a while.


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[Assistant] Everyone had his own ideas about where I should go in Italy. Some said Rome, while others said Naples.


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[Assistant] The priest, however, insisted that I visit his family in the town of Abruzzi. You would like it there very much. My family would take good care of you, he said.


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[Assistant] Yes, just like they took care of you and your five women, haha. My friend joked again to the priest.


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[Assistant] Then the time came for us to leave, for some of the men wanted to visit the sex houses that night.


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[Assistant] I said good night to the priest and he said the same to me.


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[Assistant] At that very moment, the others were washing hands and faces in the river, and generally getting ready for dinner and a rest.


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[Assistant] Strong wine of Arkenland, which had to be mixed with water before you drank it, so there would be plenty for all. The work had gone well so far, and it was a merry meal.


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[Assistant] Only after the second helping of Goat did Edmund say, Where's that blighter Eustace?


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[Assistant] And here and there, you used to saw black burnt patches.


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[Assistant] Like those you see on the sides of a railway embankment in a dry summer.


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[Assistant] About fifteen yards away from him was a pool of clear smooth water.


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[Assistant] There was at first nothing else at all in the valley. Not an animal, not a bird, not an insect. The sun beat down and grim peaks and horns of mountains peered over the valley's edge.


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[Assistant] Eustace realised, of course, that in the fog he had come down the wrong side of the ridge. So he turned at once to see about getting back. But as soon as he had looked, he shuddered.


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[Assistant] Apparently he had by amazing luck found the only possible way down. A long green spit of land.


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[Assistant] He turned round again, thinking that at any rate he'd better have a good drink from the pool first. But as soon as he had turned, and before he had taken a step forward into the valley, he heard a noise behind him. It was only a small noise, but it sounded loud in that immense silence.


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[Assistant] And the loose stones just beneath the dark hollow were moving. That was the noise he had heard.


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[Assistant] Edmund or Lucy or you would have recognized it at once, but Eustace had read none of the right books.


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[Assistant] A long, lithe body that trailed on the ground,


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[Assistant] Whose elbows went up higher than its back like a spider's. Cruel claws!


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[Assistant] Bat wings that made a rasping noise on the stone. Yards of table.


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[Assistant] And the lines of smoke were coming from its two nostrils. He never said the word dragon to himself, nor would it have made things any better if he had.


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[Assistant] But perhaps if he had known something about dragons...


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[Assistant] It did not sit up and crack its wings, nor did it shoot out a stream of flame from its mouth.


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[Assistant] The smoke from its nostrils was like the smoke of a fire that will not last much longer. Nor did it seem to have noticed Eustace.


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[Assistant] It moved very slowly towards the pool, slowly and with many pauses.


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[Assistant] It might come more to life. Perhaps it was only shamming. Anyway.


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[Assistant] What was the use of trying to escape by climbing from a creature that could fly?


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[Assistant] It reached the pool and slid its horrible scaly chin down over the gravel to drink.


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[Assistant] But before it had drunk, there came from it a great croaking or clanging cry, and after a few twitches and convulsions, it rolled round on its side and lay perfectly still with one claw in the air. A little dark blood gushed from its wide-opened mouth.


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[Assistant] The smoke from his nostrils turned black for a moment, then floated away. No more came.


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[Assistant] For a long time, Eustace did not dare to move. Perhaps this was the brute's trick, the way it lured travelers to their doom. But one couldn't wait forever. He took a step nearer, then two steps, and halted again. The dragon remained motionless.


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[Assistant] He noticed too that the red fire had gone out of its eyes. At last he came up to it. He was quite sure now that it was dead. With a shudder he touched it. Nothing happened. The relief was so great that Eustace almost laughed out loud.


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[Assistant] He began to feel as if he had fought and killed the dragon instead of merely seeing it die. He stepped over it and went to the pool for his drink for the heat was getting unbearable. He was not surprised when he heard a peal of thunder.


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[Assistant] Almost immediately afterwards, the sun disappeared. And before he had finished his drink, big drops of rain were falling.


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[Assistant] In less than a minute, Eustace was wet to the skin and half blinded with such rain as one never sees in Europe.


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[Assistant] No, what we should expect to find in a dragon's lair, but as I said before, Eustace had read only the wrong book.


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[Assistant] They had a lot to say about exports and imports and governments and drains, but they were weak on dragons.


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[Assistant] That is why he was so puzzled at the surface on which he was lying.


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[Assistant] Part of it were too prickly to be stones, and too hard to be thorns, and there seemed to be a great many round, flat things, and it all clinked when he moved.


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[Assistant] There was light enough at the cave's mouth to examine it by.


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[Assistant] And of course Eustace found it to be what any of us could have told him in advance. Treasure. There were crowns, those were the prickly things, coins, rings, bracelets, ingots, cups, plates and gems.


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[Assistant] Unlike most boys, had never thought much of treasure. But he thought at once the use it would be.


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[Assistant] In this new world which he had so foolishly stumbled into, threw the picture in Lucy's bedroom at home. They don't have any tacks here, he said.


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[Assistant] And you don't have to give treasure to the government. With some of this stuff, I could have quite a decent time here. Perhaps in Kalimem. It sounds a bit phoney of all these countries. I wonder how much I can carry. That bracelet, now.


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[Assistant] Those things in it are probably diamonds. I'll slip that on my own reset. They're too big.


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[Assistant] Then, fill my pockets with diamonds. That's easier than gold.


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[Assistant] He got into a less uncomfortable part of the pile, where it was mostly coins, and settled down to wait. But a bad fright, when once it is over, and especially a bad fright following a mountain walk, leads you very tired. Eustace fell asleep. By the time he was sound asleep and snoring,


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[Assistant] The others had finished dinner and became seriously alarmed about him. They shouted, Eustace! Eustace! Cooey! Till they were hoarse and Caspian blew his horn.


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[Assistant] But we must do something, said Lucy. He may have got lost, or fallen into a hole, or been captured by savages. Or killed by wild beasts, said Drinion. And a good riddance if he has, I say, muttered Rince.


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[Assistant] Of course we've got to find him. If we can, said Caspian wearily.


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[Assistant] That's the nuisance of it. It means a search party and endless trouble. Bother Eustace. Meanwhile, Eustace slept and slept and slept. What woke him was a pain in his arm. The moon was shining in at the mouth of the cave.


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[Assistant] And the bed of treasures seems to have grown much more comfortable. In fact, he could hardly feel it at all.


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[Assistant] He was puzzled by the pain in his arm at first but presently it occurred to him that the bracelet which he had shoved up above his elbow had become strangely tight. His arm must have swollen while he was asleep. It was his left arm. He moved his right arm in order to feel his left but stopped before he had moved it an inch.


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[Assistant] And bit his lip in terror for just in front of him and a little on his right


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[Assistant] When the moonlight fell clear on the floor of the cave, he saw a hideous shape moving. He knew that shape. It was a dragon's claw.


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[Assistant] He saw two thin columns of smoke going up before his eyes, black against the moonlight.


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[Assistant] Instantly, two jets of smoke appeared again. But even yet, he had no idea of the truth.


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[Assistant] No one will blame Eustace if, at this moment, he shed tears.


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[Assistant] He was surprised at the size of his own tears as he saw them splashing onto the treasure in front of him. They also seemed strangely hot. Steam went up from them. But there was no good crying. He must try to crawl out from between the two dragons. He began extending his right arm.


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[Assistant] The dragon's foreleg and claw on his right went through exactly the same motion. Then he thought he would try his left. The dragon limb on that side moved too.


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[Assistant] Two dragons, one on each side, mimicking whatever he did. His nerve broke and he simply made a bolt for it.


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[Assistant] It was such a clatter and rasping and clinking of gold and grinding of stones as he rushed out of the cave that he thought they were both following him. He daren't look back. He rushed to the pool.


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[Assistant] The twisted shape of the dead dragon lying in the moonlight would have been enough to frighten anyone, but now he hardly noticed it. His idea was to get him to the water. But just as he reached the edge of the pool, two things happened. First of all,


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[Assistant] And secondly, as he bent towards the water, he thought for a second that yet another dragon was staring up at him out of the pool. But in an instant, he realized the truth. The dragon face in the pool was his own reflection. There was no doubt of it. It moved as he moved.


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[Assistant] He had turned into a dragon while he was asleep, sleeping on a dragon's hoard with greedy dragon-ish thoughts in his heart. He had become a dragon himself. That explained everything.


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[Assistant] There have been no two dragons beside him in the cave. The claws to right and left have been his own right and left claw. The two columns of smoke have been coming from his own nostrils. As for the pain in his left arm, or what would be in his left arm,


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[Assistant] He could now see what had happened by squinting with his left eye. The bracelet, which was fitted very nicely on the upper arm of a boy, was far too small for the thick stumpy foreleg of a dragon.


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[Assistant] He wanted to get back among humans and talk and laugh and share things. He realized that he was a monster cut off from the whole human race. An appalling loneliness came over him.


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[Assistant] He began to see that the others had not really been fiends at all. He began to wonder if


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[Assistant] He himself had been such a nice person as he had always supposed. He longed for their voices.


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[Assistant] He would have been grateful for a kind word even from Weepy Cheep. When he thought of this, the poor dragon that had been used as lifted up its voice and wept.


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[Assistant] A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley.


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[Assistant] At last, he decided he would try to find his way back to the shore.


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[Assistant] He realised now that Caspian would never have sailed away and left him, and he felt sure that somehow or other


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[Assistant] I know this sounds shocking, but it isn't if you think it over. He ate nearly all the dead dragon. He was halfway through it before he realised what he was doing.


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[Assistant] For you see, though his mind was the mind of Eustace, his taste and his digestion were dragonish. And there is nothing a dragon likes so well as fresh dragon.


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[Assistant] The first pleasant surprise he had had for a long time.


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[Assistant] He rose high into the air and saw innumerable mountaintops spread out beneath him in the moonlight.


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[Assistant] He could see the bay like a silver slab and the dawn shredder lying at anchor and campfires twinkling in the woods beside the beach.


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[Assistant] From a great height he launched himself down towards them in a single glide. Lucy was sleeping very soundly.


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[Assistant] Well, she had sat up to the return of the search party in the hope of good news about Eustace. It had been led by Caspian, and had come back late and weary. Their news was disquieting. They had found no trace of Eustace, but seen a dead dragon in a valley.


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[Assistant] And that one, which was dead at about three o'clock that afternoon, which was when they had seen it,


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[Assistant] And found the whole company gathered close together and talking in whispers. What is it? Said Lucy. We must all show great constancy, Caspian was saying. A dragon has just flown over the treetops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I'm afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire.


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[Assistant] No, reap it cheap, said the king very firmly. You are not to attempt a single combat with it. And unless you promise to obey me in this matter, I'll have you tied up. We must just keep close watch.


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[Assistant] And as soon as it is light, go down to the beach and give it battle. I will lead. King Edmund will be on my right and the Lord Drinian on my left. There are no other arrangements to be made. It will be light in a couple of hours.


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[Assistant] In an hour's time, let a meal be served and what is left of the wine, and let everything be done silently. Perhaps it will go away, said Lucy. It'll be worse if it does, said Edmund, because then we shan't know where it is. If there's a wasp in the room, I like to be able to see it. The rest of the night was dreadful, and when the meal came, though they knew they ought to eat, many found that they had very poor appetite


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[Assistant] And endless hours seemed to pass before the darkness thinned.


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[Assistant] And form themselves into a solid mass with Lucy in the middle and Reepy Cheep on her shoulder. It was Niterim waiting about.


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[Assistant] And there, on the sand, like a giant lizard, or a flexible crocodile, or a serpent with legs, huge and horrible and humpy, lay the dragon. But when it saw them,


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[Assistant] Instead of rising up and blowing fire and smoke, the dragon retreated. You could almost say it waddled back into the shallows of the bay. What's it quacking its head like that for, said Edmund. Now it's nodding, said Caspian. And there's something coming from its eyes, said Drinion.


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[Assistant] I shouldn't trust to that mom, said Drinion. That's what crocodiles do, to put you off your guard. It wagged its head when you said that, remarked Edmund, just as if it meant no. Look, there it goes again.


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[Assistant] Ask Lucy. The dragon nodded its head violently.


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[Assistant] Reaper Keep split off Lucy's shoulder and stepped to the front. Dragon? came his shrill voice.


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[Assistant] Be careful, Lucy, said Caspian. It's a very clever dragon, but it may be a liar. Lucy had, however, already run forward.


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[Assistant] Followed by Reepy Cheep as fast as his short legs could carry him. And then of course the boys, Andrinion came too.


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[Assistant] Remembering how Lucy's cordial had cured him of seasickness before he became a dragon. But he was disappointed.


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[Assistant] The magic fluid reduced the swelling and eased the pain a little, but it could not dissolve the gold. Everyone had now crowded round to watch the treatment and Caspian suddenly exclaimed,


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[Assistant] Chapter Two. On Board the Dawn Treader. Ah, there you are, Lucy! said Caspian. We were just waiting for you. This is my captain, the Lord Grinian. A dark-haired man went down on one knee and kissed her hand. The only others present were Reapycheep and Edmund. Where is Eustace? asked Lucy. In bed, said Edmund.


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[Assistant] It's a year ago by our time since we left you just before your coronation. How long has it been in Narnia?


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[Assistant] Exactly three years, said Caspian. All going well? asked Edmund.


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[Assistant] You don't suppose I've left my kingdom and put to sea unless all was well? Answer the King. It couldn't be better.


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[Assistant] There's no trouble at all now between Telmarines, dwarfs, talking beasts, fauns and the rest, and we gave those troublesome giants on the frontier such a good beating last summer that they pay us tribute now.


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[Assistant] And I had an excellent person to leave as regent while I'm away. Trumkin, the dwarf. You remember him?


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[Assistant] Dear Trumpkin, said Lucy, of course I do. You couldn't have made a better choice.


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[Assistant] Loyal as a badger, ma'am, and valiant as, as a mouse," said Drinion. He had been going to say, as a lion, but had noticed Weepy Cheep's eyes fixed on him.


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[Assistant] Well, said Caspian, that's rather a long story. Perhaps you remember that when I was a child, my usurping uncle, Miraz, got rid of seven friends of my father's, who might have taken my part, by sending them off to explore the unknown eastern seas beyond the Lone Islands. Yes, said Lucy, and none of them ever came back.


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[Assistant] Right. Well, on my coronation day, with Aslan's approval, I swore an oath that if once I established peace in Narnia, I would say least myself for a year and a day to find my father's friends.


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[Assistant] The Lord Argos, the Lord Mavrimorn, the Lord Optesian, the Lord Restimar, and, oh, that other one who's so hard to remember. The Lord Roop, sire, said Drinion.


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[Assistant] ROOP! ROOP, OF COURSE! said Caspian. That is my main intention, but Reapy Cheap here has an even higher hope. Everyone's eyes turned to the mouse.


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[Assistant] Aslan's country would be that sort of country? I mean, the sort you could ever sail to?


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[Assistant] After a short silence, Lucy asks, And where are we now, Caspian?


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[Assistant] The captain can tell you better than I, said Caspian.


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[Assistant] So Drinion got out his chart and spread it on the table.


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[Assistant] That's our position, he said, laying his finger on it, or was at noon today. We had a fair wind from Care Paravelle, and stood a little north for Galma, which we made on the next day.


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[Assistant] We were in port for a week, but the Duke of Galma made a great tournament for His Majesty, and there he unhorsed many knights.


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[Assistant] And got a few nasty falls myself, Drinion. Some of the bruises are still there, put in Caspian. And unhorsed many nights, repeated Drinion with a grin.


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[Assistant] We thought the duke would have been pleased if the king's majesty would have married his daughter, but nothing came of that.


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[Assistant] And we sailed from Galma, continued Rhinion, and ran into a calm for the rest part of two days, and had to row. And then had wind again, and did not make Terabinthia till the fourth day from Galma.


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[Assistant] And there the king sent utter warning not to land, for there was sickness in Terebinthea.


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[Assistant] But we doubled the cape and put in at a little creek far from the city, and watered.


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[Assistant] Then we had to lie off for three days before we got a south-east wind and stood out for seven isles. The third day out, a pirate, Terebinthian by her rig, overhauled us. But when she saw us well armed, she stood off after some shooting of arrows on either part.


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[Assistant] And in five days more, we were in sight of Mule, which, as you know, is the westernmost of the Seven Isles.


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[Assistant] Then we rode through the straits and came about sundown into Redhaven on the Isle of Bren.


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[Assistant] Where we were very lovingly feasted, and had vittles and water at will.


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[Assistant] So that I hope to see the Lone Islands the day after tomorrow.


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[Assistant] The sum is, we are now nearly 30 days at sea, and have sailed more than 400 leagues from Narnia.


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[Assistant] And after the lone islands, said Lucy,


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[Assistant] No one knows, your majesty, ounce Edwinian.


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[Assistant] Unless the lone islanders themselves can tell us. They couldn't in our days, said Edmund.


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[Assistant] Caspian now suggested that they might like to be shown over the ship before supper, but Lucy's conscience smote her and she said,


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[Assistant] I think I really must go and see Eustace. Sea sickness is horrid, you know. If I had my old cordial with me I could cure him.


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[Assistant] As you left it behind, I thought it might be regarded as one of the royal treasures, and so I brought it.


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[Assistant] If you think it ought to be wasted on a thing like seasickness.


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[Assistant] Caspian opened one of the lockers beneath the bench, and brought out the beautiful little diamond flask which Lucy remembered so well.


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[Assistant] They then left the cabin and went out into the sunshine.


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[Assistant] In the deck there were two large long hatches, for and aft of the mast, and both open, as they always were in fair weather, to let light and air into the belly of the ship.


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[Assistant] Caspian led them down a ladder into the after hatch.


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[Assistant] Here they found themselves in a place where benches for rowing ran from side to side, and the light came in through the oar holes and danced on the roof.


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[Assistant] Of course, casmianship was not that horrible thing, a galley rowed by slaves.


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[Assistant] Oars were used only when wind failed, or for getting in and out of harbour, and everyone, except Reapy Cheep, whose legs were too short, had often taken a turn.


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[Assistant] But all down the center there was a kind of pit which went down to the very keel.


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[Assistant] And this was filled with all kinds of things, sacks of flour, casks of water and beer, barrels of pork, jars of honey, skin bottles of wine.


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[Assistant] And something between a step and a jump for Lucy, and a real long jump for Reepy Cheep.


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[Assistant] In this way, they came to a partition with a door in it.


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[Assistant] Caspian opened the door and led them into a cabin which filled the stern underneath the deck cabins in the poop.


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[Assistant] It was of course not so nice. It was very low, and the sides sloped together, as they went down, so that there was hardly any floor.


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[Assistant] And though it had windows of thick glass, they were not made to open because they were underwater.


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[Assistant] In fact, at this very moment as the ship pitched, they were alternately golden with sunlight and dim green with the sea.