2001: A Space Odissey Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 - Academy Arthur C. Clarke PART I - PRIMEVAL NIGHT
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2001: A Space Odissey Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 - Academy Arthur C. Clarke PART I - PRIMEVAL NIGHT
Moon-Watcher and his companions had no recollection of what they had seen, after the crystal had ceased to cast its hypnotic spell over their minds and to experiment with their bodies. The next day, as they went out to forage, they passed it with scarcely a second thought; it was now part of the disregarded background of their lives. They could not eat it, and it could not eat them; therefore it was not important. Down at the river, the Others made their usual ineffectual threats. Their leader, a one-eared manape of Moon-Watcher's size and age, but in poorer condition, even made a brief foray toward the tribe's territory, screaming loudly and waving his arms in an attempt to scare the opposition and to bolster his own courage. The water of the stream was nowhere more than a foot deep, but the farther One-Ear moved out into it, the more uncertain and unhappy he became. Very soon he slowed to a halt, and then moved back, with exaggerated dignity, to join his companions. Otherwise, there was…
