ZS MARGARET ATWOOD Honencanoive. 4. Where should I Bein? Afterall 3 hve eter Ben there; oi yontine, oa hy nthe understood the sineance of what yous {thought yous A window ia window, bu thts skng oat and Inoking in The ative you pimped disappearing behind the cra, {oto the bus, or dom the manbole nthe intel people a Shay have been ol your selestion in he la Ny omy Sai chains 2 Lat ne propre myst atypia alk pright on two les and ‘eve aon two amy wih on appendage tht ity, vet dof each On the op fy hed but ot onthe ont, here itn od ‘come wecie of seancd Some think hind of fr, ter. nde it modied tether, eyed pees fom sales ike thse of Tr sero intonal purpose ands probably deserve ‘iy ee ae stated in my bea, ich sho pos wo sal les fh cad a of at ae fo iad ie le gapped with Bony potas calle oh by meas SE catty tnd cc cra pt of my ening gid ‘hang then tomy se Thal enting The ings eat cae tony, bere fits, lve, andthe mole i of varios a ‘aland fh Sometimes ext herbi aod glnds as we db ot ede at ct ru, yl or he nots fps ough thee ae Caton ith lain ther count. Some of ay ule havea pointed bot bona ental appendage, in efon, ow the neve midpit Othe donot Debate saa thet the pons ef ch thing dango ddanage ‘il ging on Ith tem slacking. ad in its pace there ia pocket ‘ine caver n which fresh member oo commanity are grown it onscred polite to menton openly fo sange. tel you this ‘oust ithe reach of efiguet mt commonly made by tourists Tn some of or more pate sthering, the abrence of caver Homelanting a rong i politely veooke, lie cla feet oMindnes: But sometioes a ‘rong and eave wil collabrate in a dance, or sion, sing mire and water, whichis alway absorbing forthe perermers but freuety srotenque forthe observers. notice tht you have sila cstoms ‘Whole conventions and pret dea of time have recently been de- voted to dcusione ofthis ate of fas, The pong people tel the «aver people that theater are not people a al and arin ealiy mone skin to das or potatoes, and the ever people abuse the prong people for tcc obsesion with images of poking thrasting, probing and stab- bing. Any lng cbect witha ole at the end, ot of which various projectiles can be sb, delight her mysef—I am a eater peson find ita rel not to have to worry shout climbing over barbed wire ences o getting caught in pps. But thats enough about oar bodily form. 4. As forthe country itself et me begin with the sunsets, which are long and red, resonant, splendid and melzchaly, symone you might almost saya opposed othe short boring amet of ther counts, ‘moe interetng than ightswitch. We pide oreves on aur snes "Come and se the nse,” we'ayto one another. This aes everyone tosh outdoors or ever tthe window, ‘Our country sag in ett, saln population, which accounts or co fear of arge empty spaces, and alo our ned for them. Mucho itis covered in wate, which accounts for ur interest in refection, sudden vanishing, the discon of one thing ito another. Much of i how ter stock, which accounts for or bli in Fate Insummer ve lie about in the Blazing un slnortnaked, covering our shins with ft and attempting totum red. But when the sun ow in he ‘hy and faint, even at noon, the water we are so fond of changes to ‘omething hard and whit and cold and coves up the ground. Then we socnon ounces, become lethargi, ad spend mech fou ine hiding increices. Our mouths sink and me my ite Before tis appens, the leaves on many fou tees tm blood red or lid yellow, och brighter and more erotic than the interminable gre ingles We nd this change beautifal. "Come nd se the aves” we 5, ad jump into our moving vehicles nd dive up and down pat the ‘ress of sanguinary tres, presing our ees tothe gs ‘Weare nation of metamorps Anything ed compels 5, Sometines we lestill and do not move If aris gingin and ot four breathing hols, his iscaledslep. noticed sth, When ‘penn has achcred deaths kind of pics hel, wth muse, flower. ad fod. The peson so honoured, fn ane pee, and not, for stance,eee ened tetas minaa aici meena aia area winners aioe Eee hihi fr bah whch eat the eat ad lt Sihrariaaha snd ier se fice ee nen rns Sarermntematannena mein worcncapa tear aes a sierra oaarncenecms errr laste ice aaie cereal rea sata "fhe ne mer The evi ave cme (1090) ze a KATE WILHELM ‘AND Tue Avozis Sine Bali never let the ofce until one or even two inthe morning om ‘Sundae, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. The North Coast News came oat three times a wee, and it seemed to him that no one could publish buperunles someone in charge wat on hand unt the pes rn, Fe ‘new that the publ, Sart Winkle, did't particu care aang ‘the advertising was in place, butt wasnt right, Ei thonght. What \fsomething came up, something wet wrong? Even out hee at the cn of the wold there could be alt breaking try that ruled somone to write i,t see that it pt paced. Actually, Edis hopes for thot ret, high st yar go, had diminished tothe pont of seeding cer scious efort to recall In fact, he Wed to see his editors ef he packed itn ‘This nigh, Thorny, he sead his own words and then bellowed, “Where he” She was Ruthie Jenson, and sh had speed femeny with one e and an « Edie stormed though the deserted outer offer ‘ooking for her, and caught her tthe dor ust she was wrapping he vampire lak about her thin shoulders. She ws thin her hal wes eat tooshort, too close to er hed and she wat oo ghtned hi Ad, ‘he thought with bittemes, she was cay, or she woud not wa round ‘ree nights a week for him to catch he a the door and give ber ll "Why don't you use the goddamn detionary? Why do you caret ny apy ld you'd wring your neck if you touched my copy agra Shemadea whimpering noise and lke pat him in er, down the allay, ito the of “1. Pm sry | dda’ mean..." Fata quicker then, he Bed out into the storm that was stil owing He hoped the goddamn wind ould cary her to Auta or jon ‘The wind sereamed ait poured trough the ote fice, seating a few paper, setting light adance on a cain. Ed sanened the dost "ait it and surveyed the pce around hin, detesting evry inch of atthe moment. Tree des, the lateing papers tht Mi. Ronale