Уловка 22

Piltchard & Wren

           HeseizedAarfybytheshirtfrontand,strugglingtohisfeetfortraction,draggedhimtotherearofthenosecompartmentandflunghimdownlikeabloatedandunwieldybagintheentranceofthecrawlway.Ashellbangedopenwithastupendouscloutrightbesidehisearashewasscramblingbacktowardthefront,andsomeundestroyedrecessofhisintelligencewonderedthatitdidnotkillthemall.Theywereclimbingagain.Theengineswerehowlingagainasthoughinpain,andtheairinsidetheplanewasacridwiththesmellofmachineryandfetidwiththestenchofgasoline.Thenextthingheknew,itwassnowing!

           Thousandsoftinybitsofwhitepaperwerefallinglikesnowflakesinsidetheplane,millingaroundhisheadsothicklythattheyclungtohiseyelasheswhenheblinkedinastonishmentandflutteredagainsthisnostrilsandlipseachtimeheinhaled.Whenhespunaroundinbewilderment,AarfywasgrinningproudlyfromeartoearlikesomethinginhumanasheheldupashatteredpapermapforYossariantosee.AlargechunkofflakhadrippedupfromthefloorthroughAarfy’scolossaljumbleofmapsandhadrippedoutthroughtheceilinginchesawayfromtheirheads.Aarfy’sjoywassublime.

           "Willyoulookatthis?"hemurmured,wagglingtwoofhisstubbyfingersplayfullyintoYossarian’sfacethroughtheholeinoneofhismaps."Willyoulookatthis?"

           Yossarianwasdumbfoundedbyhisstateofrapturouscontentment.

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