Железный человек
The Coming of the Iron Man
Butassoonastheeyeandthehandgottogethertheeyelookedatthehand.Itslightglowedblue. Thehandstooduponthreefingersanditsthumb,andcraneditsforefingerlikealongnose. Itfeltaround.Ittouchedtheeye .Gleefullyitpickeduptheeye,andtuckeditunderitsmiddlefinger. Theeyepeeredout,betweentheforefingerandthumb. Nowthehandcouldsee.
Itlookedaround.Thenitdartedandjabbedoneofthegullswithitsstifflyheldfinger, thendartedattheotherandjabbedhim. Thetwogullsflewupintothewindwithafrightenedcry.
Slowlythenthehandcreptoverthestones,searching. Itranforwardsuddenly,grabbedsomethingandtugged. Butthethingwasstuckbetweentworocks. ThethingwasoneoftheIronMan’sarms. Atlastthehandleftthearmandwentscuttlinghitherandthitheramongtherocks,tillitstopped,andtouchedsomethinggently. Thisthingwastheotherhand. Thisnewhandstoodupandhookeditsfingerroundthelittlefingerofthehandwiththeeye,andletitselfbeled. Nowthetwohands,theseeingoneleadingtheblindone,walkingontheirfinger-tips,wentbacktogethertothearm,andtogethertheytuggeditfree. Thehandwiththeeyefasteneditselfontothewristofthearm.Thearmstoodupandwalkedonitshand. Theotherhandclungonbehindasbefore,andthisstrangetriowentsearching.
Aneye!Thereitwas,blinkingatthemspeechlesslybesideablackandwhitepebble. Theseeinghandfittedtheeyetotheblindhandandnowbothhandscouldsee. Theywentrunningamongtherocks.Soontheyfoundaleg.
