Chapter 9

           

           Acomputerchattedtoitselfinalarmasitnoticedanairlockopenandcloseitselffornoapparentreason.

           ThiswasbecauseReasonwasinfactouttolunch.

           AholehadjustappearedintheGalaxy.Itwasexactlyanothingthofasecondlong,anothingthofaninchwide,andquitealotofmillionlightyearsfromendtoend.

           Asitcloseduplotsofpaperhatsandpartyballoonsfelloutofitanddriftedoffthroughtheuniverse.Ateamofseventhree-foot-highmarketanalystsfelloutofitanddied,partlyofasphyxication,partlyofsurprise.

           Twohundredandthirty-ninethousandlightlyfriedeggsfelloutofittoo,materializinginalargewooblyheaponthefamine-strucklandofPoghrilinthePanselsystem.

           ThewholePoghriltribehaddiedoutfromfamineexceptforonelastmanwhodiedofcholesterolpoisoningsomeweekslater.

           Thenothingthofasecondforwhichtheholeexistedreverberatedbackwardsandforwardsthroughtimeinamostimprobablefashion.Somewhereinthedeeplyremotepastitseriouslytraumatizedasmallrandomgroupofatomsdriftingthroughtheemptysterilityofspaceandmadethemclingtogetherinthemostextraordinarilyunlikelypatterns.Thesepatternsquicklylearnttocopythemselves(thiswaspartofwhatwassoextraordinaryofthepatterns)andwentontocausemassivetroubleoneveryplanettheydriftedonto.ThatwashowlifebeganintheUniverse.

           FivewildEventMaelstromsswirledinviciousstormsofunreasonandspewedupapavement.

           OnthepavementlayFordPrefectandArthurDentgulpinglikehalf-spentfish.

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