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diff --git a/19964.txt b/19964.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..abbd7d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/19964.txt @@ -0,0 +1,993 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Regeneration by Charles Dye + + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no +restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under +the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or +online at http://www.gutenberg.org/license + + + +Title: Regeneration + +Author: Charles Dye + +Release Date: November 29, 2006 [Ebook #19964] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: US-ASCII + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REGENERATION*** + + + + + +Regeneration + + +by Charles Dye + + + + +Edition 1, (November 29, 2006) + + + + + + This etext was produced from "Future combined with Science Fiction + stories" September 1951. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence + that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. + + + + + + +REGENERATION + + +*So long as there are men and women alive, in a livable environment, then + a new beginning is possible.* + +by Charles Dye + + + *It has been truly stated that those who fail to learn and + understand history, are condemned to repeat history!* + + + [Illustration: For those in the cities, it was the end....] + + For those in the cities, it was the end.... + + +_It was bound to happen sooner or later._ + +_Not because man failed to understand his fellow man, but because he +failed to understand himself._ + +_There wasn't much left afterwards--after the golden showers of deadly +dust and the blinding flashes that blotted out the light from the sun._ + +_And all because man continued to confuse emotion with reason._ + +_But somehow, as before, man survived...._ + + + +"_Don't touch!_" Sinzor's command shot through the chill morning air like +an arrow. + +The ragged little group of men stopped dead in their tracks and looked +questioningly at their leader. He was pointing down to an object lying +half-buried in the soil at his feet. + +"Another _death-thing_, maybe," Sinzor said. "Another _'thing_ our +ancestors made with which to destroy themselves." He peered around the +semi-circle of men until he spotted the aged one with a leg missing. +"Morge! See that this place is marked forbidden." The hunting party moved +on and Morge stayed behind. He hobbled about, collecting sticks and +stones, arranging them in the "forbidden-symbol" way to form a barrier +around the _'thing_. It was because of such a _'thing_ that he'd lost a +leg in his youth. He both hated and feared the _death-things_ his +ancestors had so carelessly left lying about before they vanished. But +that wasn't right. Morge scratched his grizzly old head and thought hard. +According to Builder, wisest of their tribe, their ancestors hadn't all +vanished; some of them had become the tribe--Sinzor, Builder, and even old +Morge. Very puzzling. But it was all because of the _death-things_! + +Puffing, Morge completed the barrier, then turned for a last look at the +_'thing_ gleaming dully in the pale winter sunlight. How strange it +looked. In no way did it resemble the usual _death-things_, most of which +were long and round with little wings attached. This one was different, +like nothing he'd ever seen before. It was boxlike with strange arms +sticking up; and under the arms, half-buried, was a shelf or platform +resembling vaguely the upper portion of two legs. The _'thing_ terrified +Morge for a moment; then, in order to prove his courage to himself, he +stepped forward and spat on it. Nothing happened. Sneering, he spat on it +again and watched his spittle slowly run down its side over a strange +marking like a thunderbolt-- + +Thunderbolt! + +Suddenly Morge fell grovelling to his one good knee. It was Thor, god of +thunder and lightning and god of the tribe! + +_And he had spat on Thor!_ + + + +For nearly an hour he knelt there praying forgiveness for his sacrilege. +Then, trembling, he tore off a piece of his goatskin and wiped the spittle +off Thor's side, carefully began to uncover the remainder of Thor. + +Finally he lifted Thor out of the hole and onto level ground. Kneeling +once more, he took a small drink-scoop from his belt and placed it before +Thor. Then he pulled out his knife and folded his single leg under him; +bending over, he cut a gash in his wrist and let the blood flow into the +scoop until it was nearly full. + +Rising to his knee he said, "Oh, Thor, please take this humble offering to +show that I am forgiven." Almost prostrate now, he picked up the scoop and +placed it on Thor's lap beneath his arms. + +Immediately there was a soft rumble and humming. Fearfully old Morge +watched Thor's arms come down, lift up the scoop and carry it inside his +huge mouth. There was a sucking noise and the scoop was returned empty to +his lap. + +Filled with joy, Morge spent another endless time thanking Thor. Then all +of a sudden an idea seized him. What if he carried Thor back to the tribe +and presented him to the priest, Thougor, for all to worship and give +sacrifices to? Would not he, the despised, the looked down upon, be the +greatest of heroes? All that was known of Thor were the legends, but at +last they would have the actual god! + +Painfully, with many grunts and groans, he got Thor under one arm and +staggered off towards the village, his crutch kicking up little puffs of +dust. + + + +Builder was having trouble with Thougor. + +He almost wished now that he'd continued his search a little longer for a +segment of humanity. He might have found a group less primitive who would +have appreciated and understood his help much better. But this was the +best he'd found; as it was, he'd wandered over the continent nearly a +lifetime before even finding these poor wretches. But they were at least +human--something that couldn't be said for those _others_ he'd come in +contact with all through the past years. + +And now, after having been with the tribe--the only human tribe--for over +a year, he was being balked by this--priest! Which meant being balked at +setting up Truth and Knowledge as the only true gods of humanity, being +balked at getting the dam built before the spring rains, so that there +would not be another summer drouth followed by a winter of famine such as +they had just passed through. The dam was his first big project; without +freedom from want, there would be little progress next winter. + +Almost savagely he turned on Thougor. "But why must you have this +religious festival _now_?" + +"Because of the finding of the god Thor," came Thougor's cold answer. + +"Why the offerings of blood? Can't they wait? The dam _must_ be finished +before the rains; but the loss of blood already has so weakened the +workers that they can no longer work for a full day." + +"Which is more important, worldly or spiritual things?" Thougor replied. + +"But there maybe won't be anyone around to indulge in spiritual things if +there's another drouth this year!" + +"Thor will see to it that there is not another drouth." + +"Yes, I know, but wouldn't it be wiser to be on the safe side? Suppose +somebody does something to displease Thor?" + +"Nobody will displease Thor! It is my duty to see to that! I tell them +what to think, so that they won't displease Thor." + +_A crafty devil you are_, Builder thought. _Manipulating this image of +Thor you talk about, so that it will take the blood offerings of the +people and even you and that half-baked discipline of yours, Morge. I must +look at your god Thor one of these days--_ + +He suddenly felt very weary and sat down on the floor; looking up at +Thougor, he said, "But that is not part of being civilized, to tell the +people _what_ to think. You must _make_ them think without telling them +what to think. And with the dam, next winter there will be freedom from +want for the first time. The tribe will have a chance to think and be on +the road to civilization." + +"The tribe has already found civilization in finding Thor. By worshipping +Him as a group they have already ceased their bickering and quarreling. +Does not that fit in with your definition of civilization, the one you +gave my people when you first came to us? Since the coming of Thor we have +begun to cooperate, have we not?" + +"No, hardly at all. I said civilization is cooperation among men in +adapting to environment--which includes man." + +The two men stared at each other, and for awhile there was silence. + +"Nevertheless," Thougor finally said, "Thor and blood offerings continue!" + + + +Builder watched Thougor turn and stalk out of the tiny hovel that housed +his plans and his work, himself and his dreams. What could he do? He could +only appeal to the tribe's reason; Thougor could appeal to their emotions +which were far stronger. But unless emotion was controlled, used wisely, +there could never be any reason. + +Builder realized, with a sinking heart, that he was much too old for the +job he'd undertaken. Too late in life had he discovered these people. +Almost all his energy since youth had been sapped just looking for a +segment of humanity. His mother and father had told him there might be +failure, but still they had taught him everything they could in the short +time before death had overtaken them. They had been the only humans living +in that towering jungle of concrete and steel. How they had gotten there +was never explained to him. It didn't matter, though. + +Suddenly Builder shook himself. Here he was recollecting his youth instead +of concentrating on the task at hand. He must _really_ be getting old. + +He was glad of Thougor's visit. At least he was now fully aware of the +problem to be solved. In spite of the priest, he had to find a way of +getting that dam finished and soon. Or maybe next year there wouldn't be +any people, for game was getting scarcer each winter. + + + +Very little work was done that day in spite of Builder's managing to round +up his full crew. The blood offering each worker had given the night +before had left them tired and listless. Only four of the fifty-four molds +running across the river were filled with sand and gravel that morning and +afternoon--there were still nearly fifty to be filled. Builder was very +depressed-- + +But he was even more depressed when, at the close of day, two workmen grew +careless and slipped into the last mold being filled; their ear-splitting +shrieks brought half the tribe up over the hill above the village and down +to the dam sight. + +After Builder explained what had happened, there were angry mutterings to +the effect that Thor was displeased with the dam and therefore had taken +lives. Nothing Builder could say would dissuade them from this notion, so +well had Thougor indoctrinated them with religious fear of anything used +to control nature. Builder hadn't realized until that moment just how much +the people were against the dam. + +Then he saw Thougor, tall and ominous in his cloak of black skins, come +striding through the crowd. + +For a moment he stood facing them with his hands on his hips. There seemed +to be a silent understanding between them. Slowly the crowd turned and +disappeared over the hill. + +Then Thougor strode over to Builder and said simply, "There will be no +more dam." Turning he followed the rest of the tribe back to the village. + +Builder was thunderstruck. He knew there was no use arguing or trying to +reason with either Thougor or the tribe. It was too late for that; only +some drastic measure would complete the dam now. + +He walked tiredly over the black hill and down to his shack, wondering how +he could compete with an idol. He realized now, it had been foolish of him +to have overlooked the possible effect Thor might have upon the tribe. +When it had been found three months ago, he never dreamed they would spend +all their leisure in rituals. + +The god was his problem; therefore he must get it out of the way, himself, +without expecting help from anyone. Each evening the clouds on the +northern horizon were darkening and drawing closer. + + + +It was night when Builder finally stumbled into his quarters. After +lighting a pine torch he sat down by his workbench and buried his head in +his hands. He was too tired and upset to eat, which was just as well-- + +Outside of deliberately killing Thougor, there was only one thing he could +do--that was to kidnap Thor. With this realization, in spite of the risk +involved, came some peace of mind. He hadn't the vaguest idea just how he +was to go about it, especially since his strength was failing him, but do +it he would. First, though, he would have to wait until sometime before +dawn when everybody--even Thougor--was sure to be asleep. + +The hours dragged heavily between then and his chosen time. Many were the +times when he longed for something to read, although he supposed that by +this time he'd forgotten how. Like wisps of smoke, memories of his youth +in the concrete jungle drifted through his mind. How long ago that all +seemed now. Sometimes he wondered if any of it had been real. But here he +was, as his parents had wished him to be, trying to help what was left of +humanity back up the trail. To what, he wondered? To destruction +again--this time, probably complete and final? + +He shook his old head and ran a trembling hand through his white shaggy +hair. He'd gotten this far; somehow he would get the rest of the way. + +Builder got up and crossed over to his sleeping pile. After tying several +skins together, he folded them under his arm and walked out into the +pre-dawn night. His bones felt the crackling cold of early spring as they +had never felt it before. Slowly he made his way around the village to +where Thor was housed under a huge slanting roof of bark and scraped +skins. He'd never seen Thor, and now wished he'd paid at least one visit +to the god. + +Like a shadow he glided carefully through the blackness in back of the +temple until he was just inside the rear opening. He could see clear +across the chamber, out into the pale twinkling stars. Then he detected a +dark mass in the center of the temple silhouetted against the stars; that +must be Thor. + +Swiftly Builder advanced towards it until his foot struck something soft, +causing him to stumble and fall. As he did so, he heard a grunt sounding +like someone being kicked in the stomach-- + +Then something was on top of him, pounding his head and shoulders with a +heavy stick of some kind. Old Builder knew he didn't have the strength to +wrestle; he managed to get his pile of skins unfolded and, with his last +ounce of strength, throw them over the head of his attacker. Somehow he +managed to wiggle out from underneath and climb to his feet. His assailant +began to scream for help, but the heavy skins muffled his shouts. + +Quickly Builder looked around for something to hit him with. The only +thing his eye spotted was the idol. He hobbled over and, using both arms, +dragged it off its dias. Then, with the remainder of his strength, dropped +it squarely on top of whomever was under the skins. There was a muted +clunk followed by silence. + +Fearfully Builder stood there for a moment catching his breath and +listening for anyone coming. All was quiet except the pounding of his +heart. + +As fast as he could make his arms and hands work he rolled up the body in +the skins and painfully hoisted it over one shoulder. With his other hand +he reached down and picked Thor up by one of its arms, then, staggering +under the load, he started back the way he had come. + +Except for a greyish streak in the east, it was still dark. He stumbled +and fell several times before reaching his dwelling, but he was confident +that he had left no tracks. Every night, even this late in the winter, the +ground froze solid. + + + +Back inside his shed, still in the dark, Builder unrolled his burden and +listened for any heartbeat. There was none. As he rolled the body up +again, something clattered to the floor. It was a crutch. Quickly he felt +for his victim's legs; one was missing. Of all the people he had to +kill--Morge! Thougor's right hand man. + +He realized he had to get rid of the body before daylight and fast! +Already more grey was lining the eastern horizon. + +He didn't know whether he had the strength to do it or not, but he had to +get Morge up to the dam and into one of the unfilled molds. For the time +being he would have to hide Thor someplace inside here. He couldn't carry +both of them up to the dam. + +He rolled the idol up in another set of skins and placed it under the head +of his sleeping pile. Then, picking up his other bundle once more, he +started for the dam. + + + +The sun was just peeking over the horizon when Builder finally stumbled +back into his dwelling and into bed. + +All that day, he lay there, body on fire with fever, and heart pounding +like a drum. He was almost certain he would soon die. "It was just as +well," a little corner of his consciousness said. At least he would be +missing all the frenzied excitement of Thor's disappearance along with +Morge. + +But it looked as though he had failed after all. In spite of removing the +god, now he was dying--and the dam still unfinished. + +The day dragged on and on and he didn't die. + +After waking up in late afternoon he felt better. He ate a handful of nuts +and figs washed down with a little herb tea. Then as night crept over the +sky, he tottered down to the village. + +Whatever had taken place during the day was done, and little groups of +people stood around fires resting and talking--as though it were the old +days before the coming of Thor, thought Builder. That was good. + +Builder moved in closer to one of the fires to warm himself against the +early spring night. Someone recognized him--it was one of his workers--and +he was suddenly made welcome, once again being given the place of honor +nearest the fire, as in the old days when he'd first discovered the +humans. + +Builder was dumbfounded at the sudden cordiality. In recent days, Thougor +had done such a good job of discrediting, he never dreamed of regaining +his old standing. + +Then he was told what had happened during the day while he lay almost +dying: + +When the god and Morge were discovered missing, Thougor had called the +village together, explaining that Thor had left them, taking Morge as a +sacrifice because he was dissatisfied with the tribe's paltry blood +offerings and worship. Therefore a great death sacrifice of young men and +women must be undertaken to pacify Thor and cause his return. + +But the people questioned Thougor's order; they seemed to feel it was the +priest who had been at fault, not themselves. After all, he was the +closest to Thor, was he not? Therefore it was Thougor, not the village, +that Thor had become angered at. And after holding quick council, they had +driven Thougor out into the wilderness, telling him he was not to return +unless Thor was with him. + +Old Builder almost cried when he heard this joyful news. The dam would be +completed after all, he was almost certain. He decided to say nothing more +about religion, Thor or Thougor. Maybe soon they would forget the whole +thing. Now he could go back to teaching the youngsters and some of the +brighter oldsters the methods of writing in symbols instead of drawing +pictures. + + + +Hours and days turned into weeks and months as Builder taught his people +what feeble knowledge he possessed in arithmetic, simple engineering--such +as the dam--and most of all, instilling in them the will to want to learn +and investigate and question anything they came in contact with--even the +very thing he was asking them to do. + +As the weeks passed on and the dam was completed, he gradually gathered +around him an ardent little group of seeker after that most elusive of all +things--"Truth". + +But Builder knew that his days were numbered now, and his work completed; +there was still one thing he had to do, and that was permanently to do +away with Thor by dropping the idol to the bottom of the dam; he still +hadn't examined the god hidden under his sleeping pile. + +One evening after returning from a solitary walk above the dam, he entered +his shack and lit a torch, then almost dropped it from shock! + +His dwelling was a wreck. The place had been ransacked from top to bottom. +His sleeping pile lay in the middle of the floor--the idol was gone! + +He turned and fled from the room, but before he could take a dozen steps +towards the village, several shadows glided out from behind trees and +rocks in the moonlight, resolving themselves into men. + +Before he could cry out or struggle, strong arms pinned his arms to his +body and someone clapped a dirty hand over his mouth. He was forced back +into his hovel and the door slammed shut. Standing in front of him was a +very bedraggled figure whom he recognized as Thougor. He also recognized +his three other captors; all were elderly reactionaries of the tribe who +had disapproved of him from the beginning. In spite of his predicament +Builder felt a warm glow of happiness course through him. If these were +the only cronies Thougor could round up, that meant the rest of the +villagers were sympathetic with his cause. He suddenly became aware of +Thougor's grating voice: + +"It took me a little time to piece things together, but once I did, it +didn't take me long to come back and find the god where I might have at +first suspected it would be--right here! For your sacrilege you will pay +with every last drop of blood you have in your scrawny old body--and now!" +Whereupon Thougor disappeared out of the hovel. + +Somehow Builder had known they were going to kill him before arousing the +rest of the tribe to the fact that Thor was back. Thougor was taking no +chances of his standing in the way of him or Thor ever again. But Builder +didn't care: he had sown his few seeds of knowledge and wisdom well. +Although Thougor didn't know it, this time he wouldn't have complete +homage from all the tribe. There would now be doubts and questionings and +tests for both Thor and Thougor in the ways of truth and righteousness. + +Then Thougor returned to the shack with what, Builder thought, must be +Thor. The hand over his mouth had twisted his head back so that he only +got a glimpse, but he didn't miss the long knife Thougor pulled from +beneath his tattered skins, nor the large sacrificial bowl one of the +others held below his neck. Then his head was tilted forward and sidewise, +and he got his first full look at the god Thor. At the sight, his whole +body shook with smothered laughter. 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