24-04-11 Part 2 Proper Gauge 8 Her knitting needles rested in a leather pouch in pairs, two matching sticks of wood, side by side likethe delicate bones of the wrist wrapped in dried and ancient flesh. Wood and leather. Artifacts likeclues handed down from g...

24-04-11 7 Holston was a dozen paces up the hill, still marveling at the bright grass at his feet and the brilliantsky above, when the first pang lurched in his stomach. It was a writhing cramp, something likeintense hunger. At first, he worried he was going...

24-04-11 6 Present Time The first year without her, Holston had waited, buying into her insanity, distrusting the sight of her onthat hill, hoping shed come back. Hed spent the first anniversary of her death scrubbing the holdingcell clean, washing the yello...

24-04-11 5 Three Years Earlier I want to go out. I want to go out. Iwanttogoout. Holston arrived at the cafeteria in a sprint. His radio was still squawking, Deputy Marnes yellingsomething about Allison. Holston hadnt even taken the time to respond, had just...

24-04-11 4 Present Time Holston sat on the lone steel bench in the airlock, his brain numb from lack of sleep and the surety ofwhat lay before him. Nelson, the head of the cleaning lab, knelt in front of him and worked a leg ofthe white hazard suit over Hols...

24-04-11 3 Three years earlier Youve gotta be kidding me, Allison said. Honey, listen to this. You wont believe this. Did youknow there was more than one uprising? Holston looked up from the folder spread across his lap. Around him, scattered piles of paperc...

24-04-11 2 The view from the holding cell wasnt as blurry as it had been in the cafeteria, and Holston spent hisfinal day in the silo puzzling over this. Could it be that the camera on that side was shielded againstthe toxic wind? Did each cleaner, condemned...

24-04-11 Part 1 Holston 1 The children were playing while Holston climbed to his death; he could hear them squealing as onlyhappy children do. While they thundered about frantically above, Holston took his time, each stepmethodical and ponderous, as he wound...

22-05-26 an article of clothing 一件衣物 a roll of toilet paper一卷卫生纸 a ball of wool 一个毛线球 a pane of glass 一块玻璃 a roll of newspaper 一卷报纸 a bar of soap 一块肥皂 a tube of toothpaste 一支牙膏 a packet of cigarettes 一盒香烟 a stick/piece of ch...

10-10-06 Spanish and Scottish researchers have added wool fibres to the clay material used to make bricks and combined these with an alginate（藻朊酸盐） , a natural polymer（聚合物） extracted from seaweed. The result is bricks that are stronger and more en...