ZOOM-ZOOM DOODLEBUG BOOM

AS I PLEASE, by George Orwell
Tribune, July 7, 1944

LIFE in the civilized world.
(The family are at tea.)
Zoom-zoom-zoom!
'Is there an alert on?'
'No, it's all clear.'
'I thought there was an alert on.'
Zoom-zoom-zoom!
'There's another of those things coming!'
'It's all right, it's miles away.'
Zoom-zoom-ZOOM!
'Look out, here it comes! Under the table, quick!'
Zoom-zoom-zoom!
'It's all right, it's getting fainter.'
Zoom-zoom-ZOOM!
'It's coming back!'
'They seem to kind of circle round and come back again.
They've got something on their tails that makes them do it.
Like a torpedo.'
ZOOM-ZOOM-ZOOM!
'Christ! It's bang overhead!'
Dead silence.
'Now get right underneath. Keep your head well down.
What a mercy baby isn't here!'
'Look at the cat! He's frightened too.'
'Of course animals know. They can feel the vibrations.'
BOOM!
'It's all right, I told you it was miles away.'
(Tea continues.)

ALONG CAME THE DOODLEBUG and ORWELL'S TRIBUNE WAR WRITINGS

Jackie Jura
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