Botswana: The Safari Guide

If he says no shooting, no shooting (если он скажет не стрелять, не стрелять). If you disobey instructions, there's a stiff penalty of another ten thousand dollars (если вы ослушаетесь инструкций, существует жесткий штраф еще на десять тысяч долларов), plus possible government action, on your return (плюс возможные действия правительства после вашего возвращения)." The sign on the wall seemed to quaver under a film of sliding warm water. Eckels felt his eyelids blink over his stare, and the sign burned in this momentary darkness: TIME SAFARI, INC. SAFARIS TO ANY YEAR IN THE PAST. YOU NAME THE ANIMAL. WE TAKE YOU THERE. YOU SHOOT IT. Warm phlegm gathered in Eckels' throat; he swallowed and pushed it down. The muscles around his mouth formed a smile as he put his hand slowly out upon the air, and in that hand waved a check for ten thousand dollars to the man behind the desk. "Does this safari guarantee I come back alive?" "We guarantee nothing," said the official, "except the dinosaurs." He turned. "This is Mr. Travis, your Safari Guide in the Past ...»