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UNIT 5. R. A. Aldington,The Death of a Hero (excerpt)
UNIT 6
Ray Bradbury,
IN A SEASON OF CALM WEATHER (excerpt I)
During the afternoon George Smith came out and went
into the ocean. People, with the sun’s decline, their bod
ies all lobster colors and colors of broiled squash, trudged
for their hotels.
The beach lay deserted for endless mile on mile save
for two people. One was George Smith, towel over shoulder.
Far along the shore another shorter, squarecut man
walked alone in a tranquil weather. He was deepertanned,
his closeshaven head dyed almost mahogany by the sun,
and his eyes were clear and bright as water in his face
The stranger stood alone. Glancing about, he saw his
aloneness, saw the waters of the lovely bay, saw the sun
sliding down, the late colors of the day, and then, half
turning, spied a small wooden object on the sand. It was
no more than the slender stick from a lime icecream del
icacy long since melted away. Smiling, he picked the stick
up. With another glance around to reinsure his solitude,
the man stooped again and, holding the stick gently, with
light sweeps of his hand began to do the one thing in all
the world he knew best how to do.
He began to draw incredible figures along the sand.
He sketched one figure and then moved over and, still
looking down, completely focused on his work now, drew
a second and a third figure, and after that a fourth and a
fifth and a sixth.

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