Speaking In Tongues
Guided by Voices

Sergey Levchin

Stories


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Thomas J. Edison lives in the apartment right across from our's. This respectable old gentleman lost an arm and most of his legs in the war, but one thing he still has is his sense of humor. Always, does he play his little tricks on us all and the frightened black woman from 4A. One time, truthfully, took our neighbor's seven-year old, and hid him in the fridge for a couple of days. Well, we searched and searched, and you know, already started to get slightly upset at the fine old man, that is until he showed us, and boy did we ever laugh. I mean -- the fridge -- who would have thought, eh?

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Albert Young decided to omit the first couple of decades of his brand new life. He did, in fact, accomplish that, as he has invented a machine called Conan-Doyle. After years of preparation the design for Conan-Doyle was completed. Now, it was time for some action. Doors have been closed for months, Albert requests his food and drink through a special telephone. I was there once, to see O'Doyle (as I came to call it) being brought closer to birth, but was only allowed in the living room and given a tin of cold tea. On December 4th, last year, the wonderful machine was turned on for its very first time. Albert Young, thus, has successfully reached his goal.