phenomenon, much like dry spots in the human body, and that the cloudbuster, like the accumulator, could get it moving again. But then I began to wonder if it wasn’t the EAs that caused the desert. Now I think that fallout from the bombs they are testingmakes DOR too. All the DOR from the EAs and the bombs is slowly killing the earth’s envelope of Orgone Energy.’
‘Is that why we always take rock samples and wood samples?’ ‘That’s very good, Peeps. Exactly. When the DOR became very concentrated, the rocks around Orgonon began to crumble. You remember we looked at the rocks on the observatory together and saw them crumble. That was just an example of how the healthy atmosphere is being destroyed.’
‘Do the EAs know about Orgone Energy?’
‘I think so. I think they use Orgone Energy for fuel. That would explain why they are silent and that silver-blue colour. It would also explain why they respond when we draw with the Orur.’
Daddy had an experiment called Oranur. He put a radium needle in a big accumulator but something bad happened. Instead of making good energy, it made bad energy. It also made the needle very charged and sometimes we used it on the cloudbuster. It made the cloudbuster stronger.
I squeezed more lemon on my swordfish. We ate for a while and then Daddy said, ‘Peeps, I know this is all a great deal for you to understand. If you ever become afraid or want to leave, tell me, and you can go back to Mummy. I know it is very difficult for you, for we are not only being attacked by the government, but now by flying saucers. You must be brave, sonny.’
Daddy said things were building up to a big battle but I wasn’t scared. I was a sergeant in the Corps of Cosmic Engineers with sergeant’s stripes on my pith helmet and a qualified operator of the cloudbuster.
‘I’m not afraid, Daddy. I mean, the Air Force is on our side, isn’t it?’
After Daddy began making reports to the Air Force about his work with the EAs, Air Force jets came over Orgonon a lot more, sometimes real close, sometimes far away.
When they were high in the sky, they left long white vapour trails. After a while Daddy said he thought the Air Force was helping him by telling him where the DOR in the atmosphere was, because where the DOR was bad, the jet vapour trails disintegrated quickly, and when there was good Orgone Energy, they stayed for a long time.
Daddy was really sure the Air Force knew and understood what he was doing, and on the way out West, Bill and I stopped at Wright Patterson Air Force Base to talk to a general about the flying saucers. But the general wouldn’t see him and he had to see someone else.
‘Ahem, ahem ahem,’ said Daddy, finishing his shrimp. ‘I think the Air Force understands, but for some reason they still can’t help. They seemed so interested in what we were doing at first and then all of a sudden there was nothing, even though their jets continued to fly over Orgonon. That sudden cutting off … it is very much like the Einstein affair … sometimes it all seems like a conspiracy. The changing attitude runs through everything like a red thread.’ He shook his head.
‘What Einstein thing?’
He looked at me thoughtfully and shook his head again. ‘Nothing, Peeps, nothing. I was just thinking. Would you like some ice cream?’
‘Yup. Coffee and strawberry.’
‘Okay.’ He waved at the waitress. She came over and while Daddy ordered the ice cream I went over to the man on theorgan sitting beneath the bright coloured lights. He was big and fat and smelled like a cigar. When I stood next to the organ he leaned over and winked at me.
‘Hey there, young fella,’ he said. ‘Is there a special song you’d like me to play?’
I nodded. ‘Do you know the song from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon?’
‘I sure do. Why? Do you like that song?’
‘Yup,’ I said proudly. ‘I saw it five times and the fifth time I got in free.’
‘Well, in that case I’ll have to play it
Benjamin Blech, Roy Doliner