The Food of the Gods Page #3

you want to sell or haven't you?

Hold it, Jack. Why don't you just try

being a little human for a change?

Mrs. Skinner, we have

to get back to the city.

Couldn't you show us what

your husband fed the chickens?

I won't let Mr. Bensington take

advantage of you, I promise.

All right, miss, I'll show you.

I don't care what happens.

I just want my husband

to be with me again.

See?

That's what your husband

brought us out here for?

Just like Mr. Skinner

found it.

Just like that one day.

At first he thought it was oil,

and it was gonna make us rich.

Come on, Lorna.

But wait a minute, Jack,

wait a minute. Look at this.

I've never seen

anything like it.

Mrs. Skinner,

how did your husband

happen to feed it

to the chickens?

Well, when we found

out it weren't no oil,

There was nothing to do about it,

so we fed it to the chicks.

Right out of

the ground like that?

No, miss.

Nothing'll eat it unless

we mix it with chicken feed.

And did all the chickens grow?

Only the baby chicks.

Nothing seemed to

effect the grown ones.

Nothing at all.

Nothing happens to the full-grown

chickens, is that right?

Well, they didn't grow none,

if that's what you mean.

But I didn't say

nothing happened to them.

Well, what did happen?

They got ate by

the real big ones.

Come on, Lorna.

Mrs. Skinner...

I don't like you.

Well, if that stuff

is worth anything,

I'd like an option until Miss Scott,

here gets the stuff analyzed.

I don't want nothing

more to do with you.

You didn't take me seriously

back there, did you?

I was only

having a little joke.

Jack, look!

Oh, thank you.

Did you see them?

It was last night.

They were right there

in the middle of the road.

Right in front of us.

We almost hit one.

What were they?

They couldn't have been

what they looked like.

Yes, they were.

They were these huge rats.

I've never seen

anything so ugly in my life.

All right, we'll pull you out

and you follow us.

It won't help.

I busted my rear axle.

Are you going

back into the city?

Well, we have to make

a stop at a farm, first,

then we'll be going right back.

Okay, but if we're still here,

can we get a ride

back with you then?

I think you'd

better come with us now.

Oh, that's all right,

we'll be okay.

We'll just stay inside the bus.

Morgan.

You okay?

Damn fortunate

you happened along.

Yeah. Well, actually,

we didn't just happen along.

We came out here

to see Mr. Skinner.

What about?

Are you Mr. Skinner?

No, I'm not Mr. Skinner.

Do you know about the food

the Skinners have up here?

Yeah, a little.

Well, I can tell you right now,

if you're entertaining

any intentions

of becoming involved,

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