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Alright, hey, how's it going guys? This is my Storytime presentation
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and today I'm gonna be doing the pedestrian by Ray
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Bradbury told by me my name is luxury car.
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In this presentation.
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I'm going to talk about three main points of the story that walk
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the cop and the moral or the overall big picture of the story.
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Anyways, let's get into it. The walk to enter on sounds,
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That was the city at 8:00 of misty evening November
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to put your feet upon buckling concrete to walk over grassy
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seems and make your way hands in pocket through the silences.
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That was what Mr mead
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most dearly loved to do.
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He would stand up on the corner of an intersection and
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peer down the moonlit avenues and decide which way to go.
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But the truth was it didn't matter.
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He was alone in the time of 80 2053
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or as good as alone
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and on his way he would see cottages and homes with their
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dark windows and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard
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for long he would advise for long ago
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he had wisely changed the sneakers when strolling
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at night because the dogs and the interment
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squads but parallel his journey with barking.
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If he wore heart heals
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okay,
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he would go past every house and he would claim he would say hello in there.
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He would spread to every house on every side as he moved.
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What's up tonight on Channel four, Channel seven, Channel nine,
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are there, are they?
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Where are the quote cowboys Russian
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and do I see the United States calvary Over the next hill to the rescue?
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What is it now? He asked the house, noticing his wristwatch, 8:30 pm
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Time for a dozen assorted murders. A quiz.
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A rebel, a comedian falling off the stage
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In 10 years of walking by night or day for 1000 a mile. He had never met another soul.
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Not once.
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He turned back on a side street,
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circling around towards his home and he was within a
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block of his destination when a lone car turned the corner
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and suddenly pulled him over
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with flashing red beams.
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Alright, the next topic is the cop.
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A metallic voice claimed to him.
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Stand, still,
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stay where you are. Don't move. He halted.
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Put up your hands. But
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he said
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put up your hands or we will shoot
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the police of course. But what a rare, incredible thing In a city of three million,
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there was only one police car left
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Ever since 2052.
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The election year.
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They have toned down the cars from 3-1.
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No,
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the cop asked your name
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Leonard mead. He says,
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speak up Leonard mead,
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business or profession.
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I guess you'd call me a writer.
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No profession, said the police car as if talking to herself.
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What are you doing now?
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Talking to Leonard read?
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Walking, settling and meat
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walking.
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Just walking.
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He said simply,
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but his face felt code
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walking. Just walking.
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Yes sir.
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Walking. Where for what? Walking for air walking to see
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your address.
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11 Sounds ST James Reed.
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And there is air in your house
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and you have an air conditioner. Do you have an air conditioner? Mr mead?
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Yes.
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And you have a viewing screen in your house to see with? No,
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no. There was a crackling client that itself was an accusation.
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Are you married? Mr Mead. No.
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Not married. Said the police was behind
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the fury beam.
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The moon was high and the clear among the stars and the house were gray and silent.
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Nobody wanted me settling and meet with a smile.
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Don't speak unless spoken unless you're spoken to learn.
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Leonard mead waited in the cold night.
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Just walking. Mr Mead.
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Yes,
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but you haven't explained for what purpose
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I explained for air and sea. And just to walk.
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Have you done this often?
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Every night for years?
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The police car sat in the center of the street, went with this radio throat,
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faintly humming.
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Well, Mr Meade,
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it said. Is that all? Yes politely.
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Yes, said the voice
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here
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there was site
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a pop and the back door of the police car sprung white.
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Get in,
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wait a minute. I haven't done anything. Get in.
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So the more
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I protest. Mr Mead. Get in.
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He put his hands to the door and peered into the back seat which was a little cell.
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A little black jail with bars.
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No,
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if you had a wife to give you an alibi,
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said the iron voice.
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But
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where are you taking me?
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The car hesitated or rather gave a
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faint brain click after the information somewhere.
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It was dropping car by punch slotted card under electric eyes
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to the psychiatrist center for Research and regressive tendencies.
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So the moral this book was written around in the 1950s, right,
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right along the time when TVs
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caught up in popularity and common population,
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and Ray Bradbury looks at the negative side
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effects of the television screen and being popular.
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And he
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this is his view on what the future
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holds for us
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in 1950.
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And in the story, you can see
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There's no one out in the street
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because everyone's at home looking at tv screens
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or doing what not.
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And the fact that the police calls his profession writing as not a profession
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Shows that no one reads books.
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Um and it shows that everyone has
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turned digital
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and
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and the fact that people find it crazy that he is the police, finds it crazy. Which is
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if you couldn't tell it's an automated machine,
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he finds it crazy that he's walking alone at night and he doesn't have a wife.
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It shows that people like individuality and
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Mr Leonard is the sole
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person in the entire town
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who likes to enjoy himself and not just follow in the
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popular thing and be a sheep.
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All right.
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So, in this presentation, I've talked about the pedestrian Marie Bradbury,
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I told you about
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Mr Leonard and his walks, how the cop pulled him over and how the story
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has a bigger team for the audience. Thank you
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and have a good day.