Thursday, July 30, 2026

novel 83 - 4. over again


by nick nelson

part four of ?

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can i take the test over again?

yes.

when?

right now. not the same test - a different one.

can i take a little time to gather my thoughts?

you can take 120 seconds - starting right now.

can i have a glass of water?

one glass. it will be brought to you while you are taking the test.

all right.

you will only have 60 seconds, not 120, to answer each question. are you ready”

yes.

what are you?

a person.

are you lonely?

yes.

how lonely?

on a scale of one to ten?

you have thirty seconds left to answer the question..

on a scale of one to ten. one being the least lonely, four.

who would win a fight between little david and bruce lee?

i never heard of either one of them.

45 seconds.

bruce lee.

who would win a fight between a hippo and a dinosaur?

i do not know what they are.

30 seconds.

a dinosaur

who

invented the apple?

eve.

who invented trees?

charles darwin.

who invented adam?

albert einstein.

who invented numbers?

cleopatra.

who invented the movies?

what is a movie?

45 seconds.

karl marx.

time is up.

that is only ten questtions. don’t i get twenty?

you only got two right. so you can not pass the test, even if you get the rest right.

that doesn’t seem fair.

look up seem and fair in the dictionary.

austin woke up.

he had fallen asleep in the tube.

his test was still two weeks away.


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