Suddenly, he finds himself back in 1945 Germany. Billy prays for God to deliver him before the ceiling collapses. Jumping ahead ten more days, he is still with his family on the same trip, only now they are in the bowels of Carlsbad Caverns. With his father and mother, he is visiting the Grand Canyon. There are no causes, no effects.Īs the saucer enters a time warp, Billy is hurled back into his childhood: He is twelve years old. Tralfamadorians read them all at once, not one after the other there is no beginning, no middle, no end. He is told that the clumps of symbols are like telegrams - short, urgent messages. Unable to read the alien language, he is surprised that the books' tiny text is laid out in brief knots of symbols separated by stars. After reading the only Earthling novel onboard, he is given some Tralfamadorian books. On the trip to Tralfamadore, Billy asks for something to read.
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