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I have received word of a strange invention.
What it can do will amaze science and strike terror to the world.
2,000 plus.
Science fiction adventures from the world of tomorrow, the year is beyond 2,080.
2,000 plus presents the insect.
Oh it's wonderful, no darling, it means I'll probably get that research report from
the university.
No, I can hardly believe it, Joe.
Oh, here's the telegraph of the dinosaurs itself.
I'll take a check plate in about two hours and be there in play of time for my meeting
this afternoon.
I know.
I get a bomb of champagne and go celebrate a dinner tonight.
Well, that's nice, but I'm not sure I'll be home for dinner.
Oh.
Maybe I'll have to stay overnight, take the plane back in the morning.
Well, then we'll have champagne for breakfast.
Well, it's not too much.
Hey, hey, I've got to gather my papers and things while I'm going to get to the airport
in time.
You'd better help me.
Then we'll have a turn.
Oh, no, love.
The life of a budding scientific genius shouldn't act like that.
But really, I'm frightened and I go and do not sense that I'm hurt you.
No, no, I can't stand anything.
That's why I say out of your life, I've got to have help with these papers.
What do you want me to do?
Cancel the meeting because my wife is afraid of the work I do.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Darling, just.
All right.
All right.
I'm trying to do it myself.
Don't be angry, George.
If they were ordinary insects, try to wonder what maybe it was a distance.
Even with what I've done to them, they're not so big.
So I've taken a spider, a house fire and a wasp, and by means of my growth, the way I've
made them larger.
The spider still isn't any bigger than my fist.
The house fire is about as large as the pack of cigarettes.
I've lost no big of my golf ball, they're not giants that they look too far over there.
Even that big.
Easier to observe and study, that's why the university's interested in my work.
With a long term appointment and a grant to amplify the growth rate, maybe I can really
increase the size of the insect.
Imagine a fly as big as a horse.
That would be some horse fly.
Hey, that's a joke.
All right, George.
I'll help you.
It's only the papers we're packing.
You won't have to go near the insect cage, George.
Now we're handing those up poison insects, 11,000.
Oh, it did?
Right.
Do you have any poison poison you don't know?
Only Sam, the spider.
He's a real glass cage by those buttons.
Maybe if you'd look, you wouldn't have such a ridiculous idea.
Sam is a nice guy, he just squats and spares.
Looks like a wise old man.
Sorry, look at this.
Oh, there's a lake.
There he is.
OK, OK.
Now the notebook, please.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, be careful.
What?
So what's the name?
That machine is very delicate.
You almost touched it.
Oh, the growth rate?
Uh-huh.
I don't want that running while I'm done.
So, you know, I can't wait to get out of here.
Oh, let's see now.
We've got everything.
Hmm, yep.
Well, that doesn't.
Come on.
After you remove me, Ketter, spitting you here.
You know, I hope only get to the university,
if I get the appointment.
You'll keep your disgusted insects to yourself.
A wife is supposed to build up her husband's work.
Faculty wise, do that all the time.
Don't, don't, don't.
I'll do this, you know.
I just can't help the way I do it.
Sam should really be fed while I'm gone.
Stop!
I'm not going in there.
All right.
All right.
What about people?
How's fly?
He's not for me.
He feeds your insects when you get home.
Now hurry up.
There's nothing late.
Sure.
Well.
Goodbye.
Oh, George, I don't want you to leave
and you're annoyed like that.
I'm sorry, darling.
I really love you.
But I love my insects, too.
Just a minute.
Coming.
Hello, Mr. Martin.
Here's the groceries you want.
A little girl.
Right in here.
Okay.
On the table.
On the table.
Ah, please.
I wish the oranges were better this time
than they were last.
Oh, Mr. Ginkgoheim,
we said it's how do you that these oranges are swell?
Well, I'll know when I squeeze them for breakfast.
Oh, thank you, Bill.
Oh, is Mr. Martin home?
Mr. Martin?
No, he isn't, Bill.
Why?
Well, he was going to show me his bugs.
You didn't want to look at them.
But you're dreadful.
I find them very interesting.
Mr. Martin said he'd take me into his lab today.
That's why I delivered your order first.
I was anxious to see them.
Oh, Mr. Martin had called a great family.
He got a tell of them and had to leave almost at once.
But you'll be home tomorrow.
Tomorrow I've got to work at the other store,
the one on North Street.
Well, in a few days, then.
The bugs will still be here, Bill.
Mrs. Martin,
would it be too much trouble
if you let me peek at them?
I'll never go into Mr. Martin's lab at all.
I won't hurt me, then.
Just peek.
I've come looking forward to seeing them.
Oh, come on, Bill, that lab at your age.
You wait till Mr. Martin gets home.
Sure.
Mrs. Martin, do you say so?
No, no, no.
It looks so dumb.
What you then see in those revolving creatures,
I'll never know.
They're scary.
They're so big.
I feel funny when I look at them.
And Mr. Martin explains about science and stuff.
And it's really interesting.
Would you have to be a scientist, Bill?
I sure would.
Well, I suppose I ought to encourage it.
I won't let you in, but you can teach.
You know where the door is.
Oh, thanks, Mrs. Martin.
Thanks very much.
But don't touch anything.
I will.
I better put these groceries away.
Mrs. Martin!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
No!
No!
I...
I saw it before.
It wasn't either the last time.
I don't know.
No!
This looks too high.
What is it?
It's not the eyes.
It's not the front.
What do you think?
Winged.
It's got wings.
It's a fly-ass.
So...
You guys...
Get out of here.
We must get out of here.
Yeah.
Walk backwards.
Keep your eyes off it.
It looks like...
Like a moth.
Like a giant moth.
Watch it.
It's a fly-ass.
Open it!
Open it!
Open it!
Quick, open it!
I can't!
It's fly-ass.
It's a piece of evil!
We can't get out of here!
It's a thing ever.
It's a thing ever.
It's a thing ever.
It's a thing ever.
It's a thing ever.
It's a thing ever.
I don't know.
Let's move into the corner.
But that chair...
We can't crouch down and define it.
Now, you'll just sit here, and watch it.
Now, Mr. Martin, I'm very interested in your growth way.
As seen in science, I want to be certain that this university encourages billion young
world, we're experimenting in new fields of research, I understand.
At the same time, I must be satisfied that the research would be a fundamental value.
Yes, sir.
Now, who's supposed you thought for a while?
Tell me about your work.
Well, I have always been interested in the effective environment on organisms.
I narrow the environmental practice to universal conditions applicable to all organisms.
For example, sir, air, temperature, humidity, light, and so forth.
And then I approach each of these conditions from the point of view of its specific effects
on organisms.
I discovered that the presence or absence of light gave me the widest variance of reaction,
or, excuse me, in what way the widest variance, when the effect on physical growth changed adaptation
as it is.
You see, sir, because light is a general term, I broke its definition down into all known
rays, infrared, ultraviolet, and so forth.
And studied reactions of organisms to those rays in every conceited combination.
Now, at two years, I evolved the theory that a certain rays could be combined electronically
and concentrated on living organisms for a specified period of time, their growth would
be greatly stimulated.
And you have constructed such a machine?
Yes, I have.
The electro-dynamic spectrum, the growth ray machine.
So, if you were accomplished with it, so far, I've multiplied the growth of certain insects
many times.
My present machine is small and homemade, and its power is not too great.
But so far, I've increased the size of a fly to that of a pack of cigarettes.
The size of a spider to that of my fist.
What kind of spider transfer?
It's a very dangerous and poisonous insect to work with while being a tropical spider,
and it might be more receptive to light.
Its size has crippled.
Tell me, Mr. Martin, what is the optimum increase in size to so far, Tim, about eight times
with the fly?
The size increase varies with the insect.
It says, I want to reset you after the dawn.
It's too late to see.
You will work certainly exactly imagination.
Think of your having the kind of equipment that would burn at a 20, 50, 100 or even a thousand
volt increase in an insect size.
Imagine an insect large enough to attack a devour or a human being.
Imagine this university needing lion cages to contain its giant insects.
Well, there's no limit to what new things we could learn about all manner of organisms
with a growth rate.
Not just insects.
That's right.
Mr. Martin, I'd like it to stay on another few hours, so that we can talk some more.
I'd be very happy if it helps you like it on your way, that you'll be a bit late.
Thank you, sir.
You can use the phone in the other office.
Mr. Martin, yes.
When she asks you how everything's going, you tell her that it's going just fine.
It's still sitting there, looking at it, the most horrible thing I ever did.
Six feet high.
It was giant wings.
How does it get here, Mrs. Martin?
It's about the growth rate you must have been done, Martin.
It gives off a slight glow.
It gives off a slight glow.
It gives off a slight glow.
Mr. Martin, the mostest growth rate needs to be done, Martin.
It gives off a slight glow.
The mostest scene it's flowing toward it, plus it's seen us.
For the eyes, the biggest little place.
Maybe it's swimming.
Then it will come toward us.
But it kills, and it doesn't feel, it doesn't say that.
It's not important.
This chair protects us, we've got to get out of here.
The door's locked, but it isn't there's some other way out.
Or is it a window behind the mall?
Yes, the window locked.
I can't see the shade is drawn.
Yes.
Yes, the window is locked.
The gosh, it's only fly to the other corner of the room.
Then what would you do?
Check the front of the window.
Pull up the shade and lock the window.
Get out and get out.
Just leave me alone with it.
Don't hug the monster's creature or nothing.
What are we doing?
I don't know.
Where will Mr. Martin come home?
It's afternoon.
Tonight.
Maybe not until the mall.
Yes, listen.
The mall.
Maybe that's Mr. Martin calling.
Yes.
But he don't answer.
Maybe he'll come home.
No.
No real thing I'm not shopping for visitors.
This is my...
What?
The mall?
Stop moving between.
It's nothing like that.
At this corner.
I better hear if the telephone is scarce.
There's no...
There's nothing.
There's nothing.
What is going on?
Why doesn't he realize something is happening?
Why doesn't he call the neighbors of the police?
Why doesn't he come home?
Mr. Martin, I think it's going to fly.
Oh, we don't.
I don't know.
It will kill us.
If it hurts the phone, it will kill us.
When it flies, it climbs down to us,
to get as much petition from the chair as possible.
And screened.
Yeah.
Anything to make noise.
Okay.
Okay, this is a problem.
Oh, there's a way.
Just...
Yes!
Maybe.
Maybe it's both flying.
It will fly.
The phone is tough, really.
Yes, it feels.
Yes.
Let's be quiet.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It's like a nightmare being here.
Oh, George, telling you why I hated these insects.
Yet you built a laboratory in our home.
Oh.
A place with a room of dirt.
Why am I here?
Why did these happen to trap me here?
Because I made it George's work?
Was it because I refused to help him with this?
Like, what?
What?
What?
What?
What?
What?
What?
It flies like a worm.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
It flies.
She's waiting for the widow chase, the gold apple, the sunlight's coming.
It's flying by, and it's crazy!
It's a little bit of a gas gauge.
It's a gas gauge with a spider.
The spider is falling asleep.
Yes, it's starting to cross the floor.
It's served by the sofa.
The giant's mother is living in the bookshelf.
And then the snow.
Like a fuzzy ball of gas.
The spider.
It's all right, yellow!
Well, Mr. Martin, I am delighted to see you.
The dean told us that you were coming over.
I think I am the last member of the faculty committee I want you to see.
Oh, sit down.
Oh, thank you, Professor Batley.
Yes, I have been going all afternoon for one appointment with the other.
And we're all living so happy to talk with you.
The dean is quite excited about you and the staff should know.
Yes, I'm very pleased about that.
Professor Batley, I hope you won't take me rude at the beginning of our meeting.
But I wonder if I might use your phone.
Of course, Mr. Martin, is something wrong?
No, I don't think so.
But I've found my wife several times until I was staying on all afternoon.
And there's been no answer.
What means call the phone is right there.
Thank you.
Number please.
I like you eight, four, five, seven, two.
And reverse the charges, please.
Thank you.
There doesn't seem to be any answer.
Well, there's been a two more times.
No answer.
Can I keep trying?
Yes, sir.
Please keep trying.
I'll call you, sir.
Thank you.
I can't understand it.
It's not like that it'd be away so long.
Oh, no.
There's no answer.
Can I keep trying?
Yes, sir.
Please keep trying.
I'll call you, sir.
Thank you.
I can't understand it.
It's not like that it'd be away so long.
Okay?
Good.
Oh, this is too old for you.
There's this art here.
There, there.
Saw this spider last week.
Sec автомобilt hist.
I hope you give it a best cut.
I wish I could see the hair on itself legs...
...right?
This is re Distance.
Mr. Lackin showed me his mask, where it bites and tears with the poison.
Stop it, Bill!
Stop!
Don't have him ice up.
I'm sorry.
What?
I can't stop looking at them.
They don't bite this one night.
That's why they're on the floor.
The whole room is flooded with sunlight since the shade went up.
How is this going to be behind this chair?
It doesn't give us a protection.
Why?
The mark is too big.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Why?
The mark is too big to get out of here.
What's this spider?
It can't scream on the butt under the chair.
I'll take off my shoes.
Something to hear with it.
It's honest.
Err.
No, you take one of them.
Err.
Look.
It's waiting for someone to leave.
It's going to fly again.
But let's not scream at all.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
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It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
It might scare the spider.
There is still no answer sir, shall I keep trying?
I don't know, I'll call you back.
Thanks for operating at 34, sir.
Thank you.
No answer, good?
No sir.
Of course I did tell Betty that I might be later even stay overnight, she may have gone
all mothers.
The real pleasure of ending a young man who cares that much for his wife, I suppose this
is not the same way about you, all Betty's wonderful.
Sam Shoshy is.
After all, not many women would approve their husbands inventing machines that make insects
larger.
You've got a rare wife, Mr Martin, one who doesn't object to giant insects in the house.
Yeah, he's a bit worried, isn't he?
He's the true target of no handling, it's hard to see the water, isn't it?
It's hard.
Yes, man, I will.
And Sam is not new to him.
My hands are trembling, my arms are dry.
You can't let his arms, I think I've turned his face, you mustn't fail.
I could have a greater water.
Come on, get back to the station, see this?
Yeah.
But it's... it's Steelers' kind of limp and the spot.
Oh, that disgusty world.
What?
What?
Glad you know what the fuck is.
Trophy.
It flies.
It looks different, too.
I don't know why, but somehow that...
Yes.
If you lie.
What?
What's going on?
Fire!
Fire!
Oh, no.
It was only the hand of your spirit touching my leg.
I said it was a spider.
Oh, it's a horror movie.
It's a horror movie.
It's a horror movie.
God, it's a monster.
Please open the door.
Fire!
Fire!
Fire!
Well, Mr. Martin, the term status factor to him?
Oh, yes, very much so.
Thank you, sir.
It's very good to be a great pleasure having you at the university.
And I know that you'll find your association with us
a really incentive to carry on your work with our growth rate.
I'm sure of that.
I'll go my very best to the university and to scientific research.
My boy, if time for you to leave,
if you want to catch the 610 and be home to tell your wife,
you just get home and you'll find that there's an explanation
to why she didn't answer the phone all day.
I'm sure you'll ride.
Thank you, Gendine.
Thank you very much.
You're better now, Mr. Martin.
I guess I did.
I know.
Try now.
I have material.
What's Mr. Martin?
I'm going to try to reach the window.
But you know.
The mother's back on the couch.
I think I can make a room for the window once I push the chair
a side of the building.
If you might have tapped you for me.
Well, maybe you won't.
What are you going to do?
The mother's going to make it.
Excuse me.
Fine.
You know, just what happened to either of us
is a computer tablet.
It would be eaten alive.
Do they have tea?
Really, George?
No, these are all sorts of things.
George, but no exactly.
I had a whole group of kids growing last year.
They seem to be so talented.
I'm glad.
Oh.
No, I don't know what to say.
I go to try.
I'll crouch down.
I'll push the chair down a little.
Swing by between the chair and the wall,
and make a dash for the window.
Now, George, push the side.
Now, give me my shoes.
Okay, push it back.
All right, go.
I'm here.
I'll try to unlock the window.
Look out.
Come on before I get you.
Get away.
Get away, you get away.
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
Get away!
Get away!
Get away!
Ah!
Yes!
Yes!
Are you all right?
No, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
No one home?
The lights are off.
Yeah, that's better.
That's better if gone.
Ready?
Ready, you're here?
Yeah!
Hey!
Where are you?
It's a lava zone.
Ah!
Good luck.
What?
What was the key?
Here.
Oh, my darling.
Oh, my darling.
Oh, my darling.
Oh, my darling.
What's that?
Ready for heaven's sake.
Get away!
Get away!
Get away!
Get away!
Get away!
Get away!
I have...
I have...
Look at that.
No.
I can't believe it.
It's dead.
It's dead.
No.
It's dead.
It's dead.
What?
Oh, Mr. Mart.
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Mr. Mart?
Is last night gone before?
Let's get out of here fast.
All right, Mr. Mart.
The heaven's sake, what happened?
Mr. Mart, I'll get you a drink.
There you are.
No.
Now, tell me.
But the water that goes that behind us...
I must, is that it?
You must, or the guide caged with the spider.
We thought we'd die.
And I thought, I thought, you know what I did?
I'll find a spider and kill it.
But as for the morph darling,
despite its size, you had nothing to fear.
What?
What do you see darling, the adult morph doesn't eat?
It has no mouth.
Nothing to attack or kill with.
The spider's size, tricophic atapeteler, the closed morph, is utterly harmless.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You think we could have just sewed it away?
And opened the window?
Of course dear.
The reason it's there didn't, why you could have waited, but I've worrying is that
a morph cannot live more than six hours in sunlight.
The figure of this horror was unnecessary.
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