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    There Will Be School Tomorrow
    There Will Be School Tomorrow
    There Will Be School Tomorrow
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    There Will Be School Tomorrow

    By V. E. Thiessen

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      There Will Be School Tomorrow - V. E. Thiessen

      Project Gutenberg's There Will Be School Tomorrow, by V. E. Thiessen

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: There Will Be School Tomorrow

      Author: V. E. Thiessen

      Release Date: July 5, 2009 [EBook #29317]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THERE WILL BE SCHOOL TOMORROW ***

      Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      You will possibly shudder, but you will certainly remember for a long time, this story of what happens when Tomorrow's gently implacable teachers are faced with a problem for which there seems to be only one solution....

      there

      will

      be

      school

      tomorrow

      by ... V. E. Thiessen

      There is a quiet horror to this story from Tomorrow....

      Evening had begun to fall. In the cities the clamor softened along the streets, and the women made small, comfortable, rattling noises in the kitchens. Out in the country the cicadas started their singing, and the cool smell began to rise out of the earth. But everywhere, in the cities and in the country, the children were late from school.

      There were a few calls, but the robotic telephone devices at the schools gave back the standard answer: The schools are closed for the day. If you will leave a message it will be recorded for tomorrow.

      The telephones between houses began to ring. Is Johnny home from school yet?

      No. Is Jane?

      Not yet. I wonder what can be keeping them?

      Something new, I guess. Oh, well, the roboteachers know best. They will be home soon.

      Yes, of course. It's foolish to worry.

      The children did not come.

      After a

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