Episode 163: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas")
Very Bad Wizards
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I Will Be Good It Says Please Let Me Out
'It's a small room. A mere broom closet or disused disused tool room,' she writes. 'The door is always locked and nobody ever comes except that sometimes the child has no understanding of time or interval.' It could be a boy or a girl, it looks about six but actually is nearly ten. Perhaps it was born defective or perhaps it has become imbecile through fear, malnutrition, and neglect', says author.
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