（外文电子版资料）Orson Scott Card - Missed.pdf

file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry%20kruiswijk/Mijn%20documenten/spaar/Orson%20Scott%20Card%20-%20Missed.txt ******************************************************** Author: Orson Scott Card Title: Missed Original copyright year: 1998 Genre: Short Story Comments: Source: Date of e-text: Prepared by: ******************************************************** Missed Missed By Orson Scott Card Tim Bushey was no athlete, and if at thirty-one middle age wasnt there yet, it was coming, he could feel its fingers on his spine. So when he did his hour of exercise a day, he didnt push himself, didnt pound his way through the miles, didnt stress his knees. Often he relaxed into a brisk walk so he could look around and see the neighborhoods he was passing through. In winter he walked in mid-afternoon, the warmest time of the day. In summer he was up before dawn, walking before the air got as hot and wet as a crock pot. In winter he saw the school buses deliver children to the street corners. In summer, he saw the papers getting delivered. So it was five-thirty on a hot summer morning when he saw the paperboy on a bicycle, pedaling over the railroad tracks and up Yanceyville Road toward Glenside. Most of the people delivering papers worked out of cars, pitching the papers out the far window. But there were a few kids on bikes here and there. So what was so file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry%20kruiswij...documenten/spaar/Orson%20Scott%20Card%20-%20Missed.txt (1 of 10)23-2-2006 22:40:52 file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry%20kruiswijk/Mijn%20documenten/spaar/Orson%20Scott%20Card%20-%20Missed.txt odd about him that Tim couldnt keep his eyes off the kid? He noticed a couple of things as the kid chugged up the hill. First,