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Unit 7 The Shelter
Rod Serling
Several
neighbors hope to find safety in the only bomb
shelter on their street
when an announcement
comes over the radio that enemy missiles are
approaching. Can it shelter all of them? Does
its owner let them in?
Here is
the
story……
SYNOPSIS OF ACT ONE: On a summer
evening, a birthday celebration is
going on at
Dr. Stockton's. Among those present are his
neighbors: the
Hendersons, the weiss's and the
Harlowes. In the midst of it comes
unexpectedly over the radio the announcement
of the President of the United
States
declaring a state of emergency of for suspected
enemy missiles
approaching. The party breaks
up and the neighbors hurry home.
However,
shortly afterwards they return one after another
to the stockton
house for the simple reason
that they want to survive —— want to share with
the Stocktons the bomb shelter which is the
only one on their street.
ACT TWO
(abridged)
OUTSIDE STOCKTON HOME
HENDERSON: It'll land any minute. I just know
it. It's going to land any
minute——
MRS.
HENDERSON: (grabs hold of him) What are we going
to do?
Throughout above and following
dialogue, a portable radio carried by one of
the children carries the following
announcement:
ANNOUNCER'S VOICE: This is
Conelrad. This is Conelrad. We are still in a
state of Yellow Alert. If you are a public
official or government employee with
an
emergency assignment, or a civil defense worker,
you should report to your
post immediately. If
you are a public official or government employee……
MRS. HARLOWE: Jerry, ask again.
HARLOWE:
Don't waste you time. He won't let anyone in. He
said he didn't
have any room or supplies there
and it's designed for three people.
SON:
What'll we do?
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HARLOWE: Maybe we ought to
pick out just one basement and go to work on
it. Poll all our stuff. Food, water,
everything.
E: It isn't fair. (she points
toward Stockton house) He's down
there in a
bomb shelter completely safe. And our kids have to
just wait around
for a bomb to drop and ——
HENDERSON: Let's just go down into his
basement and break down the door?
A
chorus of voices greet this with assent.
As HENDERSON rushes through toward the
basement entrance, HARLOWE
overtakes him
saying:
HARLOWE: Wait a minute, wait a
minute. All of us couldn't fit in there. That
would be crazy to even try.
WEISS: Why
don't we draw lots? Pick out one family?
HARLOWE: What difference would it make? He
won't let us in.
HENDERSON: We can all march
down there and tell him he's got the whole
street against him. We could do that.
HARLOWE: What good would that do? I keep
telling you. Even if we were to
break down the
door, it couldn't accommodate all of us. We'd just
be killing
everybody and for no reason.
MRS. HENDERSON: If it saves even one of these
kids out here——I call that a
reason.
The voice comes up again.
WEISS:
Jerry, you know him better than nay of us. You're
his best friend. Why
don't you go down again?
Try to talk to him. Pleased with him. Tell him to
pick out one family —— Draw lots or something
——
HENDERSON: One family, meaning yours,
Weiss, huh?
WEISS: (whirls around to him) Why
not? I've got a three-month-old infant—
—
MRS. HENDERSON: What difference does that
make? Is your baby's life any
more precious
than our kids?
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WEISS: (shouting at her) I
never said that. If you're going to start trying
to
argue about who deserves to live more than
the next one ——
HENDERSON: Why don't you shut
your mouth, Weiss? (with a wild, illogical
anger) That's the way it is when the
foreigners come over here. Aggressive,
greedy,
semi-Americans——
WEISS: (his face goes white)
Why you garbage-brained idiot you——
MRS.
HENDERSON: It still goes, Weiss! I bet you're at
the bottom of the list—
—
WEISS
suddenly flings himself through the crowd toward
the man and there's
a brief, hand-to-hand
fight between them broken up by HARLOWE who
stands between them breathless.
HARLOWE: Keep it up, both of you. Just keep it
up. We won't need a bomb.
We can slaughter
each other.
: (pleading) Marty, go down to
Bill's shelter again. Ask him ——
WEISS: I've
already asked him. It wouldn't do any good.
One again the siren sounds and the people seem
to move closer together,
staring up toward the
night sky. Off in the distance we see
searchlights.
HARLOWE: Searchlights. It
must be coming closer.
HENDERSON: (as he
suddenly pushes HARLOWE aside and heads for the
steps) I'm going down there and get him to
open up that door. I don't care
what the rest
of you think. That's the only thing left to do.
MAN # 1: He's right. Come on, let's do it.
INSIDE THE SHELTER
GRACE is holding
tight to PAUL. STOCKTON stands close to the door
listening to the noises from outside as they
approach. There's a pounding on
the shelter
door that reverberates.
OUTSIDE THE
SHELTER
HENDERSON: Bill? Bill Stockton? You've
got a bunch of your neighbors out
here who
want to stay alive. Now you can open the door and
talk to us and
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figure out with us how many
can come in there. Or else you can just keep
doing what you're doing —— and we'll fight our
way in there.
HARLOWE appears and pushes
his way through the group and goes over to
the
shelter door.
HARLOWE: Bill. This is
Jerry. They mean business out here.
STOCKTON'S
VOICE: And I mean business in here. I've already
told you,
Jerry. You're wasting you time.
You're wasting precious time that could be use
for something else……like figuring out how you
can survive.
NAM # 1: Why don't we get a big,
heavy log to break the door down?
HENDERSON:
We could go over to Bennett Avenue. Phil Kline has
some
giant logs in his basement. I've seen
them. Let's get one. And we'll just tell
Kline
to keep his mouth shut as to why we want it.
WEISS: Let's get hold of ourselves. Let's stop
and think for a minute——
HENDERSON: (turning
to face WEISS) Nobody cares what you think. You or
your kind. I thought I made that clear
upstairs. I think the first order of
business
is to get you out of here.
With this he
strikes out, smashing his fist into WEISS's face
in a blow so
unexpected and so wild that
WEISS, totally unprepared, is knocked against
the wall. His wife screams and, still holding
the baby, rushes to him. There's a
commotion
as several men try to grab the neighbor and
HARLOWE is
immediately at WEISS's side trying
to help him to his feet. Once again the
sirens
blast.
HENDERSON: (should over the noise
and commotion) Come on, let's get
something to
smash this door down.
They start out of
cellar toward the steps.
INSIDE THE
SHELTER
STOCKTON slowly turns to face his
wife. The angry screaming cries of the
people
ring in their ears even as they depart.
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GRACE
(looks up) Bill? Who were those people?
STOCKTON (turning to stare toward the door)
neighbors, Grace. Our friends. The people
we've lived with and alongside for
twenty
years. (then in a different fixed expression and
in a different tone)
Come on. Paul. Let's put
stuff up against this door. Everything we can.
The man and boy then start to pile up a
barricade, using furniture, the
generator,
books, any movable object they can get their hands
on.
OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER
The mob
marches down the street carrying a large heavy log
that is perhaps
fifteen feet long. Their own
shouts mix with the sound of the intermittent
siren and with the voice of the announcer on
the Conelrad station.
ANNOUNCER'S VOICE:
We've been asked to once again remind the
population that they are to remain calm, stay
off the streets. This is urgent.
Please remain
off the streets. Everything possible is being done
in the way of
protection. But the military and
important civil defense vehicles must have the
streets clear. So you're once again reminded
to remain off the streets. Remain
off the
streets!
The minute the mob gathers
before the STOCKTON house, they smash into it,
carrying the giant log. They move down the
cellar steps. As the log smashes
into the
shelter door, the siren goes up louder and more
piercing and it is at
this moment that we see
both WEISS and HARLOW join the men on the
heavy log to lend their support to it.
INSIDE THE SHELTER
STOCKTON and Paul lean
against it as it starts to give under the weight,
under the pressure. The air is filled with
angry shouts, the intermittent siren,
the
cries of women and children.
INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER
And it all reaches one
vast pitch just as the door is forced open. PAUL
and
STOCKTON are pushed back into the shelter
and just at this moment the light
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go on
in the basement. The siren also reaches its top
and then suddenly goes
off and there is
absolute dead silence for a long moment. Then from
the
portable radio in the corner comes
ANNOUNCER'S VOICE: This is Conelrad. This is
Conelrad. Remain turned
for an important
message. Remain tuned for an important message. (a
pause)
The President of the United States has
just announced that the previously
unidentified objects have now been definitely
identified as being satellites.
Repeat. There
are no enemy missiles approaching. Repeat, there
are no enemy
missiles approaching. The objects
have been identified as satellites. They are
harmless and we are in no danger. Repeat. We
are in no danger. The state of
emergency has
officially been called off. We are in no danger.
Repeat. There is
no enemy attack. There is no
enemy attack.
: (her eyes closed and crying
softly) Thank God. Oh, thank God.
WEISS: (in a
whisper, his face bruised and blood clotted) Amen
to that.
HENDERSON: Hey, Marty …… Marty ……I
went crazy. You understand that,
don't you? I
just went crazy. I didn't mean all the things I
said. (he wets his
lips, his voice shaking) We
were all of us …… we were so scared ……so confuse.
(he holds out his hands in a gesture) Well,
it's no wonder really, is it? I
mean…… well,
you can understand why we blew our tops a little
——
There's a murmur of voices, a few half-
hearted nods, but they're all still in a
state
of shock.
HARLOWE: I don't think Marty's
going to hold it against you. (then turning to
STOCKTON) I just hope Bill won't hold this ——
(he points to the wreckage
around him) against
us. We'll pay for the damage, Bill. We'll take up
a
collection right away.
As STOCKTON
walks past them across the cellar and up toward
the stairs, all
eyes are on him and there's an
absolute dead silence.
WEISS: (his voice
shaky and nervous) We could …… we could have a
block
party or something tomorrow night. A big
celebration. I think we deserve one
now.
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He
looks around smiling at the others, a nervous
smiles born of a carry-over of
fear and the
realization that something has taken hold of all
of them now.
Something deadening in its effect
and disquieting beyond words.
STOCKTON takes a
step up on the stairs then stops and turns back
toward
them. His face is expressionless.
HARLOWE: (with phony laughter desperately
trying to relieve situation)
Block party's not
a bad idea. (looking around at the others)
Anything to get
back to normal.
STOCKTON:
(looks from face to face and slowly shakes his
head) Normal? (a
pause) I don't know. I don't
know what
any more.
HARLOWE: I told you
we'd pay for the damages——
STOCKTON: (stares
at him) The damages? (he nods) I wonder if we
realize
just what those damages are? (he looks
from face to face again) Maybe the
worst of
them was finding out just what we're like when
we're normal. The
kind of people we are. Just
underneath the surface. I mean all of us. A lot of
naked animals who attach such great importance
to staying alive that they
claw their
neighbors to death just for the privilege. (he
leans against the
stairway wall, suddenly
desperately tired, very softly as he turns away
from
them) We were spared a bomb tonight……but
I wonder if we weren't
destroyed even without
it.
He continues up the steps.
防空洞
第一幕的内容提要:某个夏夜,斯道克顿家正在举行生日庆祝会。来宾中
有他
的邻居:亨德森一家,韦斯一家,还有哈洛一家。正当宴会进行时,收音
机里出乎意料的传来了美国总统
的公告,因怀疑敌方导弹的飞近,宣布处于紧
急状态。宴会就此结束,邻居们急匆匆的回家去。
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然而,过了不多久他们又一个接着一个的回到了斯道克顿的家,就因为他
们想活下去
----------想分享斯道克顿家的防空洞;这是他们街上唯一的防空
洞。
第二幕
斯道克顿家的防空洞
亨德森
:导弹随时都可能落下来。我就知道,快啦,说落就落…….
亨德森 太太:
(一把抓住他)咱们可怎么办啊?
在上述和以下的对白过程中,一个小孩拿着的袖珍收音机一直在广播下述通
告:
播音员的声音: 这是康纳雷民防广播电台。空袭警报仍未解除。公职人员,担
负紧急备战任务
的政府雇员以及民防工作人员,请立即到岗。公职人员,担负
紧急战备任务的政府雇员……
哈洛 太太 :杰雷,再去求一求吧。
哈洛 :
你就别白费口舌了。他任何人都不让进去。他说他腾不出地方,生活
用品也不够,
他家的防空洞是为三个人设计的。
亨德森太太:那么咱们怎么办?
维斯
:也许咱们该挑选一个地下室收拾收拾。咱们把东西统统凑在一起,视
频啦,水啦,一切物品统统凑拢来
哈洛太太:
这不公平。(指着道克斯顿的住宅)他到躲在防空洞里安安全全
的,可咱们的孩子只好等着挨炸…….
亨德林 : 咱们到他的地下室去,撞开那扇门。大伙说好吗?
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众人齐声赞同。
亨德森向地下室入口处奔去,哈洛追上他,说道:
哈洛 :
你等等,你等等。那儿怎么挤得进这么多人。这样做简直太愚
蠢。
韦斯 :
咱们何不抽签?谁家抽中谁家进去。
哈洛 : 这又有什么不同?他不会让咱们进去的。
亨德森 :咱们一起下去跟他说,他把这条街上的人都得罪了。咱们可以这样
跟他说。
哈洛 :这有什么用?我三番五次跟你们讲过,即使咱们把门砸开,那个防
空洞也容纳不下咱
们这些人。咱们肯定会统统挤死,而且一点名堂也
没有。
亨德森太太:这儿的这些孩子,哪怕只有一个因此而得救了------
依我说,这就
是一个理由。
又传来广播员的声音。
韦斯 :杰雷,咱们这些人
里数你跟他最熟悉,你是他的最好的朋友。你何不
再下去一趟呢?同他说说吧。求求他。请他条一户人家
------通过抽签
什么的………
亨德森 :
一户人家,就是你家喽,韦斯,对吗?
韦斯
:(幕地向他转过身去)那又怎么样?我有三个月大的婴儿……..
亨德森太太:这有什么了不起的?
难道你家小孩的性命比我们家小孩的性命更
贵重么?
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韦斯
:(冲着她嚷)我可从来没有说过这样的话。要是你想争论谁应该比谁
更值得活下去的话-----
亨德森 :你干嘛不把嘴闭上,韦斯?(勃然大怒)外国佬来了,也就是这副样
子。好斗贪婪
的半拉子美国人…….
韦斯 :(脸色发白)你这个十足的白痴,好你个……..
亨德森太太:他没有说错,韦斯!我敢断定你就是那种蹩脚透顶的货色…….
韦斯突
然穿过人群朝亨德森扑过去,他们两个随即展开了一场短暂的格斗。
哈洛气喘吁吁地奔了过来,站到他们
中间,把双方隔开。
哈洛
:你们在打啊,继续打呀。咱们不用等着导弹飞过来。咱们自相残杀
嘛。
维斯太太:马蒂,再到比尔的防空洞走一趟吧.求他------
韦斯
:我已经求过他了,毫无用处。
警报又响了,人们似乎靠的更近了,大家抬着头凝视夜空。看得见远方的探照
灯光。
亨德森 :(突然推开哈洛,向地下室的台阶走去)我这就下去叫他把那扇门打
开,我可不管
你们是怎么想的。现在能做的只有这件事了。
男子甲 :他说得对。快呀,咱们去干。
防空洞里
格蕾丝紧紧抱着保罗,斯道克顿靠近门站着,静听那伙人走近时从外面传来的
喧闹声。砰地一声,防空洞的门被敲得震天响。
防空洞外
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亨德森
:比尔,比尔,斯道克顿!一大群想要活命的邻居都在外面等着啦。
现在可以打开门了,让咱们一道合计
合计你这个洞里能进去多少
人。否则,你尽管我们我行我素下去吧------
可咱们就哎哟打进来
了。
哈洛上场,挤过人群,走到防空洞门边。
哈洛
:比尔,我是杰雷。外面的人可不是在开玩笑啊!
斯道克顿的声音:我在里面也不是在开玩笑。我已经
对你说过,杰雷。你们这
是在浪费时间。你们在浪费宝贵的时间,你们本可以用这些事件干
别的
事情…… 比如想想如何逃生的办法。
男子甲: 咱们干吗不找根结实的出木头来把门砸开?
亨德森 :咱们不妨去贝特大街。菲尔.克兰家地下室里有几根大木头。我看见
过,咱们去
扛一根吧。我们只要叫克兰闭上嘴,别问我们要它做什
么就行了。
韦斯
:咱们还是克制一点,先别争,好好想想……
亨德森 :(转过身来脸朝维斯)谁也不在乎你想什
么。你也罢,和你臭味相
投的人也罢,别人才不管哪。我本以为这些话在上面已经讲得清楚
了。
我认为,当务之急首先是得把你从这年出去。
话音刚落,他便冷不防的拔出拳头朝韦斯脸上挥去。维斯
触不及防,被打倒在
墙角。他的妻子尖叫着奔到他身边,手里人抱着婴孩。有几个人想
使劲拉住
那位邻居,这时一阵混乱。哈洛迅速走到维斯跟前,扶着
他站起身来。警报再次拉响。
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亨德森
:(声音盖过警报和混乱中的喧闹声)快,咱们去找样东西把门砸
开。大伙从地下室出来走向台阶。
防空洞里
那群人扛着一根大约有十五英尺长的又大又粗的木头沿街走来。他们的叫喊声
与断断续续的警报声,康纳雷民防广播电台电台播音员的声音混成
一片。
播音员的声音:我
们接到通知,再一次提醒全体居民保持镇定,不要上街。这
是紧急通知。请不要上街。有关方面 正在采
取一切防护措施。但我
们必须保证军用车辆和重要的民防车辆在大街上畅通无阻。所以再
一次提
醒各位不要上街,请不要上街!
【那伙人刚聚集到斯道克顿家门前,便立刻扛着那根大木头向里冲,并
沿着台
阶往地下室走去。正当木头猛撞防空洞门时,警报拉得更响了。就
在此刻,我们看到维斯
和哈洛都加入到这伙人中,握住木头,以助
上一臂之力。】
防空洞里
当防空洞门因
受到猛烈地撞击而快要倒下时,斯道克顿和保罗用力顶着。周围
响着一片怒吼声,断断续续的警报声,妇
女儿童的哭叫声。
防空洞内外
当防空洞
门被砸开时,这片嘈杂声响到了震耳欲聋的地步。保罗和斯道克顿被
推到防空洞里面。正在这时,地下室
的电灯亮了。警报声也响到了
极点,接着突然停止,随之四周是长时间的一片死寂。然后,从此
处角落里的袖珍收音机中传来了播音员的声音。
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播音员的声音: 这里是康纳斯民防广播电台,这里是康纳斯民防广
播电台。请
继续收听重要消息。(稍停)美国总统宣布,原先没有辨别清楚的
物体,现在已经辨
明肯定是卫星。再广播一遍,没有敌方导弹飞
近。在广播一遍,没有敌方导弹飞近。该物体已查明是卫星
。这些
物体没有危害,我们没有危险。在广播一遍。敌人没有侵袭。敌人
没有侵袭。
维斯太太: (含着泪,轻声哭泣)感谢上帝。哦,感谢上帝。
韦斯
:(脸上青肿,结着血块。低声地)阿门。
亨德森 :马蒂…..马蒂…..我刚才是疯了,希
望你能理解,我只不过有点失
常。我刚才说的那些话都不是真的。(伸出双手,做了个手势)
唉
!其实这也没有什么好奇怪的,对吗?我说……恩,你会理解,
刚才咱们为什么有点气急败坏……
人群中发出一声低语,有几个三心二意的点点头,但这时大家还没有从震惊中
清醒过来。
哈洛 :我想马蒂不会因为这件事儿记恨你的。(说完转向道克斯顿)我希望
比尔不要为
此-----(指着他周围被毁坏的东西)而记恨咱们,咱们
会赔偿损失的,比尔,咱们马上募捐。 <
br>当道克斯顿穿过地下室经过他们身旁想台阶迈去时,所有的眼睛都盯着他。又
是一片绝对的死寂。
韦斯 :(声音颤抖,紧张不安)咱们不妨…… 明天晚上咱们不妨举行一个解
放聚会什
么的。好好庆祝一番。我想我们该开个庆祝会了。维斯环
顾四周朝大伙笑笑,但他的微笑显得局促不安,
一则因为心有余
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悸,二则因为他感到此刻有什么东西吸引住了大家。某种令人沮
丧,极度不安的东西。
到克斯顿向下走了一级台阶,随即停步,转过身来面对大家。他的脸毫无表
情。
哈洛
: (佯装笑容,竭力想缓和空气)举行街坊聚会是个不错的注意。(看了
一下四周的人)能恢复正常
,什么都成。
到克斯顿
:(看着一张张脸,不慌不忙地摇摇头)正常?(稍停)我不懂,我不
懂什么叫“正常”
原先我以为我懂,可我现在搞不清楚了。
哈洛 :我不是对你说过咱们会赔偿损失的……
道克斯顿 :(眼睛紧盯着他)损失?(点点头)我不知道咱们是否清楚,那都
是些什么损失
?(又看看那一张张脸)也许最大的损失时了解到我们正常时是
什么样子。咱们原来是这种人。透过表面
就能看清。我是说咱们全都如此。都
是些赤裸裸的畜生,把性命看的那么重,为了能够活下去。可以把自
己的邻居
活活卡死。(他靠在楼梯边的墙上,突然感觉疲惫不堪;他一面转身离开他
们,一面轻
声说)今天晚上咱们没有挨炸弹…… 可是我怀疑即使没有炸弹,咱
们是否就一定不会完蛋。
他继续拾级而上。
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