n warned。 〃Stay calm。〃
I AM LIKING THAT ONE HARRY。 DO AN OTHER。
Norman thought： Is he reading emotions？ Does he regard our emotions as manifestations？ But that didn't make sense。 Jerry couldn't read their minds； they'd already determined that。 Maybe he'd better check again。 Jerry； he thought； can you hear me？
I AM LIKING HARRY。 HIS MANIFESTATIONS ARE RED。 THEY ARE WITFUL。
〃Witful？〃
WITFUL = FULL OF WIT？
〃I see；〃 Harry said。 〃He thinks we're funny。〃
FUNNY = FULL OF FUN？
〃Not exactly；〃 Norman said。 〃We entities have the concept of 。。。〃 He trailed off。 How was he going to explain 〃funny〃？ What was a joke； anyway？ 〃We entities have the concept of a situation which causes disfort and we call this situation humorous。〃
HUME OR US？
〃No。 One word。〃 Norman spelled it for him。
I SEE。 YOUR MANIFESTATIONS ARE HUMOROUS。 THE ENTITY SQUID MAKES MANY HUMOROUS MANIFESTATIONS FROM YOU。
〃We don't think so；〃 Harry said。
I THINK SO。
And that about summed it up； Norman thought； sitting at the console。 Somehow he had to make Jerry understand the seriousness of his actions。 〃Jerry；〃 Norman ＇＇261＇＇ explained； 〃your manifestations injure our entities。 Some of our entities are already gone。〃
YES I KNOW。
〃If you continue your manifestations…〃
YES I AM LIKING TO MANIFEST。 IT IS HUMOROUS FOR YOU。
〃…then pretty soon all our entities will be gone。 And then there will be no one to talk to you。〃
I DO NOT WISH THAT。
〃I know that。 But many entities are gone already。〃
BRING THEM BACK。
〃We can't do that。 They are gone forever。〃
WHY？
〃We cannot bring them back。〃
WHY？
Just like a kid； Norman thought。 Just exactly like a kid。 Tellin