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The Sound Machine By Roald Dahl September 10, 1949 A man named Klausner invents a machine that can hear sound the human ear cannot hear. It reproduces the so
by tantalor 6y ago
The Sound Machine
By Roald Dahl
September 10, 1949
A man named Klausner invents a machine that can hear sound the human ear cannot hear. It reproduces the sounds on a lower pitch so that human beings can hear it. With this machine he hears roses scream as his neighbor cuts them. The next morning he hears a tree scream when he cuts into it with an axe. He calls his doctor excitedly and asks him to come over at once. The doctor comes and Klausner says he wants him to listen to the tree's screams. He starts cutting into it with an axe and a large branch begins to fall. They barely get out of the way in time. He asks the doctor if he heard the scream but the doctor will not say that he did. Klausner is very upset and demands that the doctor paint the two gashes with iodine.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-machine https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-mach...
- phkahler 6y agoIodine not only disinfects wounds, it helps them heal. I liked when the tree tried to kill them by dropping a branch too.
- spullara 6y ago"Would we cut down trees if they screamed? We might, if they screamed all the time and wouldn't shut up." -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy
- alexose 6y agoOne of my favorites from Jack Handey, although this quote is more of a paraphrase. The original reads: “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.”
- spullara 6y agoLol, thanks, that was from memory which is, of course, imperfect.
- jgjot-singh 6y agoIs this fiction or history?
- drivebyops 6y agoFiction my dude
- BlueTemplar 6y agoDoesn't sound like this kind of device would be hard to make these days ?
- wyldfire 6y agoDahl wrote a lot of very unique children's books - fantasy novels. Several have been adapted into films: "James and the Giant Peach", "Matilda", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "The Witches", "Fantastic Me Fox".