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Horsell Common And The Heat Ray
It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil.
Next morning a crowd gathered on the common, hypnotized by the unscrewing of the cylinder. Two feet of shining screw projected when suddenly, the lid fell off. Two luminous, disk-like eyes appeared above the rim. A huge rounded bulk, larger than a bear, rose up slowly, glistening like wet leather. Its lipless mouth quivered and slathered, and snakelike tentacles writhed as the clumsy body heaved and pulsated.
A few young men crept closer to the pit. A tall funnel rose and an invisible ray of heat leapt from man to man, and there was a bright glare as each was instantly turned to fire. Every tree and bush became a mass of flames at the touch of this savage, unearthly heat.
People clawed their way off the common, and I ran too. I felt I was being toyed with, that when I was on the very verge of safety this mysterious death would leap after me and strike me down. At last I reached Maybury Hill, and in the dim coolness of my home I wrote an account for my newspaper before I sank into a restless, haunted sleep.
I awoke to alien sounds of hammering from the pit and hurried to the railway station to buy the paper. Around me, the daily routine of life, working eating, sleeping, was continuing serenely as it had for countless years. On Horsell Common, the Martians continued hammering and stirring, sleepless, indefatigable, at work on the machines they were making. Now and again a light like the beam of a warship's searchlight would sweep the common, and the heat ray was ready to follow.
In the afternoon, a company of soldiers came through and deployed along the common to form a cordon.
That evening, there was a violent crash and I realized with horror that my home was within reach of the heat ray.
At dawn, a falling star with a trail of green mist landed with a flash like summer lightning. This was the second cylinder.
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En una tranquila tarde, la gente ignoraba lo extraordinario que estaba por ocurrir. El sonido de los trenes resonaba desde la estación, creando una melodía distante y reconfortante. Nadie esperaba que algo asombroso interrumpiera esa paz.
Al día siguiente, una multitud se congregó en el común, hipnotizada por el destornillar del cilindro. Dos ojos brillantes emergieron sobre el borde, seguidos por una enorme forma redondeada que se alzaba lentamente, brillando como cuero mojado. Un cuerpo torpe vibraba y pulsaba, con tentáculos serpenteantes.
Al acercarse algunos valientes, un embudo se elevó y un rayo de calor invisible saltó de hombre en hombre, convirtiéndolos instantáneamente en fuego. Todo a su alrededor se incendiaba con ese calor salvaje y sobrenatural.
La gente huía desesperada, con la sensación de ser perseguida por esa muerte misteriosa. Finalmente, llegué a Maybury Hill y escribí apresuradamente para el periódico antes de caer en un inquieto sueño atormentado.
Al despertar, extraños sonidos venían de la fosa y corrí a comprar el periódico. En el común, los marcianos trabajaban incansablemente en sus máquinas, mientras que la vida cotidiana continuaba ajena a la tragedia que se gestaba.
Soldados se desplegaron para contener la amenaza, pero una violenta explosión reveló que el peligro estaba más cerca de lo que imaginaba.
Al amanecer, una estrella fugaz con una estela de niebla verde aterrizó con un destello como el rayo de verano. Era el segundo cilindro, marcando que la invasión aún no había alcanzado su final.
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