História antiga de ficção científica sobre uma mãe que se sacrifica para que uma criança não morra sozinha em uma tempestade tóxica

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Era parte de uma antologia que era obrigatória a leitura no Canadá, talvez 30 anos atrás.

Uma mulher e sua filha vivem em um planeta tóxico. A história pode ter sido contada a partir do ponto de vista da filha. A mãe é fria e rigorosa. A casa (hi tech?) Está hermeticamente fechada.

Uma tempestade tóxica começa. A mãe "fria" vê uma menina do lado de fora na rua, chorando na chuva. Ninguém vai sair para a tempestade de veneno. Todos os vizinhos ficam a salvo por dentro, observando a criança morrer. Exceto a mãe "fria". Ela corre para fora para segurar a criança (sabendo que ela mesma vai morrer) só para que uma garotinha que ela nunca conheceu não morra sozinha na chuva. A filha percebe que sua mãe estava cheia de amor por ela, mas tem medo de sentir ou mostrar isso em um mundo tão perigoso.

    
por Jose Casillas 25.01.2018 / 16:46

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Isso é " Chorando na Chuva " por Tanith Lee .

I do keep remembering one morning, that morning of a colossal rain, when I was six or seven. I was trying to look out at the forbidden world, with my nose pressed to the Sealtite. All I could see through the distorting material was a wavering leaden rush of liquid. And then I saw something so alien I let out a squeal.
[...]My mother came to see. Together we looked through the fall of rain, to where a tiny girl, only about a year old, was standing-out on the street. Not knowing how she got there--strayed from some squat, most likely. She wore a pair of little blue shorts and nothing else, and she clutched a square of ancient blanket that was her doll. Even through the sealed pane and the rainfall you could see she was bawling and crying in terror.
"Jesus Christ and Mary the Mother," said my own mother on a breath. Her face was scoured white as our sink. But her eyes were blazing fires, hot enough to quench the rain. And next second she was thrusting me into the TV room, locking me in, shouting, Stay there don't you move or I'll murder you!
Then I heard both our front doors being opened. Shut. When they opened again and shut again, I heard a high-pitched infantile roaring. The roar got louder and possessed the house. Then it fell quiet. I realized my my mother had flown out into the weather and grabbed the lost child and brought her under shelter.
Of course, it was no use. When my mother carried her to the emergency unit next day, after the All Clear, the child was dying. She was so tiny. She held her blanket to the end and scorned my mother, the nurse, the kindly needle of oblivion. Only the blanket was her friend. Only the blanket had stayed and suffered with her in the rain.

    
07.12.2018 / 11:02