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looked among the bushes trying to find my Machine and cried. I felt hopelessly cut off from my world.
At last I lay on the ground and fell asleep.
2. Answer the questions.
1. Why was it difficult for Time Traveller to distinguish men, women and children?
2. Why did Time Traveller feel the horror?
3. Why was he in despair?
Task 8
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1. Read the extract from "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells, part V.
THE TIME MACHINE
Part V
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When I woke up, it was morning. Now I was able to think clearly and tell myself quietly, "I must be calm. I must study this world and these people. Perhaps, I shall be able to get materials and tools to make another machine."
I went up to the Sphinx and examined the ground. And there I found tracks which led to the pedestal. Then I yknocked on it. The pedestal was hollow. It was clear now that my Time Machine was inside the pedestal. But I could not conceive how to open it.
Two little men came up to me. Pointing to the pedestal I showed that I wanted to open it. But they behaved in a very strange way. They turned and walked away, looking at me as if I was doing something shameful. Г tried to break the walls of the pedestal with stones, but could not do it.
Watching these little people, I thought at first that they were not afraid of anything, that they did not know what fear was. But by and by I found out that they were afraid of
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