Harrison. A Short Story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Play it like that.
He puts the two musicians back in their chairs.
The music begins again and sounds much better.
Everyone listens calmly for a few brief moments until Harrison puts his giant arm around the tiny waist of his empress.
They begin to dance, and they leap high into the air, spinning and whirling around. They come down to the floor and leap again. Each leap brings them higher and higher.
Soon they leap high enough and kiss the ceiling, and then hover in the air inches below the ceiling and kiss each other for, what seems like an eternity.
Suddenly, Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General from the magazine cover, storms into the studio holding a rifle. Two loud bangs as she fires the gun. Harrison and his empress fall, lifeless to the floor.
The Handicapper General reloads her gun and takes aim on the musicians.
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