Entry #4-Captain Smollett
These gentlemen are too excited about being stuck in this time. Certainly there are lots of wonderful things about it, but there are also some not so wonderful things about it. I just want to find a way to get back to our own time before we get used to it here. We shouldn't even have stayed this long.
Miss Liatris displayed something terrible to us today. She took us outside and showed us a malformed carriage that ran without horses. She told us it was a car and I told her that it smelled disgusting. The truth is that it gives off awful fumes that are absolutely impossible to breathe. I wondered how she could stand it.
Then she took us to the road and I was stunned for two reasons. The first reason I was stunned was because of all the cars that were going past us at high speeds. I'll take old-fashioned carriages with real horses any day over cars. They're the fastest things I've ever seen, which could be convenient, but they're so loud and they smell worse than dirty horses.
I was also stunned because the cars speed on a black road, which is called a highway. The highway was extremely smooth compared to the old roads at home. I was in disbelief that humans put that black road as far as the eye could see.
When I asked Miss Liatris if the people of her time sailed ships, she brought me a book. I opened that book and I saw huge metal monsters. She told me they were battleships. I was instantly struck with awe when I saw them. I looked through the book until I thought my heart would burst with joy. I was so excited when I saw ships from our time, but I don't think I'd want to sail any of them.
Miss Liatris showed me a submarine. This amazing invention can sail deep under the water and fire its ammunition from there. It can surface to the top of the water as well. She pointed out a periscope to me. I found it intriguing because the submarine could be under the water and the periscope could bring views from above the water to the eyes of the person looking through it.
I read more books from her extensive collection. I was pleased to know that there were still some things that were similar to our time. At least these people still had books.