[david-given]

Run, don't walk, and read Clifford Simak's _Construction Shack_.

There's a pretty crappy but readable copy here: http://lingualeo.com/pt/jungle/construction-shack-by-cliffor...

[colomon]

Is it supposed to end in the middle of a quoted sentence? (I mean, I can imagine it ending that way, but it does seem kind of abrupt.)

[david-given]

At 'the bunglers'? Yes, that's correct.