Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: nomad takes refuge in dead postman 's mail vehicle, Fact2: Postman leaves for town of Benning, Fact3: General Bethlehem During raid of learns of Postman ’s tales of restored government Pineview, Fact4: Abby and injured Postman ride out winter in abandoned cabin, Fact5: Ford Lincoln Mercury organized postal service based on Postman 's story
Output (English): In 2013, an unnamed nomad enters the Oregon flatlands, trading Shakespearean performances for food and water. In one of the towns, the nomad is forced into the ranks of the predominant militia, known as the Holnists and run by General Bethlehem. When he escapes, the nomad takes refuge in a dead postmans mail vehicle. Wearing the postmans uniform and carrying the mail bag, he arrives in Pineview claiming to be a postman from the newly restored US government. The Postman inspires a teenager named Ford Lincoln Mercury and swears him into the postal service. The Postman also meets Abby. When the Postman leaves for the town of Benning, he carries a pile of mail left at the post office door by the townspeople. During a raid of Pineview, General Bethlehem learns of the Postman’s tales of a restored government and becomes afraid of losing power if word spreads. He burns the American flag and post office, kills Abby’s husband, kidnaps Abby, and attacks the town of Benning. The Postman surrenders, but Abby saves him from execution, and the two escape into the surrounding mountains. A pregnant Abby and an injured Postman ride out the winter in an abandoned cabin. When spring arrives, they cross the range and run into a girl, who claims to be a postal carrier. She reveals that Ford Lincoln Mercury organized a postal service based on the Postmans story. They have established communications with other settlements, creating a quasisociety and inadvertently spreading hope. Bethlehem is still fighting to suppress the postal carriers, who are mostly teenagers pitted against a betterequipped enemy. In the face of mounting casualties, the Postman orders everyone to disband and writes a surrender letter to Bethlehem. However, Bethlehem learns to his dismay that the Postmans example has spread farther than he could have anticipated when his men capture a carrier from California, and redoubles his efforts to find the Postman. The Postman, Abby, and a small group of postal carriers travel to Bridge City. When Bethlehems scouts catch up, the enclave leader, Tom Petty, helps the Postman to escape on a cable car to find volunteers for another army. In a recitation of King Henry Vs speech prior to the Siege of Harfleur, the Postman rallies himself and his troops to war. Bethlehem and his army meet the Postmans army across a field. Knowing the casualties will be great if the armies meet in battle, the Postman instead challenges Bethlehem for leadership, with their troops as witnesses. The Postman wins the fight with inspiration from the Neither snow nor rain inscription, and offers Bethlehem a chance to build a new, peaceful world. Bethlehem lunges to shoot the Postman but is shot by his former first officer. The officer surrenders, and the rest of the militia follows. Thirty years later, in 2043, the Postmans grown daughter speaks at a ceremony unveiling a statue in tribute to her late father. The modern clothing and technology show that the Postmans actions have rebuilt the United States and possibly the other nations of the world.