Science Fiction

The Moons of Mars

Evans, Dean; Emshwiller, Ed, 1925-1990 [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 6,344 words

He seemed a very little boy to be carrying so large a butterfly net. He swung it in his chubby right fist as he walked, and at first glance you couldn't be sure if he were carrying it, or it carrying _him_.

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1. Part 1

He seemed a very little boy to be carrying so large a butterfly net. He swung it in his chubby right fist as he walked, and at first glance you couldn't be sure if he were carry...

2. Part 2

After a long while she looked up into my eyes. "His name was Tahily," she said. "He had the secret. He knew where the gold vein was. And soon, in a couple of years maybe, when a...