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Chapter 11

           OnthethirdplanetValentineMichaelSmithwasnotconcernedwiththeburningissueonMars;hehadneverheardofit.HisMartiankeeperandhiskeeper’swaterbrothershadnotmockedhimwiththingshecouldnotgrasp.SmithknewofthedestructionofthefifthplanetanditsemotionalimportancejustasanyhumanschoolboylearnsofTroyandPlymouthRock,buthehadnotbeenexposedtoartthathecouldnotgrok.Hiseducationhadbeenunique,enormouslygreaterthanthatofhisnestlings,enormouslylessthanthatofanadult;hiskeeperandhiskeeper’sadvisersamongtheOldOneshadtakenalargepassinginterestinseeingjusthowmuchandofwhatsortthisnestlingaliencouldlearn.Theresultshadtaughtthemmoreaboutthepotentialitiesofthehumanracethanthatracehadyetlearnedaboutitself,forSmithhadgrokkedveryreadilythingsthatnootherhumanbeinghadeverlearned.

           ButjustatpresentSmithwassimplyenjoyinghimselfwithalightheartednesshehadnotexperiencedinmanyyears.HehadwonanewwaterbrotherinJubal,hehadacquiredmanynewfriends,hewasenjoyingdelightfulnewexperiencesinsuchkaleidoscopicquantitythathehadnotimetogrokthem;hecouldonlyfilethemawaytoberelivedatleisure.

           HisbrotherJubalhadassuredhimthatbewouldgrokthisstrangeandbeautifulplacemorequicklyifhewouldlearntoread,sohehadtakenafulldayofftolearntoreadreallywellandquickly,withJillpointingtowordsandpronouncingthemforhim.

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