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Chapter 11

           LaterthatdayhehaddemonstratedthemattertoJubal,remainingonthebottomforadelicioustime,andhehadtriedtoteachittohisbrotherJill?butshehadbecomedisturbedandhehaddesisted.Itwashisfirstclearrealizationthattherewerethingsthathecoulddothatthesenewfriendscouldnot.Hethoughtaboutitalongtime,tryingtogrokitsfullness.

           Smithwashappy;Harshawwasnot.Hecontinuedhisusualroutineofaimlessloafing,variedonlybycasualandunplannedobservationofhislaboratoryanimal,theManfromMars.HearrangednoscheduleforSmith,noprogrammeofstudy,noregularphysicalexaminations,butsimplyallowedSmithtodoashepleased,runwild,likeapuppygrowinguponaranch.WhatsupervisionSmithreceivedcamefromJill:morethanenough,inJubal’sgrumpyopinionsashetookadimviewofmalesbeingrearedbyfemales.

           However,GillianBoardmandidlittlemorethancoachValentineSmithintherudimentsofhumansocialbehaviorandheneededverylittlecoaching.Heateatthetablewiththeothersnow,dressedhimself(atleastJubalthoughthedid;hemadeamentalnotetoaskJillifshestillhadtoassisthim);heconformedacceptablytothehousehold’sveryinformalcustomsandappearedabletocopewithmostnewexperiencesona"monkey-see-monkey"basis.SmithstartedhisfirstmealatthetableusingonlyaspoonandJillhadcutuphismeatforhim.Bytheendofthemealhewasattemptingtoeatastheothersate.

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