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Beyond Lies the Wub, by Philip Kindred Dick
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Title: Beyond Lies the Wub
Author: Philip Kindred Dick
Illustrator: Herman Vestal
Release Date: April 11, 2009 [EBook #28554]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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[Illustration: "The wub, sir," Peterson said. "It spoke!"]
BEYOND LIES THE WUB
By PHILIP K. DICK
The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools.
They had almost finished with the loading. Outside stood the Optus, his arms folded, his face sunk in gloom. Captain Franco walked leisurely down the gangplank, grinning.
"What's the matter?" he said. "You're getting paid for all this."
The Optus said nothing. He turned away, collecting his robes. The Captain put his boot on the hem of the robe.
"Just a minute. Don't go off. I'm not finished."
"Oh?" The Optus turned with dignity. "I am going back to the village." He looked toward the animals and birds being driven up the gangplank into the spaceship. "I must organize new hunts."
Franco lit a cigarette. "Why not? You people can go out into the veldt and track it all down