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Title: Fair and Warmer

Author: E. G. von Wald

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FAIR AND WARMER

by

E. G. VON WALD

Illustrated by Paul Orban

[Sidenote: _Tensor's melancholia threatened to disturb the entire
citizenry, and that was most uncivil! So--if these peculiar aliens
caused him this distress, by provoking his intellectual curiosity, the
remedy was for him to investigate them to his complete satisfaction....
Thus, in this manner, did Tensor get well--and did he learn a bit
too...._]

Tensor gazed helplessly at the fine mist sifting down from a hazy,
violet sky. "I told you I was having these spells."

"But Great Oxy," the administrator sputtered, "can't you control
yourself?"

"I can't help it, Ruut," Tensor replied. "I just feel sort of funny
and--and--"

Ruut's hyperimage was chewing on its illusory lip. "Well, you've got to
stop it. Do you understand? There'll be a lot of lichens and things
growing all over the Prime's beautiful landscapes if this keeps up."

The administrator's concern amused Tensor and, as his mood lightened,
the drizzle abated and the sky became clear again.

"I'm sorry," he apologized sincerely. "But I just seem to be having
trouble lately. Ever since the aliens came."

"Oh, come now, son," Ruut chortled with assumed heartin