13 Great Stories of Science Fiction by Groff Conklin

Author:Groff Conklin [Conklin, Groff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fawcett Gold Medal
Published: 1960-05-02T18:47:08+00:00

Two hours previously, the mayor of Oakland just across the bay, in a gaudy display of civic friendship, dispatched to the scene over 500 boy scouts who were having their annual jamboree on the shores of Lake Merritt. The following excerpt is quoted from a letter later written by Scoutmaster Jerrold Danielsen to the National Chairman of Boy Scouts of America and printed with the permission of Mr. Danielsen:

“… wish to take exception to your letter reprimanding the Hedgehog Patrol for ‘conduct unbecoming to Scouts,’ as you put it. It is true our boys became lost and wandered about for over three hours, but I think it is to their credit they didn’t lose their heads completely. After all, being lost in a forest and being lost in a maze of rubber letters are two different things—I might remind you it was impossible to cut notches in the trunks of these slogans.

“As to your statement about ‘building campfires on every street corner and adding to the general confusion,’ I will point out these campfires were used to make hunter’s stew and boosted the morale of over fifteen hungry San Franciscans (by actual count) with whom it was shared.

“So far as your claims that…” j

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