Science Fiction Carnival by Fredric Brown & Mack Reynolds
Author:Fredric Brown & Mack Reynolds [Brown, Fredric & Reynolds, Mack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1957-05-31T21:00:00+00:00
Mack Reynolds
When the first extra-terrestrials ever to land a space ship on Earth arrive there is no particular reason to believe they will land on the White House lawn. They might land anywhereâmaybe in the Kentucky hills and in the middle of a mountain feud. In that case anything might happen, and damn well does in this delightfully cockeyed yarn by my respected collaborator.
âF.B.
The Martians and the Coys
MAW COY CLIMBED THE FENCE DOWN AT THE end of the south pasture and started up the side of the creek, carrying her bundle over her shoulder and puffing slightly at her exertion.
She forded the creek there at the place where Hankâs old coon dog Jigger was killed by the boar three years ago come next hunting season. Jumping from rock to rock across the creek made her puff even harder; Maw Coy wasnât as young as she once was.
On the other side she rested a minute to light up her pipe and to look carefully about before heading up the draw. She didnât really expect to see any Martins around here, but you never knew. Besides, there mightâve been a revenue agent. They were getting mighty thick and mighty uppity these days. Youâd think the governmentâd have more to do than bother honest folks trying to make an honest living.
The pipe lit, Maw swung the bundle back over her shoulder and started up the draw. Paw and the boys, she reckoned, were probably hungry as a passel of hound dogs by now. Sheâd have to hurry.
When she entered the far side of the clearing, she couldnât see any signs of them so she yelled, âYou Paw! You Hank and Zeke!â Maw Coy liked to give the men folks warning before she came up on the still. Hank, in particular, was mighty quick on the trigger sometimes.
But there wasnât any answer. She trudged across the clearing to where the still was hidden in a cluster of pines. Nobody was there but Lem.
She let the bundle down and glowered at him. âLem, you noaccount, why didnât you answer me when I hollered?â
He grinned at her vacuously, not bothering to get up from where he sat whittling, his back to an old oak. âHuh?â he said. A thin trickle of brown ran down from the side of his mouth and through the stubble on his chin.
âI said, how come you didnât answer when I hollered?â
He said. âYou called Paw and Hank and Zeke, you didnât holler for me. What you got there, Maw, huh?â His watery eyes were fixed on the bundle.
Maw Coy sighed deeply and sat down on a tree stump. âNow what you think I got there, Lem? I been a bringing your vittles to you every day since Paw and you boys started up this new still. Whereâs Paw and Zeke and Hank?â
Lem scratched himself with the stick heâd been whittling on. âThey went off scoutinâ around for the revenooers or maybe the Martins.â He let his mouth fall open and peered wistfully into the woods.
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