Space Cat Visits Venus by Ruthven Todd

Author:Ruthven Todd
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2018-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

“Look down,” came the answering thought, and the Colonel looked down at Flyball, who was polishing a whisker to show that, really, he was not in the least surprised.

Unfortunately for his show of disdain, he was polishing the same whisker over and over again as he thought that, since cats knew so much, it would be a pity to let even the Colonel suppose that they did not know all about everything.

“Flyball, you old fraud!” this time he knew it was the Colonel’s thought and not the other. He jumped up in the air in surprise.

Colonel Stone was smiling as he examined a flat, dark green mossy plant with tiny white flowers. His knee had been resting on the edge of this. Now he put his finger against it.

“Yes,” the thought was extremely strong. “I am the one who is in touch with you. When you put your knee on me and your friend, Flyball, had one of his paws resting on me, you were able to read his thoughts and send your own thoughts into his mind. Should you wish to be able to go on doing this, just remove a fragment of my fringe and fasten it to your person and let your companion do the same. It will not hurt or damage me if you do this.”

Obeying instructions, Fred Stone, with his knife, cut off two little pieces of the mossy plant. He slipped one of them under the strap of his wristwatch and tied the other round Flyball’s neck with a piece of tape he took from his pocket.

“Here’s a fine how-do-you-do, Flyball,” he thought. “Thought-reading plants! Are you getting my thoughts?”

“Of course I am,” Flyball thought back in his most dignified manner. “I now know exactly what you’re thinking. And I can’t say I’m sure I like the idea of your being able to break in on all my private thoughts. How do you like the idea of me doing it to you?”

“Hmm. I can see what you mean. Things might get a little difficult,” the Colonel allowed. “But, on the other hand, who would ever have supposed that we’d be able to stand here on Venus, exchanging thoughts at all! And look at it from your own point of view, too, Flyball. Now you’ll be able to let me know exactly what you need to make you comfortable. Up till now I’ve just had to guess. Now there’ll be no more guesswork! Just think of that!”

“Yes, that’s so, Fred,” Flyball replied with great solemnity. “That is if you don’t mind me calling you Fred, do you? After all you call me Flyball and I don’t think of you as Colonel Frederick Stone!”

“Not at all, not at all!” Fred was polite, but his face still bore a bewildered expression as if he could not quite believe what was happening. He had been unable to adjust himself to the new situation as quickly as Flyball, who had taken it as if he had been swapping thoughts with humans all his life.

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