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'"Splain." He looked as if a headache were coming on.
"He..." The belly scratching grew more vigorous. George
screwed up his face in frustration. "He... Pime... he..."

"Okay, okay. Don't get upset. It's all right that you can't
say it."

"He all of them!" George blurted. "All. One. Many." He
stopped scratching. Something dawned on him, a faint light at
the horizon of his understanding. His gaze was drawn out the
port to the sky. "Me," he said. He stared for a moment, then
lowered his eyes to Winnie. "Winnie, too. She also. We." He
pointed to her, then brought his stubby index finger back to
rest on his chest. "Me. Us." He tapped the finger. "We many."
That said, he sighed, looking a bit sad. " 'Splain no more."
There was a long silence.
Presently, I said, "Thanks, George, Winnie."
Winnie gave me a hug and got down.
"Well, gang," I said, not particularly apropos of anything.
"Yes. Well," John said.
"What do you say we get moving?"
"Yeah," Susan said emptily.

I turned forward, put my foot on the accelerator pedal, and
took hold of the control bars. "Start her up, Sam."
Sam did. The engine thrummed to life.
I looked out across the valley at the green-glass fairy pal-

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ace, and finally thought of something to say. I suppose there


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was an impish grin on my face when I tried to come out with,
"Well, gang, we'reтАФ"

"If you say 'We're off to see the Wizard,'" Sam declared,
"I'll come out of my hidey-hole and bite you on the ass."

3

THE TRIP ACROSS the valley floor was leisurely and unevent-
ful. We passed other structures along the way, ones we hadn't
really noticed with the green fortress riveting our attention.
We took time to puzzle over them now. One looked like a
cross between an Ionic temple and a chemical factory. Another