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Dad looked stubborn.

So did I, I guess. тАЬGeorge, I'm telling you, if you leave me behind, it won't do any good. I won't go to
school. I can pass the exams for third class citizenship right now. Then I can get a work permit andтАФтАЭ

He cut me short. тАЬYou won't need a work permit. I'm leaving you well provided for, Bill. You'llтАФтАЭ

тАЬ 'Well provided for'! Do you think I'd touch a credit of yours if you go away and leave me? I'll live on
my student's allowance until I pass the exams and get my work card.тАЭ

тАЬBring your voice down, SonlтАЭ He went on, тАЬYou're proud of being a Scout, aren't you?тАЭ

тАЬWell--yes.тАЭ

тАЬI seem to remember that Scouts are supposed to be obedient. And courteous, too.тАЭ

That one was pretty hot over the plate. I had to think about it. тАЬGeorgeтАФтАФтАЭ

тАЬYes, Bill?тАЭ

тАЬIf I was rude, I'm sorry. But the Scout Law wasn't thought up to make it easy to push a Scout around.
As long as I'm living in your home I'll do what you say. But if you walk out on me, you don't have any
more claim on me. Isn't that fair?тАЭ

тАЬBe reasonable, Son. I'm doing it for your own good.тАЭ

тАЬDon't change the subject, George. Is that fair or isn't it? If you go hundreds of millions of miles away,
how can you expect to run my life after you're gone? I'll be on my own.тАЭ

тАЬI'll still be your father.тАЭ

тАЬFathers and sons should stick together. As I recall, the fathers that came over in the originalMayflower
brought their kids with them.тАЭ

тАЬThis is different.тАЭ

тАЬHow?тАЭ

тАЬIt's further, incredibly furtherтАФand dangerous.тАЭ

тАЬSo was that move dangerousтАФhalf the Plymouth Rock colony died the first winter; everybody knows
that. And distance doesn't mean anything; what matters is how long it takes. If I had had to walk back
this afternoon, I'd still be hiking next month. It took the Pilgrims sixty-three days to cross the Atlantic or
so they taught me in schoolтАФbut this afternoon the caster said that theMayflowerтАФ will reach
Ganymede in sixty days. That makes Ganymede closer than London was to Plymouth Rock.тАЭ

Dad stood up and knocked out his pipe. тАЬI'm not going to argue, Son.тАЭ

тАЬAnd I'm not, either.тАЭ I took a deep breath. I shouldn't have said the next thing I did say, but I was mad.
I'd never been treated this way before and I guess I wanted to hurt back. тАЬBut I can tell you this: you're