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and career of a particular holofilm director. This gave her an excuse to
watch her very favorite films over and over, eased the irritation of having
to make selections from the almost too complete collection in the
computer chambers, and drove Dan to catch up on his exercise in the
ship's gym.

When Dan called his wife away from her fourth viewing of her favorite
of all favorite films she saw immediately that he was excited.

"Look, Frannie," he said, pointing to the screen.

"Oh, my," Fran said.

By optical tricks the ship's eyes showed a little yellow star and its family
of no less than six planets. By compressing the distances between the
orbiting bodies the optics made the grouping look like a model solar
system in a classroom.

"Oh, my, Daniel," Fran said.

"I have to confess, Frannie, that I didn't have too much confidence that
we'd actually find something," Dan said.

She bent quickly and kissed him. "Dan Webster, you've always
accomplished everything you set out to do."

"Then I guess I set my aim too low, huh, Mama?"

"You hush. And don't call me Mama."

"Well, there they are. Like a hen and her chicks." He chuckled. "Which
one shall we name Frannie's World?"

"That would be a silly name for a planet."

"Not in my opinion," he said. He turned to the console. "Let's take a
closer look."

Two of the outer planets were dark and ice-shrouded, far from the
life-giving warmth of the sun, circling the distant source like unwanted
orphans. The next two, as they were enlarged on the viewer, proved to be
gas giants. The first planet was too near the solar furnace and was nothing
more than scorched rock. Dan had purposely saved the second planet for
last viewing, because some quick measurements by the sensors had shown
the world to lie in what the computer calculated to be the little yellow
sun's life zone.

Dan held his breath. He pushed buttons. The Century 4000 grunted
and moaned a bit and then the image of a world began to form on the
screen. Dan wanted to see the blue of a water world so badly that for a few