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The husband and wife both smiled.

"-and on occasion, the teachers do plant the board of education firmly
against the butts of deserving students."

The smiles broadened.

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"Sports are secondary in the SUSA. We have sports, of course, but
education comes first."

The husband and wife sighed in anticipated contentment.

"The PTs will brief you all. OK?"

"It sounds like heaven to me," the woman said.
"It isn't, ma'am. I assure you of that. All we've done is brought
everything back to a common sense form of government. And it will take
some getting used to, believe me. So ... get squared away and start
teaching your kids. It'll be planting time shortly. Do you have seeds
and equipment?"

"We have seeds. No modern equipment."

"We'll see that you're properly equipped to farm."

A man stepped out of the crowd. "May I say something, General?"

"Sure. Free speech is freer here than in any other place on the face of
the earth."

The man smiled. "You and your Rebels are not at all like what we were
told you would be. We were told by members of Representative Hooter's
organization, and also by members of Simon Border's group, that you were
right-wing savages. That you all lived by the gun and that if we came in
here and tried to stay, we would all be slaughtered. The women raped and
the men tortured."

Several of the Scouts burst out laughing at that, and soon all the
Rebels standing close enough to hear were chuckling.

"Well, I hope you've seen that isn't true," Ben countered. He caught the
eye of a little girl clinging to her mother's hand and Ben smiled at
her. She smiled shyly.

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