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incisor tooth, hoping to spit it out at the first opportunity. But it had to be done for appearancesтАЩ sake.
There was indeed a type of rabbit roaming GoszulтАЩs Planet and he endeavoured to imitate them.
 PuckyтАЩs hair bristled uncontrollably at the back of his neck at the sight of the fighting machines close to
him with their energy-beamers aiming straight ahead. Perhaps the robots had been standing immovably at
the same spot for months, which didnтАЩt mean a thing to them: they lacked a sense of space and time and
if their task consisted of waiting and watching they couldтАЩve stood there a thousand years unless they
received orders to the contrary.

It was all the same to Pucky as long as they didnтАЩt take notice of him. He hopped a few more feet and
stopped at a green clump of grass.

The nearest robot was about 60 feet away and directed his gleaming lenses almost lazily to the
trespasser. His neighbours didnтАЩt move at all.

Pucky had a funny feeling in his stomach which could not be ascribed to the mouthful of grass he had
suddenly swallowed. Bravely he continued downing the unsavoury food to make himself look as much as
possible like a local rabbit.

If only he could teleport himself out of there! But this couldтАЩve ruined RhodanтАЩs plans. The robots would
be tipped off at once that the place had been discovered by enemies. They would take immediate action
and perhaps even demolish the ship if they thought it was the only thing to do. Pucky took it for granted
that the robots had obtained the information that the SpringersтАЩ commanders had fled.

The grass tasted simply awful.

The next clump of grass grew exactly between the two robots posted in front of Pucky. The
mouse-beaver overcame a shudder and bounced toward the green patch. He was holding his breath and
concentrated himself so he could dematerialise instantaneously. He wanted to avoid this method of rescue
unless it was absolutely necessary.

The nearest robot slowly turned in his direction. Its left arm moved almost unnoticeably and pointed
directly at Pucky, who didnтАЩt dare breathe and resolutely continued hopping to the clump of grass which
suddenly looked so desirable.

The next seconds were filled with unbearable tension. Would the robot assume it was necessary to kill
the seemingly harmless animal? If so, certainly not out of boredom, which was unknown to the robots.
But suppose the robots were programmed to keep all living beings out of the valley?

If this were true why didnтАЩt the robot at the entrance act in accordance with such instructions?

Pucky intended to ponder this question when he had timeтАФwhich was not the case right now.

He reached the clump of grass and began to nibble at it. Although it was no tastier than before Pucky
suddenly thought it the most delicious food he had ever eaten. This impression lasted only till his single
incisor tried unsuccessfully to chew the grass.

The robot observed PuckyтАЩs grazing with obvious interest. Its weapon arm was raised and ready to
shoot. If it had been its intention to exterminate the little animal it wouldnтАЩt have hesitated to do so. There
simply wouldnтАЩt have been any logical reason for such a delay.