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and sad.

Freddy did not give in. When the monkey realized she could not be convinced to follow any farther, it
hopped around her a few times, cried out a number of times with strange sounds and finally sprang off
towards the west. Freddy could see it until it reached the rocky wall. The stone had the same light grey
colour as its fur and thus Freddy could no longer see the oddly comical animal.

Rather thoughtfully, Freddy remained where she was and looked around to see if there was a 2nd snake
somewhere in the vicinity. Then she tried to figure out her little rescuer. It was known that monkeys in
general and Rhesus monkeys in particular could often behave like human beings to an amazing degree.

But what Freddy had just experienced here seemed to go far beyond that. She was ready to admit that
her rescuer had considerably more brain inside its skull than its Earthly counterparts.

She turned to go back to the pond and from there to the camp. At that moment something rustled and
crackled in the bushes. Freddy took a terrified step back.

Then Milligan came panting out of the brush, a gun in his hand. He looked around and discovered
Freddy.

"Thank God!" he cried. "I thought for sure thatтАж" FreddyтАЩs anger, brought forth in her helplessness
against the snake had long since flown. "You were almost right!" she answered with a relieved laugh. "For
a moment there I was just about to say goodbye to this lovely world."

She told him briefly what had happened. MilliganтАЩs embarrassment increased with every word. "And all
that," he finally said, "just because I went to sleep! If Mullon wants to skin me alive, itтАЩll serve me right."

"DonтАЩt worryтАФhe wonтАЩt," Freddy assured him. "Nobody had any idea how dangerous this place is.
Anyway, I should have told you when I went off by myself."

Milligan nodded, still not very happy. "I hope Mullon doesnтАЩt think different than you!"

Mullon agreed with his wife, however, saying later: "We know now what the situation is. I think that after
today no one will sleep while theyтАЩre standing watch." He glanced at his wife. "Nor will anyone run off
without first telling someone where theyтАЩre going."

Otherwise the story of the little monkey interested Mullon more than anything else. Freddy had
memorized carefully the exact point in the western rock wall where she had seen the animal disappear
and Mullon decided to investigate the wall as soon as possible. FreddyтАЩs small rescuer was the first
representative of the primate class the settlers on Grautier had discovered.

Following FreddyтАЩs suggestionтАФthe discoverer has the right to name the discovery, of courseтАФthe
monkey species was dubbed тАШMungosтАЩ. Freddy had studied galactic biology in Terrania before going
with Mullon and knew that an animal of the same name was to be found on Earth; she had decided that
the name тАШMungoтАЩ fit her discovery.

Mullon and Pashen had returned with the helicopter towards 2500 hours. According to the custom now
in effect on Grautier, a 3-hour rest period was called, to last until shortly before 2900 hours. Mullon had
the intention of catching at least one of the black pond-dwellers before the evening was doneтАФthe fish
that Freddy had escaped only because her feet could no longer carry her and to whom the monkey had