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Allegorical short stories are about as out of style these days a the political poem or pamphlet, and who is to say that th world is a better place as a result? Yet, as -we have alread, noted, there is more than a hint of allegory in the best science fiction. Mr. Smith’s story is both brief and entertaining so that his allegory can only be accepted as a happy bonus.