[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Galaxy Science Fiction July 1957.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
Kaiser stared at the tape in his hand for a long uncomprehending
minute. How long had the stuff been coming through in this inane baby
talk? And why hadn't he noticed it before? Why had he had to read this
last communication a third time before he recognized anything unusual
about it?
He went over the words again, as though maybe this time they'd read as
they should.
OO IS SICK, SMOKY. DO TO BEDDY-BY. KEEP UM WARM. WHEN UM FEELS
BETTER, LET USNS KNOW.