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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mr. President, by Stephen Arr
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+Title: Mr. President
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+Author: Stephen Arr
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+<div class="tr"><p class="center">Transcriber's Note:</p>
+<p class="center">This etext was produced from Galaxy Science Fiction November 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.</p></div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;">
+<img class="img1" src="images/cover.jpg" width="400" height="613" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h1>Mr. President</h1>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h2>By STEPHEN ARR</h2>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h3>Illustrated by DICK FRANCIS</h3>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<div class="blockquot"><p>He had been overwhelmingly elected.
+Messages of sympathy poured in, but
+they couldn't help ... nothing could.</p></div>
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_g1.jpg" alt="G" width="41" height="50" /></div>
+<p>eorge Wong stood
+pale and silent by the
+video screen, listening to
+the election returns, a long-stemmed
+glass of champagne clutched
+forgotten in his trembling right
+hand.</p>
+
+<p>The announcer droned on: "&mdash;latest
+returns from Venus, with
+half of the election districts reporting,
+give three billion four
+hundred and ninety-six million
+votes for Wong, against one billion,
+four hundred million for
+Thompson, one billion one hundred
+million for Miccio, and nine
+hundred million for Kau. These
+results, added to the almost complete
+returns from Earth and the
+first fragmentary reports from
+Mars, clearly indicate a landslide
+vote for Wong as the next President
+of the Solar Union. The two
+billion votes from Ganymede and
+Callisto, which will be received
+early tomorrow morning, cannot
+appreciably affect the results. The
+battle for the twenty-five Vice-Presidents
+is less clear. It is certain
+that Thompson, Miccio,
+Kau, Singh, and DuLavier will
+all be among those elected, but
+in what order is not yet...."</p>
+
+<p>Wong leaned over and snapped
+the video off. His shoulders sagged.
+He leaned against the console
+as though too tired to move,
+a slight, narrow-shouldered man
+with a very high forehead and
+thin receding black hair. His
+large, sad, almond-shaped eyes
+and yellow-tinted skin indicated
+that there was a good deal of
+Asiatic in the mixed blood that
+flowed through his veins.</p>
+
+<p>"I'm sorry, truly sorry,"
+Michael Thompson said sympathetically,
+placing a friendly arm
+across the narrow shoulders of the
+successful candidate. They were
+alone in the living room of the
+hotel suite in New Geneva, which
+they had shared for the campaign.
+"The people chose well.
+After the wonderful job you did
+in organizing the colonization of
+Io and Europa, you were the logical
+man. And then you do have
+the fantastic Responsibility Quotient
+of 9.6 out of 10. Anyway,"
+he added with a weary shrug,
+"don't feel too bad&mdash;it looks as
+though I'll be First Vice-President."</p>
+
+<p>A brief ghost of a smile crossed
+George Wong's face. "We who
+are about to die salute you," he
+said, lifting his glass in a bitter
+toast to the blank video screen.</p>
+
+<p>Thompson, the man who was
+to be First Vice-President, silently
+joined him.</p>
+
+<p>"At least," Wong sighed, putting
+his empty glass down on the
+video, "I don't have a family.
+Look at poor Kau. At Miccio.
+With wives and children, how
+they must have suffered when
+they learned they had been drafted
+by the conventions.... Well, I
+guess there's nothing else to do
+but to go to bed and wait until
+they come for me in the morning.
+Good night, Michael."</p>
+
+<p>"Good night, George," Michael
+Thompson said. He turned toward
+his own room. "I <i>am</i> sorry,"
+he said again.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_w.jpg" alt="W" width="51" height="40" /></div>
+
+<p>ong had already eaten
+breakfast and was dressed
+in an inconspicuous tweed suit
+for the inauguration when the
+chimes sounded, telling him that
+they were at the door. Slowly, he
+walked to the door and opened
+it.</p>
+
+<p>"Good morning, Mr. President,"
+the man outside said
+cheerily, flashing his famous grin.
+George Wong immediately recognized
+Al Grimm, the man who
+had been personal secretary to
+sixty-three Presidents. He was
+one of the vast army of civil servants
+who kept the wheels of
+government turning smoothly until
+Presidents were able to make
+the decisions that would create
+policy.</p>
+
+<p>"Good morning, Al," George
+Wong said. "I am afraid I'll have
+to place myself completely in
+your hands for these first few
+days. Do we go to the Executive
+Mansion for the inauguration
+now?"</p>
+
+<p>"Yes, sir. Then, after your inauguration,
+to the office. Messages
+of condolence have been
+pouring in all night, but I don't
+think you want to bother with
+them. However, I am afraid we
+will have to bring up some of the
+problems that have arisen in the
+two weeks since President Reynolds
+left office."</p>
+
+<p>"How is he?" Wong asked. "I
+knew him, you know. He taught
+at Venus University at the same
+time I did. He was a fine man."</p>
+
+<p>"I'm afraid he's no better," Al
+said, shaking his head. "We're
+doing all we can for him, but he
+won't even speak to his wife. You
+know how difficult it is."</p>
+
+<p>"Yes, I know," Wong said.</p>
+
+<p>They rode downstairs in silence
+and walked to the Presidential
+Copter parked in the street in
+front of the house. A few guards
+loitered in the vicinity, but there
+were no crowds. They entered
+the plush copter, which rose
+smoothly under its whirling
+blades and carried them over the
+city, landing finally on the lawn
+of the Executive Mansion.</p>
+
+<p>Chief Justice Herz met them,
+dressed in a blue business suit,
+and after they shook hands he
+administered the oath.</p>
+
+<p>"Do you, George Wong," he
+asked, "swear to make every decision
+you are asked to make as
+President of the Solar Union for
+the benefit of the people of the
+Union and in accord with what
+you believe to be fair and just,
+fully cognizant of the fact that
+the welfare of seventy-five billion
+citizens of the Union is dependent
+on you?"</p>
+
+<p>"I do," George Wong said,
+through a painfully dry throat
+that would barely permit the
+words to come out.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_t.jpg" alt="T" width="36" height="40" /></div>
+<p>hey all shook hands again.
+Then Al Grimm led the President
+across the grassy lawn, into
+the mansion, and up to the office
+that had served over a thousand
+Presidents. Wong entered it nervously.
+It was a large plain room,
+severely decorated. Tentatively,
+he slid into the chair behind the
+huge steel desk, and began opening
+the drawers. He found them
+fully stocked with tapes, a recorder,
+all the other necessities.
+The desk and everything else in
+the room was brand new. There
+was no trace anywhere of his
+predecessors, and he was relieved
+to find it so. The Psychology Department
+at work, he thought.</p>
+
+<p>"While we are moving your
+effects into the living quarters,
+Mr. President," Al said from the
+doorway, "I wonder if we could
+start discussing the problem of
+the Gnii ... their Ambassadors
+have presented an ultimatum,
+and they demand an answer today."</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_s.jpg" alt="S" width="26" height="40" /></div>
+<p>o soon, President Wong
+thought. Couldn't he have
+just a few hours to get used to
+his office, to wander through the
+building, to explore the green
+garden that he could see from his
+barred window stretching out behind
+the mansion?</p>
+
+<p>For a second, he almost rebelled;
+but even as he thought of answering
+no, he realized that he
+never would. The Psych Agents
+had measured his Responsibility
+Quotient at 9.6, and they didn't
+make mistakes.</p>
+
+<p>"Of course," he answered with
+forced enthusiasm. "Who do you
+suggest I discuss the matter
+with? For that matter, who are
+the Gnii?"</p>
+
+<p>"I have the Manager of Defense,
+the Manager of Trade, and
+the Manager of Foreign Affairs
+waiting in the anteroom. With
+your permission, I'll call them in
+and they'll explain the problem.
+But first, if you would sign this
+order ... it has already been approved
+by President Reynolds
+and by all of the Managers concerned."</p>
+
+<p>President Wong took the paper.
+It was an order sending a space
+platoon, 5,000 warships and 500,000
+men, to the system of Altair
+A, to place themselves under the
+command of the Grasvian fleet
+for an attack against the system
+of Altair D.</p>
+
+<p>The President frowned. "What's
+the story behind this?"</p>
+
+<p>"As you know," Al explained
+patiently, "there is an unwritten
+agreement throughout the Galaxy
+that if any system conquers too
+many other systems, an intersystem
+police force is formed to
+cut the conqueror down. Since
+for all practical purposes, there is
+an infinity of systems in the Galaxy,
+and as each conqueror borders
+on more and more of them
+as he grows larger in three-dimensional
+expansion, unlike the
+one-dimensional conquests that
+used to occur on the surface of
+planets, conquest of the Galaxy
+is an obvious impossibility. However,
+the inhabitants of Altair D
+seem to have embarked on a policy
+of reckless expansion that
+could reach us in time."</p>
+
+<p>"I see," President Wong said.
+"How far away are they?"</p>
+
+<p>"It will take the platoon sixteen
+years to get to the rendezvous.
+They will remain for ten
+years, then return. Because of
+the distance, we are not expected
+to send more than this token
+force."</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_p.jpg" alt="P" width="36" height="40" /></div>
+<p>resident Wong looked at
+the order. It had already been
+signed by President Reynolds, by
+the Managers of Defense and of
+Foreign Affairs. After all, even
+though forty-two years was a
+long period of time to chop out
+of a man's life, only 500,000 men
+were involved, and it was the
+duty of every citizen to give his
+life for his planet if required.</p>
+
+<p>With an impatient motion, he
+rolled his thumbprint in the soft
+plastic signature space, and held
+it for a second as it hardened.
+Then he threw the order into a
+basket labeled <span class="smcap">outgoing correspondence</span>.</p>
+
+<p>His first official duty completed,
+he should have felt exhilarated;
+but instead, nagging
+thoughts of guilt tugged at his
+brain.</p>
+
+<p>Who were the inhabitants of
+Altair D, anyway? How did he
+know that the police action was
+just? Shouldn't he get out the
+whole file and go over it?</p>
+
+<p>But that would take days ...
+and there was the matter of the
+Gnii, whoever they were.</p>
+
+<p>The three managers entered.
+President Wong stood up and
+shook hands with them. They
+didn't waste time on other preliminaries,
+but rushed straight
+into business.</p>
+
+<p>"The Gnii," the Manager of
+Trade, a large, red-faced man
+said, "demand that we remove
+our trading planetoid from their
+system. They allege that the
+planetoid is a security risk, in
+that it could be used for remote-control
+bombing of any of their
+planets. They threaten that if we
+don't remove it voluntarily, they
+will attack it, and their Ambassadors
+are here in person to take
+our reply to their ultimatum."</p>
+
+<p>There was nothing unusual in
+that, President Wong knew. Since
+both spaceships and any other
+known means of communication
+traveled at the speed of light, it
+was now more common to send
+Ambassadors on important missions
+than to send messages.</p>
+
+<p>"What do you think we should
+do?" President Wong asked the
+Manager of Trade.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft1"><img src="images/image_i1.jpg" alt="I" width="35" height="40" /></div>
+<p>&nbsp; think we should tell them
+to go to hell," the Manager
+of Trade replied, his heavy face
+turning redder. "After all, we
+have a million trading planetoids
+out in the Galaxy&mdash;if we retreat
+here, we set a dangerous precedent."</p>
+
+<p>"I see," Wong said, frowning.
+"I don't recall any alien trading
+planetoids in <i>our</i> system."</p>
+
+<p>"Of course not, Mr. President,"
+said the Manager Of Foreign Affairs,
+a tall, lean, distinguished-looking
+gentleman with blue eyes
+and iron-gray hair. "We don't
+permit them, for much the same
+reason that the Gnii want them
+removed from their system. Trading
+planetoids are usually only
+tolerated in backward systems.
+Apparently the Gnii no longer
+desire to be considered backward.
+I, for one, think that we would be
+making a mistake not to accede
+to their request."</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, that's very fine, decent,
+sporting and all that," the Manager
+of Trade said irritatedly.
+"But I have to worry about feeding
+this overpopulated system of
+ours, which would starve if it
+weren't for intersystem trade&mdash;a
+significant part of which is carried
+on through the planetoids."</p>
+
+<p>"Can we protect the threatened
+planetoid?" President Wong asked
+the Manager of Defense, a
+short, slim black man with flaming
+red hair.</p>
+
+<p>The Manager of Defense considered
+his reply carefully. "Not
+if they are willing to pay a terrific
+price to destroy it," he said
+finally. "After all, it's thirty-three
+years away. While we can
+send out a fleet immediately that
+would get there at the same time
+as the Ambassadors, and before
+they could mount an attack, we
+hardly could send reinforcements
+and replacements once the battle
+is joined. But from the best information
+available, I think that
+a small force of twenty or twenty-five
+thousand troops should be
+able to frighten the Gnii out of
+doing anything foolish. They
+aren't very far advanced."</p>
+
+<p>"Thirty-three years," President
+Wong said frowning. "That
+means a mixed crew with facilities
+for children. I am told that
+things often go wrong on that
+type of mission."</p>
+
+<p>The Manager of Defense nodded.
+"They do," he agreed shortly.
+"However, I have analyzed
+that problem in detail in my report."</p>
+
+<p>President Wong sighed. "If you
+gentlemen will leave your reports
+with me, I will make my decision
+by tomorrow morning."</p>
+
+<p>Each of the Managers gave him
+several rolls of tape. Those of the
+Manager of Trade felt by far the
+heaviest. President Wong slipped
+them into the racks in his upper
+left-hand desk drawer.</p>
+
+<p>"Ask the Gnii to come in," he
+said to Al.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_a.jpg" alt="A" width="37" height="40" /></div>
+<p>l pushed a button on the arm
+of his chair, and the door
+swung open. Four large spidery
+creatures entered the room, followed
+by a small bald man.
+Their round bodies were encased
+in plastic globes, in which a
+whitish translucent gas swirled.
+They walked over to the President's
+desk, and the leader extended
+a hairy leg.</p>
+
+<p>With an effort, President Wong
+forced himself to take the leg
+with his hand and pump it up
+and down. He noticed that the
+creature withdrew the leg as soon
+as it was decently possible, and
+smiled a bit as he concluded that
+their aversion was mutual.</p>
+
+<p>The Gnii stepped back and began
+waving his two front legs.</p>
+
+<p>"He is asking for your reply to
+his ultimatum," the small bald
+man interpreted.</p>
+
+<p>"Tell him I'll give him a definite
+decision tomorrow," President
+Wong said. "Apologize for my not
+being able to reply today, and
+point out that since it will take
+him thirty-three years to get
+home, one day will not make
+much difference."</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;">
+<img src="images/image_001.jpg" width="800" height="404" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<p>The bald interpreter waved his
+hands. The four Gnii went into a
+small huddle, waving their spidery
+legs at each other. Then the
+leader turned to the interpreter
+again and "spoke."</p>
+
+<p>"They say that they agree,"
+the interpreter said. "But they
+want to emphasize that it is not
+because they fear the power of
+the Solar System."</p>
+
+<p>The Gnii leader hesitated a
+moment, then extended his leg
+again. President Wong pumped
+it once. The Gnii dropped his
+hand and turned and left the
+room, with the three others and
+the interpreter filing after him.</p>
+
+<p>"If you don't need me any
+more," the Manager of Trade
+said, glancing at his watch, "I'll
+go back to the Trade Bureau. I
+have a meeting with a number
+of the department heads."</p>
+
+<p>President Wong nodded tiredly.
+"I have the tapes. I'll study all
+your positions tonight."</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_t.jpg" alt="T" width="36" height="40" /></div>
+<p>he Manager of Trade and
+the Manager of Foreign Affairs
+rose and left the room. The
+Manager of Defense stayed in
+his seat.</p>
+
+<p>"If you feel up to it," Al said,
+"the Manager of Defense would
+appreciate it if you would present
+a Presidential citation to the remains
+of the Third Company.
+They were involved in a police
+action in the system of Veganea,
+and their morale is shattered. As
+you know, the award is traditional,
+as is the speech. Here's the
+text&mdash;all you need do is read it."</p>
+
+<p>"All right," President Wong
+said, taking the paper from Al's
+hand and scanning it. There was
+only one paragraph.</p>
+
+<p>The door opened and four old
+men entered, followed by an honor
+guard of eight husky privates.
+They approached the desk and
+stood at attention. President
+Wong looked up from the speech
+and felt a wave of sudden nausea.
+For a second, he was afraid
+that he actually was going to be
+sick. None of their old lined faces
+was complete. The worst wounded
+had less than half a face, and
+that discolored by purple blotches
+of radiation scar-tissue. He was
+blind, and the others maneuvered
+him into position before the desk.</p>
+
+<p>"For the heroic parts which
+you played in the Police Action
+against Veganea&mdash;" Wong stumbled
+over the name, then continued
+hastily&mdash;"I, the President of
+the Solar Union, hereby...."</p>
+
+<p>"Rot," said the blind one,
+through toothless gums in a voice
+that was only a hoarse whisper.
+"Tell me, do you know where
+Veganea is? Does anyone on
+Earth know where Veganea is, or
+care? How many men, Mr. President,
+how many men, young and
+healthy, left for that police action?
+Do you know?" His hoarse
+voice rose. "Four came back ... but
+can any of you gentlemen
+tell me <i>how many left</i>?"</p>
+
+<p>"That's enough," the Manager
+of Defense said. At his signal,
+two of the honor guards gently
+took hold of the veteran's arms
+and walked him out of the room
+along with the others.</p>
+
+<p>"I order that he not be punished,"
+Wong said sharply.</p>
+
+<p>"He won't be," the Manager of
+Defense said. "Do you take me
+for a barbarian? I had hoped,
+though, that your interest might
+change their attitude. As you can
+imagine, it's raising hell with the
+morale of the recruits."</p>
+
+<p>"By the way," the President
+asked, "where is Veganea, and
+how many men <i>did</i> we send
+there?"</p>
+
+<p>"It's about twenty-four years
+away, near Vega. The action
+started before my time and I
+don't know how many men were
+involved&mdash;probably not more than
+a few million. The Police Action
+ended successfully, but our ships
+were in the first wave and were
+wiped out."</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_t.jpg" alt="T" width="36" height="40" /></div>
+<p>he President sat down wearily.
+His hand strayed over to
+the order he had signed that
+morning for a police action, then
+drifted aimlessly away.</p>
+
+<p>"What's next?" he asked Al.
+He slipped a few energy pills into
+his mouth as Al consulted his
+book.</p>
+
+<p>"There's the matter of the conversion
+bomb," Al said. "The
+Manager of Scientific Research
+and the Manager of Defense
+would like you to make a decision
+about it."</p>
+
+<p>"The conversion bomb?" President
+Wong said, puzzled. "I've
+never heard of it."</p>
+
+<p>"It is highest level top secret,"
+the Manager of Defense explained.
+"Instead of breaking down
+atoms and releasing some energy
+as in the standard fission weapons,
+it converts matter entirely
+into energy. Given the matter-energy
+equation, the energy released
+by a small amount of
+matter is fantastic."</p>
+
+<p>Al had risen and gone to the
+door. He returned with an old,
+gray-haired, stoop-shouldered
+man. The President recognized
+the famous Manager of Research.</p>
+
+<p>The Manager launched immediately
+into his argument without
+preliminaries. "Mr. President,
+while my department has finally
+found a way to convert matter
+directly into energy, I believe
+that any use of this process would
+be disastrous. First, there is absolutely
+no safeguard that could
+prevent a matter-conversion powered
+machine, used for peaceful
+purposes, from being changed
+into a lethal weapon by the simplest
+of alterations. And as a
+weapon, the conversion bomb, unlike
+atomic bombs, could not
+only destroy planets but stars
+with their entire systems. We all
+know that the law of the Galaxy
+is to prevent its domination by
+any one system&mdash;and given the
+distances and populations involved,
+that domination is obviously
+impossible. But if we
+began to construct conversion
+bombs, and if word of it got out,
+the whole Galaxy would rise
+against us, all the way to the
+Edge."</p>
+
+<p>"But, Mr. President," the Manager
+of Defense said calmly. "We
+are not a unique people. If we
+do not produce the conversion
+bomb, you may rest assured that
+someone else will. Maybe even
+our friends, the Gnii. No system
+has ever saved itself by refusing
+to manufacture the best weapons
+available to it. As for the Galaxy
+rising against us&mdash;if we have the
+conversion bomb, let them! We
+will be able to defend ourselves
+against any or all of them and
+blast their suns into novae."</p>
+
+<p>"Until <i>they</i> have the bomb,"
+the Manager of Scientific Research
+interrupted. "As you say,
+we are not a unique people."</p>
+
+<p>"Gentlemen," the President
+said, standing up suddenly. "I feel
+tired and dizzy. The idea of a
+bomb that can wipe out systems
+is new to me. If you will leave
+your tapes, I will study your
+arguments tonight, and we can
+resume this discussion tomorrow."</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_t.jpg" alt="T" width="36" height="40" /></div>
+<p>he two Managers rose immediately,
+shook hands with
+the President, and left. They did
+not speak to each other as they
+went through the door.</p>
+
+<p>"Mr. President," Al said, "it's
+seven o'clock. Will you join me
+for dinner, sir?"</p>
+
+<p>President Wong slumped back
+into his seat and stared dully at
+Al, only half noticing his friendly
+grin. "What would you do about
+the Gnii, Al, if you were in my
+place?" he asked.</p>
+
+<p>"I'm sorry, sir," Al said, "but
+I really don't know. Better come
+along for some dinner. You've
+had a hard day, and you have
+a harder one ahead of you tomorrow.
+We saved a number of
+difficult problems that we didn't
+want to throw at you on your
+first day in office."</p>
+
+<p>A ghost of a smile crept over
+the President's face, then disappeared
+quickly. "It's all right, Al.
+Go ahead and eat. I think I'll
+just stay here and go over these
+tapes."</p>
+
+<p>As Al left, President Wong saw
+the order for the police action on
+his desk. He picked it up to call
+Al to take it with him, but his
+eyes caught the words <i>500,000
+men</i> ... <i>sixteen years</i>, and a picture
+of the terribly wounded veterans
+flashed before his eyes.
+Really, he would have to go
+through the files and find out if
+the expedition was necessary....</p>
+
+<p>He opened the left-hand desk
+drawer and stared at the Gnii
+tapes, but he didn't take any of
+them out. It seemed like too much
+of an effort.</p>
+
+<p>And then, the conversion bomb
+was so much more important.</p>
+
+<p>He closed the first drawer and
+opened the one with the conversion
+bomb tapes.</p>
+
+<p>But the Gnii had to be answered
+tomorrow&mdash;the bomb
+could wait. He slammed the
+drawer shut.</p>
+
+<p>"Gnii," he muttered to himself,
+and opened the other drawer.</p>
+
+<p>Then he noticed that he had
+put the police action order back
+into his <span class="smcap">outgoing</span> basket. He
+slammed the drawer with the Gnii
+tapes shut again and opened the
+drawer below it and pushed the
+order inside, so that it wouldn't
+be picked up by mistake before
+he could check on it.</p>
+
+<p>"Five hundred thousand men
+in here," he said as he closed the
+drawer. "Going to&mdash;"</p>
+
+<p>Where were they supposed to
+go? He couldn't remember. He
+opened the drawer again and
+looked at the order. To Altair D.
+The name had no meaning for
+him.</p>
+
+<p>Now, let's see ... oh, yes, the
+conversion bomb tape.</p>
+
+<p>He opened the drawer to take
+out the tapes, and remembered
+that the Gnii ultimatum had to
+be answered by tomorrow.</p>
+
+<p>"Gnii, Gnu, Gnuts," he said,
+opening a drawer. It was the
+wrong one, and the tapes weren't
+there. Which tapes?</p>
+
+<p>The door opened, and President
+Wong looked up to see Al's
+smiling face peering in.</p>
+
+<p>"I was passing by, sir," Al said,
+"and I wondered if I couldn't
+talk you into supper&mdash;"</p>
+
+<p>"<i>Get out!</i>" the President shouted.</p>
+
+<p>The door closed softly.</p>
+
+<p>Now where was he?... Oh, yes,
+the conversion bomb. Conversion,
+conversion, conversation, bomb,
+bomb, boom, <i>BOOM</i>. But that
+wasn't it either&mdash;it was the Gnii,
+they had to be answered by tomorrow....
+Gnii, Gnii, Gnu,
+Gnuts, now in what drawer had
+he put the gnats? And why order
+a police action against Gnats?
+Just convert every one of them
+into spiders....</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<div class="figleft"><img src="images/image_a.jpg" alt="A" width="37" height="40" /></div>
+<p>l walked slowly down the
+hall, his grin gone, his face
+looking washed out. He turned
+into his own little office and
+snapped on the communications
+video.</p>
+
+<p>"First Vice-President Michael
+Thompson," he said to the operator.</p>
+
+<p>In a moment Thompson appeared
+on the screen.</p>
+
+<p>"Mr. First Vice-President," Al
+said in a tired voice, "may I
+suggest that you remain in the
+Capital for the next few weeks?"</p>
+
+<p>Even though he knew that it
+was not polite, Al snapped off
+the set without waiting for a reply&mdash;but
+not before he caught the
+white and frightened look on
+Thompson's face.</p>
+
+<p class="p1"><b>&mdash;STEPHEN ARR</b></p>
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+
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+
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author	Roger Frank <rfrank@pglaf.org>	2025-10-14 19:58:06 -0700
committer	Roger Frank <rfrank@pglaf.org>	2025-10-14 19:58:06 -0700
commit	bf6c41f9db3bb189e5fdb7aa20961bd7ca7ee696 (patch)
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