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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: Shandy - -Author: Ron Goulart - -Release Date: October 28, 2019 [EBook #60587] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SHANDY *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="349" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> -<h1>SHANDY</h1> - -<h2>BY RON GOULART</h2> - -<p class="ph1"><i>Shandy was a teddy bear, a lion,<br /> -an ape, a rival for Nancy Tanner's<br /> -affections.... But what</i> else <i>was he</i>?</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1958.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Holman came down out of the forest of giant orange-woods and trudged -across the plain toward the place where Nancy Tanner lived. It was late -afternoon and the woods beyond Nancy's home were already growing dark -and dim.</p> - -<p>The door of the old spaceship was open and a dark flowered rug hung -over the rail of the gangway. Late sun glazed the round window -near the door, but Holman thought he had seen Nancy behind the -strawberry-patterned curtains.</p> - -<p>Wearing a pale blue cotton dress, tan and slender, Nancy came out of -the ship and into the low-trimmed grass. She held up one arm and waved -once, smiling. "Ken," she said and turned to roll up the rug.</p> - -<p>Holman said, "How you been?" as he came near, walking at his usual pace.</p> - -<p>Setting the rug carefully on the bottom step, Nancy looked up at him. -"Fine. Yourself?"</p> - -<p>"Not bad. Had a cold last week." Holman put his suitcase down next to -the neatly rolled rug.</p> - -<p>Nancy frowned. "You still don't eat enough greens. That's why."</p> - -<p>Holman kissed her, his hands gentle on her back. "Well, here I am," he -said.</p> - -<p>"Well, come in and we'll talk." She stepped slowly away from him and -went up into the ship.</p> - -<p>Holman gathered up his suitcase and the rolled rug and followed her.</p> - -<p>He looked in and all around the kitchen before he entered.</p> - -<p>Nancy watched him over her shoulder while she got two china cups. She -grinned at him as he stepped into the room.</p> - -<p>"I left the rug and my grip in the hall," Holman said and sat down in a -straight-backed chair. Stooping to retie his hiking shoes, he glanced -under the table. "Made it from the settlement in under four hours. Of -course, I took big steps."</p> - -<p>"Would you like rum or whisky or something like that in your coffee?" -Nancy asked, touching the handle of the coffee pot.</p> - -<p>"School teachers don't drink before sundown."</p> - -<p>"You're on vacation."</p> - -<p>"I'll wait. You go ahead, though."</p> - -<p>Nancy set a cup in front of him and backed away. "You really have a -tent in that little suitcase? You're not trying to get me to put you up -here?"</p> - -<p>"It's one of those monofilm ones." He pulled the cup closer to him and -it rattled in the saucer. "I told you my intentions in my letter. And -you said okay. So here I am to court you." Holman started to rise.</p> - -<p>Nancy nodded him down. "I supposed it will be all right. I don't know." -She went back to the stove.</p> - -<p>Holman stood and started toward Nancy. He was distracted by a clicking -sound in the hallway outside. As he turned to the entrance-way, a large -tan lion came in, its black-tipped tail swishing slowly.</p> - -<p>Holman stopped as the lion crossed the kitchen between him and Nancy. -"Don't panic, Nancy," he said in a calm voice. "If nobody moves, it'll -go away."</p> - -<p>Nancy smiled. "Why should he go away? It's only Shandy."</p> - -<p>The lion nuzzled his head over the backs of Nancy's knees and made a -growling, purring sound. The tip of his tail flipped against the smooth -white stove.</p> - -<p>Holman frowned at the lion and dropped back into his chair. "Shandy? -The last time I saw him he was a St. Bernard dog."</p> - -<p>Nancy rumpled the lion's mane. "Well, you know how Shandy is. He -doesn't stay one thing for long. He saw a picture of a lion on a sack -of meal last week and off he went."</p> - -<p>"When you're through fondling him I'd like my coffee. And where's the -rum?"</p> - -<p>Gently pushing the leaning lion away from her legs, Nancy said, "I'll -get it, Ken." She patted Shandy on the back. "Go outside and play, -Shandy. That's a nice boy."</p> - -<p>Without looking at Holman, the lion left the kitchen.</p> - -<p>"That's ridiculous," Holman said, turning from the empty doorway.</p> - -<p>"Damn it, Ken. He's my pet and I like him." The rum bottle made a hard -flat sound as she put it in front of Holman. "You might try to accept -him. He's a very nice pet."</p> - -<p>Holman unscrewed the bottle cap. "Love me, love my whatever the hell he -is."</p> - -<p>"For somebody who came by to court me you're not being very pleasant." -She poured out two cups of coffee.</p> - -<p>Looking at the red bottle cap, Holman said, "Okay. I'm sorry."</p> - -<p>"You know Shandy's been with me since I was just ten or so. And since -dad died, Shandy's been a real help."</p> - -<p>"You don't have to live out here." Holman poured some rum into his -coffee. "Just because your father was a naturalist and all."</p> - -<p>"We don't have to talk about my father. I like living here. We've -always lived here. Since we came out to Enoch."</p> - -<p>"All right." He paused to look across the table at her. "You want to -keep arguing or will you let me propose now?"</p> - -<p>Nancy shook her head. "Don't now, Ken. Later sometime."</p> - -<p>"You do know, though, that I want you. And you know I want you with me -at the settlement."</p> - -<p>Nancy folded her hands on the white tablecloth. "Oh, yes."</p> - -<p>Holman drank the hot coffee fast. "And, really, Nancy, I don't see how -we could keep something like Shandy in the settlement."</p> - -<p>"Come and have dinner with me tonight and we'll talk then."</p> - -<p>Putting down his empty cup, Holman said, "I'll go set up my tent at a -safe distance."</p> - -<p>Outside it was nearly night. A few yards from the ship, the lion was -rolling on his back in a patch of yellow flowers and growling to -himself.</p> - -<p>Holman kept his back to the lion while he assembled his tent. And when -he had it finished he went inside and didn't come out until Nancy -called him for dinner.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The sky, up through the yellow-green leaves, was clear. The afternoon -was warm, with a slight feel of coming rain. Holman locked his hands -behind his head and half-closed his eyes. "And living alone by the -woods is dangerous," he said.</p> - -<p>Nancy laughed. "You've just eaten lunch in it."</p> - -<p>Holman closed his eyes. "And how do you know what Shandy is? Maybe he's -why this place got a bad name in the first place."</p> - -<p>"He's a harmless pet. I'm very fond of him."</p> - -<p>"Didn't your father have any ideas about him?"</p> - -<p>"Dad couldn't figure Shandy out. He made all kinds of tests. Shandy's -the only one of his kind we ever saw. But, see, dad wasn't sure what he -was originally. He's a mimic, an over-done chameleon. I don't know. I -like him."</p> - -<p>Sitting up, Holman said, "Okay." He touched Nancy's shoulder. "Look, -we've known each other, what? over a year now."</p> - -<p>"Since you made that ridiculous field trip with your pupils and -trampled all over everything." She tucked her legs under her and leaned -toward him.</p> - -<p>"Yeah. So let's not argue or anything. But, really, Nancy, I would sort -of like to marry you."</p> - -<p>"I know."</p> - -<p>"Have you any idea if you're nearing a decision?"</p> - -<p>"Oh, yes."</p> - -<p>"And?"</p> - -<p>"Well, I think we can."</p> - -<p>"Marry?"</p> - -<p>"Uh huh."</p> - -<p>"Fine." After he'd kissed Nancy, Holman became aware of a shambling off -in the trees beyond their picnic spot.</p> - -<p>Twigs crackled and a medium-sized gorilla crashed into the open.</p> - -<p>Holman let go of Nancy and asked her, "Shandy?"</p> - -<p>The gorilla was carrying a large book in one paw.</p> - -<p>"Yes," Nancy said, smiling. "He's been nosing through the storeroom -again. Must have been in one of my old picture books."</p> - -<p>The gorilla came up near their picnic basket and held out the book.</p> - -<p>"He wants me to read to him, Ken. He gets that way now and then." -Nancy took the book and opened it to the title page. "Earth fairy -tales. This is one of your favorites, huh, Shandy?"</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" width="171" height="500" alt=""/> - <div class="caption"> - <p>"<i>He wants me to read to him, Ken.</i>"</p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Bobbing his gorilla head, Shandy squatted down among the fallen leaves -and smacked his paws together.</p> - -<p>"Is he <i>intelligent</i>?" Ken asked incredulously. His scalp began to -crawl.</p> - -<p>"Oh, no.... Well, let's start at the very beginning again," Nancy said.</p> - -<p>Shandy rested his head on one clenched paw.</p> - -<p>"Once upon a time," Nancy started.</p> - -<p>Holman stood and grabbed up his windbreaker. "I've heard this one -before. I'll drop by your place in the evening. Be finished by then?"</p> - -<p>Nancy half closed the book with her finger as a marker. "You're angry?"</p> - -<p>His coat seam jammed and Holman decided to wear the coat open. "No." He -walked away into the woods. He was only a few steps into the trees when -Nancy started the story again.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The fire flared up, brightening the ground around Holman's tent. Nancy -hugged her knees up close to her and rested her head on them. "He would -be out of place at the settlement," she said.</p> - -<p>Holman dropped a log on the campfire and came back to sit beside the -girl. "He'd probably be happier running around out here in the woods."</p> - -<p>Nancy nodded slowly. "Probably."</p> - -<p>The stairs out of the old ship rattled once off in the darkness. Holman -looked away from the fire and toward the ship.</p> - -<p>Coming across the grass toward them was a giant teddy bear.</p> - -<p>Laughing, Nancy rose. "It's Shandy." She glanced at Holman. "Be nice to -him."</p> - -<p>Holman watched Shandy approach and didn't answer.</p> - -<p>The teddy bear sat down, like a dropped rag doll, next to Nancy. He -rubbed his fuzzy brown paws over his black nose and blinked his button -eyes at her.</p> - -<p>"Nice old Shandy," said Nancy, pulling one of Shandy's round ears. She -smiled at Holman. "This is what he was being when dad and I first found -him."</p> - -<p>Holman, tilting forward, flipped a flat stone into the fire and -scattered sparks. "That's a coincidence."</p> - -<p>"I was just, you know, about ten," Nancy said, patting Shandy's head. -"What had happened was I'd been playing in the woods. And, anyway, I -left my own teddy bear out there. Lost it. And I told dad, because it -was almost night when I remembered. Well, he found it and right beside -it there was big old Shandy. Dad and I both decided after looking at -him for awhile that his name should be Shandy."</p> - -<p>Shandy blinked his eyes and clapped his paws.</p> - -<p>Holman's left heel jammed hard against the ground as he shot up. "God -damn, Nancy, will you knock off all this maudlin, banal, boy and his -dog stuff. We're not taking that monster away anywhere."</p> - -<p>"I know, I know, Ken. Don't talk about it now." She kept patting the -teddy bear gently. "Nice Shandy."</p> - -<p>"And you, Shandy," Holman shouted. "I'm doing the courting around here. -Go hibernate or something, dammit."</p> - -<p>Shandy's eyes stopped blinking. Nancy's hand slipped from his head -and trailed down his woolly back as he rolled over and away. Without -turning Shandy started off for the ship, slowly, on all fours.</p> - -<p>Finally Nancy looked at Holman. "That wasn't nice, Ken."</p> - -<p>Holman knew that. He could find nothing to say back to Nancy. He -frowned and went into his tent, slamming the flap behind him.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>After closing the storeroom door, Holman carried the two old suitcases -down the bright corridor to Nancy's kitchen.</p> - -<p>Nancy smiled at him and then at the brown, scuffed luggage. "Oh, sure, -those will do," she said. "I guess the movers will be able to take care -of the heavy stuff."</p> - -<p>Holman agreed and picked up his half-finished cup of coffee. "And we -can leave lots of the stuff here. If we're going to use this as sort of -a summer place. I don't think we'll have to worry about vandals."</p> - -<p>From the doorway Nancy said, "Not many girls bring a spaceship as a -dowry."</p> - -<p>Holman took her shoulders and turned her back into the room. "We can -make Shandy sort of a watch-dog."</p> - -<p>"If he ever comes back."</p> - -<p>"It's only little more than a day he's been gone."</p> - -<p>"You were unkind to him."</p> - -<p>"I know. I'm sorry."</p> - -<p>Nancy edged around him and went to stand by the stove. "More coffee?"</p> - -<p>"Okay." Holman was halfway to her when the knock sounded on the -spaceship door.</p> - -<p>"Maybe it's Shandy," Nancy said, partly surprised, partly relieved.</p> - -<p>"Maybe. I'll get it."</p> - -<p>When Holman opened the door a tall, slender young man, wearing a -conservative suit, stepped out of the darkness and into the light of -the corridor. He had a neat black mustache and was carrying a big bunch -of red and gold forest flowers. "Is Miss Nancy at home?"</p> - -<p>"Who are you?" The young man was standing close to him but Holman -didn't move back.</p> - -<p>The young man bowed slightly and smiled. "Tell Miss Nancy it's Shandy. -Or better, Mr. Shandy."</p> - -<p>"Christ," said Holman, backing now.</p> - -<p>Shandy bowed again politely and walked to the door of the kitchen, -knocking on the wall before he entered.</p> - -<p>Holman jerked himself together when he heard Nancy gasp, and ran back -to her.</p> - -<p>Shandy was sitting in a kitchen chair, his legs crossed. "It's a rather -interesting story, Miss Nancy," he said, smiling evenly.</p> - -<p>Nancy reached out and turned off the stove. "I imagine."</p> - -<p>Shandy brushed each side of his mustache. "Well, to begin then. I was -in the wood and suddenly I tripped, carelessly, over a fallen log -and was knocked unconscious. When I recovered I found myself in this -state." He paused to rub his head. "And, of course, I remembered."</p> - -<p>Looking straight at him, Nancy said, "You'd had amnesia."</p> - -<p>"Yes. You see, Miss Nancy, many years ago, I'm not sure how many, my -people lived here and I was quite a prominent member of the ruling -class. But I incurred, unfortunately, the wrath of an evil scientist."</p> - -<p>"And?" asked Holman. For somebody who'd recently been a teddy bear, -Shandy looked pretty dapper.</p> - -<p>Shandy smiled. "She put a spell on me which caused me to change shape, -and also made me forget what I had originally been."</p> - -<p>Nancy laughed softly. "Well, it's good to have you back."</p> - -<p>With a faint flourish Shandy held out the wild flowers. "For you, Miss -Nancy."</p> - -<p>"Why, thank you, Shandy."</p> - -<p>Holman leaned against the wall under the clock and eyed Shandy. "You -back to stay?"</p> - -<p>"Well," Shandy said. "I've known Miss Nancy quite a while. And am -really quite fond of her. I hate to see her go." He looked at the -flowers Nancy held against her chest. "I have come to ask Miss Nancy -to allow me to court her. With all due respects to Mr. Holman."</p> - -<p>"Damn it to hell," Holman said, straightening.</p> - -<p>Nancy placed the flowers on the table and smiled at Shandy. He stood as -she approached him. Nancy laughed and put her arms around the young man.</p> - -<p>With her head against Shandy's chest Nancy said, "Poor Shandy. Poor -Shandy." She made him sit down again. Then she patted him fondly on the -head. "Stay right there, Shandy." Nancy hurried from the room.</p> - -<p>Holman followed her. "Listen, are you <i>sure</i> he isn't intelligent? -Because, my God, the scientists down at the settlement—"</p> - -<p>Nancy said, "Oh, no, Ken. He just copies things he's heard people say. -Wait a minute." She disappeared into the storeroom. When she returned -she was holding a dusty album in her hand. Holman followed her back -into the kitchen.</p> - -<p>Shandy looked at the album for a moment and then smiled. "I meant -well," he said.</p> - -<p>"I knew I recognized you," Nancy said, turning a third through the -book. "My Uncle Maxwell when he graduated from Mars-Yale." She slid the -picture out and held it toward Holman, but he didn't take it.</p> - -<p>Shandy said, "Hated to see you go."</p> - -<p>Come to think of it, Holman thought, he does just repeat things people -are always saying.</p> - -<p>Setting the book beside the flowers, Nancy said, "What are you really, -Shandy? I've never had a chance to talk to you before, except in a -one-sided sort of way."</p> - -<p>Shandy folded his hands and uncrossed his legs. "I don't remember just -now, Miss Nancy. I used to know. I don't think there are many of us -left now." He touched his mustache again, smoothing it. "Maybe in the -mountains there are some more. I don't remember."</p> - -<p>Nancy patted his head. "I'm going to marry Ken, Shandy. And live in the -settlement."</p> - -<p>"You'll enjoy that."</p> - -<p>"You think you'll stay this way?" Holman asked.</p> - -<p>"I might. I don't know."</p> - -<p>Holman held out his hand to Shandy. "Anyway, we want you to stay here -and keep watch over things."</p> - -<p>Shandy hesitated and then shook hands. "I might as well."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Holman and Nancy left for the settlement the next morning, with the -suitcases.</p> - -<p>Shandy, still in the shape of Uncle Maxwell, they left on the front -steps of the ship. He waved goodbye to them. When they were gone, -he changed slowly into a large teddy bear. Then, with a moist gleam -in his eye, he went back to reading the thick, red-leather, picture -encyclopedia in his lap.</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Shandy, by Ron Goulart - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SHANDY *** - -***** This file should be named 60587-h.htm or 60587-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/0/5/8/60587/ - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: Shandy - -Author: Ron Goulart - -Release Date: October 28, 2019 [EBook #60587] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SHANDY *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - SHANDY - - BY RON GOULART - - _Shandy was a teddy bear, a lion, - an ape, a rival for Nancy Tanner's - affections.... But what_ else _was he_? - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1958. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -Holman came down out of the forest of giant orange-woods and trudged -across the plain toward the place where Nancy Tanner lived. It was late -afternoon and the woods beyond Nancy's home were already growing dark -and dim. - -The door of the old spaceship was open and a dark flowered rug hung -over the rail of the gangway. Late sun glazed the round window -near the door, but Holman thought he had seen Nancy behind the -strawberry-patterned curtains. - -Wearing a pale blue cotton dress, tan and slender, Nancy came out of -the ship and into the low-trimmed grass. She held up one arm and waved -once, smiling. "Ken," she said and turned to roll up the rug. - -Holman said, "How you been?" as he came near, walking at his usual pace. - -Setting the rug carefully on the bottom step, Nancy looked up at him. -"Fine. Yourself?" - -"Not bad. Had a cold last week." Holman put his suitcase down next to -the neatly rolled rug. - -Nancy frowned. "You still don't eat enough greens. That's why." - -Holman kissed her, his hands gentle on her back. "Well, here I am," he -said. - -"Well, come in and we'll talk." She stepped slowly away from him and -went up into the ship. - -Holman gathered up his suitcase and the rolled rug and followed her. - -He looked in and all around the kitchen before he entered. - -Nancy watched him over her shoulder while she got two china cups. She -grinned at him as he stepped into the room. - -"I left the rug and my grip in the hall," Holman said and sat down in a -straight-backed chair. Stooping to retie his hiking shoes, he glanced -under the table. "Made it from the settlement in under four hours. Of -course, I took big steps." - -"Would you like rum or whisky or something like that in your coffee?" -Nancy asked, touching the handle of the coffee pot. - -"School teachers don't drink before sundown." - -"You're on vacation." - -"I'll wait. You go ahead, though." - -Nancy set a cup in front of him and backed away. "You really have a -tent in that little suitcase? You're not trying to get me to put you up -here?" - -"It's one of those monofilm ones." He pulled the cup closer to him and -it rattled in the saucer. "I told you my intentions in my letter. And -you said okay. So here I am to court you." Holman started to rise. - -Nancy nodded him down. "I supposed it will be all right. I don't know." -She went back to the stove. - -Holman stood and started toward Nancy. He was distracted by a clicking -sound in the hallway outside. As he turned to the entrance-way, a large -tan lion came in, its black-tipped tail swishing slowly. - -Holman stopped as the lion crossed the kitchen between him and Nancy. -"Don't panic, Nancy," he said in a calm voice. "If nobody moves, it'll -go away." - -Nancy smiled. "Why should he go away? It's only Shandy." - -The lion nuzzled his head over the backs of Nancy's knees and made a -growling, purring sound. The tip of his tail flipped against the smooth -white stove. - -Holman frowned at the lion and dropped back into his chair. "Shandy? -The last time I saw him he was a St. Bernard dog." - -Nancy rumpled the lion's mane. "Well, you know how Shandy is. He -doesn't stay one thing for long. He saw a picture of a lion on a sack -of meal last week and off he went." - -"When you're through fondling him I'd like my coffee. And where's the -rum?" - -Gently pushing the leaning lion away from her legs, Nancy said, "I'll -get it, Ken." She patted Shandy on the back. "Go outside and play, -Shandy. That's a nice boy." - -Without looking at Holman, the lion left the kitchen. - -"That's ridiculous," Holman said, turning from the empty doorway. - -"Damn it, Ken. He's my pet and I like him." The rum bottle made a hard -flat sound as she put it in front of Holman. "You might try to accept -him. He's a very nice pet." - -Holman unscrewed the bottle cap. "Love me, love my whatever the hell he -is." - -"For somebody who came by to court me you're not being very pleasant." -She poured out two cups of coffee. - -Looking at the red bottle cap, Holman said, "Okay. I'm sorry." - -"You know Shandy's been with me since I was just ten or so. And since -dad died, Shandy's been a real help." - -"You don't have to live out here." Holman poured some rum into his -coffee. "Just because your father was a naturalist and all." - -"We don't have to talk about my father. I like living here. We've -always lived here. Since we came out to Enoch." - -"All right." He paused to look across the table at her. "You want to -keep arguing or will you let me propose now?" - -Nancy shook her head. "Don't now, Ken. Later sometime." - -"You do know, though, that I want you. And you know I want you with me -at the settlement." - -Nancy folded her hands on the white tablecloth. "Oh, yes." - -Holman drank the hot coffee fast. "And, really, Nancy, I don't see how -we could keep something like Shandy in the settlement." - -"Come and have dinner with me tonight and we'll talk then." - -Putting down his empty cup, Holman said, "I'll go set up my tent at a -safe distance." - -Outside it was nearly night. A few yards from the ship, the lion was -rolling on his back in a patch of yellow flowers and growling to -himself. - -Holman kept his back to the lion while he assembled his tent. And when -he had it finished he went inside and didn't come out until Nancy -called him for dinner. - - * * * * * - -The sky, up through the yellow-green leaves, was clear. The afternoon -was warm, with a slight feel of coming rain. Holman locked his hands -behind his head and half-closed his eyes. "And living alone by the -woods is dangerous," he said. - -Nancy laughed. "You've just eaten lunch in it." - -Holman closed his eyes. "And how do you know what Shandy is? Maybe he's -why this place got a bad name in the first place." - -"He's a harmless pet. I'm very fond of him." - -"Didn't your father have any ideas about him?" - -"Dad couldn't figure Shandy out. He made all kinds of tests. Shandy's -the only one of his kind we ever saw. But, see, dad wasn't sure what he -was originally. He's a mimic, an over-done chameleon. I don't know. I -like him." - -Sitting up, Holman said, "Okay." He touched Nancy's shoulder. "Look, -we've known each other, what? over a year now." - -"Since you made that ridiculous field trip with your pupils and -trampled all over everything." She tucked her legs under her and leaned -toward him. - -"Yeah. So let's not argue or anything. But, really, Nancy, I would sort -of like to marry you." - -"I know." - -"Have you any idea if you're nearing a decision?" - -"Oh, yes." - -"And?" - -"Well, I think we can." - -"Marry?" - -"Uh huh." - -"Fine." After he'd kissed Nancy, Holman became aware of a shambling off -in the trees beyond their picnic spot. - -Twigs crackled and a medium-sized gorilla crashed into the open. - -Holman let go of Nancy and asked her, "Shandy?" - -The gorilla was carrying a large book in one paw. - -"Yes," Nancy said, smiling. "He's been nosing through the storeroom -again. Must have been in one of my old picture books." - -The gorilla came up near their picnic basket and held out the book. - -"He wants me to read to him, Ken. He gets that way now and then." -Nancy took the book and opened it to the title page. "Earth fairy -tales. This is one of your favorites, huh, Shandy?" - -[Illustration: "_He wants me to read to him, Ken._"] - -Bobbing his gorilla head, Shandy squatted down among the fallen leaves -and smacked his paws together. - -"Is he _intelligent_?" Ken asked incredulously. His scalp began to -crawl. - -"Oh, no.... Well, let's start at the very beginning again," Nancy said. - -Shandy rested his head on one clenched paw. - -"Once upon a time," Nancy started. - -Holman stood and grabbed up his windbreaker. "I've heard this one -before. I'll drop by your place in the evening. Be finished by then?" - -Nancy half closed the book with her finger as a marker. "You're angry?" - -His coat seam jammed and Holman decided to wear the coat open. "No." He -walked away into the woods. He was only a few steps into the trees when -Nancy started the story again. - - * * * * * - -The fire flared up, brightening the ground around Holman's tent. Nancy -hugged her knees up close to her and rested her head on them. "He would -be out of place at the settlement," she said. - -Holman dropped a log on the campfire and came back to sit beside the -girl. "He'd probably be happier running around out here in the woods." - -Nancy nodded slowly. "Probably." - -The stairs out of the old ship rattled once off in the darkness. Holman -looked away from the fire and toward the ship. - -Coming across the grass toward them was a giant teddy bear. - -Laughing, Nancy rose. "It's Shandy." She glanced at Holman. "Be nice to -him." - -Holman watched Shandy approach and didn't answer. - -The teddy bear sat down, like a dropped rag doll, next to Nancy. He -rubbed his fuzzy brown paws over his black nose and blinked his button -eyes at her. - -"Nice old Shandy," said Nancy, pulling one of Shandy's round ears. She -smiled at Holman. "This is what he was being when dad and I first found -him." - -Holman, tilting forward, flipped a flat stone into the fire and -scattered sparks. "That's a coincidence." - -"I was just, you know, about ten," Nancy said, patting Shandy's head. -"What had happened was I'd been playing in the woods. And, anyway, I -left my own teddy bear out there. Lost it. And I told dad, because it -was almost night when I remembered. Well, he found it and right beside -it there was big old Shandy. Dad and I both decided after looking at -him for awhile that his name should be Shandy." - -Shandy blinked his eyes and clapped his paws. - -Holman's left heel jammed hard against the ground as he shot up. "God -damn, Nancy, will you knock off all this maudlin, banal, boy and his -dog stuff. We're not taking that monster away anywhere." - -"I know, I know, Ken. Don't talk about it now." She kept patting the -teddy bear gently. "Nice Shandy." - -"And you, Shandy," Holman shouted. "I'm doing the courting around here. -Go hibernate or something, dammit." - -Shandy's eyes stopped blinking. Nancy's hand slipped from his head -and trailed down his woolly back as he rolled over and away. Without -turning Shandy started off for the ship, slowly, on all fours. - -Finally Nancy looked at Holman. "That wasn't nice, Ken." - -Holman knew that. He could find nothing to say back to Nancy. He -frowned and went into his tent, slamming the flap behind him. - - * * * * * - -After closing the storeroom door, Holman carried the two old suitcases -down the bright corridor to Nancy's kitchen. - -Nancy smiled at him and then at the brown, scuffed luggage. "Oh, sure, -those will do," she said. "I guess the movers will be able to take care -of the heavy stuff." - -Holman agreed and picked up his half-finished cup of coffee. "And we -can leave lots of the stuff here. If we're going to use this as sort of -a summer place. I don't think we'll have to worry about vandals." - -From the doorway Nancy said, "Not many girls bring a spaceship as a -dowry." - -Holman took her shoulders and turned her back into the room. "We can -make Shandy sort of a watch-dog." - -"If he ever comes back." - -"It's only little more than a day he's been gone." - -"You were unkind to him." - -"I know. I'm sorry." - -Nancy edged around him and went to stand by the stove. "More coffee?" - -"Okay." Holman was halfway to her when the knock sounded on the -spaceship door. - -"Maybe it's Shandy," Nancy said, partly surprised, partly relieved. - -"Maybe. I'll get it." - -When Holman opened the door a tall, slender young man, wearing a -conservative suit, stepped out of the darkness and into the light of -the corridor. He had a neat black mustache and was carrying a big bunch -of red and gold forest flowers. "Is Miss Nancy at home?" - -"Who are you?" The young man was standing close to him but Holman -didn't move back. - -The young man bowed slightly and smiled. "Tell Miss Nancy it's Shandy. -Or better, Mr. Shandy." - -"Christ," said Holman, backing now. - -Shandy bowed again politely and walked to the door of the kitchen, -knocking on the wall before he entered. - -Holman jerked himself together when he heard Nancy gasp, and ran back -to her. - -Shandy was sitting in a kitchen chair, his legs crossed. "It's a rather -interesting story, Miss Nancy," he said, smiling evenly. - -Nancy reached out and turned off the stove. "I imagine." - -Shandy brushed each side of his mustache. "Well, to begin then. I was -in the wood and suddenly I tripped, carelessly, over a fallen log -and was knocked unconscious. When I recovered I found myself in this -state." He paused to rub his head. "And, of course, I remembered." - -Looking straight at him, Nancy said, "You'd had amnesia." - -"Yes. You see, Miss Nancy, many years ago, I'm not sure how many, my -people lived here and I was quite a prominent member of the ruling -class. But I incurred, unfortunately, the wrath of an evil scientist." - -"And?" asked Holman. For somebody who'd recently been a teddy bear, -Shandy looked pretty dapper. - -Shandy smiled. "She put a spell on me which caused me to change shape, -and also made me forget what I had originally been." - -Nancy laughed softly. "Well, it's good to have you back." - -With a faint flourish Shandy held out the wild flowers. "For you, Miss -Nancy." - -"Why, thank you, Shandy." - -Holman leaned against the wall under the clock and eyed Shandy. "You -back to stay?" - -"Well," Shandy said. "I've known Miss Nancy quite a while. And am -really quite fond of her. I hate to see her go." He looked at the -flowers Nancy held against her chest. "I have come to ask Miss Nancy -to allow me to court her. With all due respects to Mr. Holman." - -"Damn it to hell," Holman said, straightening. - -Nancy placed the flowers on the table and smiled at Shandy. He stood as -she approached him. Nancy laughed and put her arms around the young man. - -With her head against Shandy's chest Nancy said, "Poor Shandy. Poor -Shandy." She made him sit down again. Then she patted him fondly on the -head. "Stay right there, Shandy." Nancy hurried from the room. - -Holman followed her. "Listen, are you _sure_ he isn't intelligent? -Because, my God, the scientists down at the settlement--" - -Nancy said, "Oh, no, Ken. He just copies things he's heard people say. -Wait a minute." She disappeared into the storeroom. When she returned -she was holding a dusty album in her hand. Holman followed her back -into the kitchen. - -Shandy looked at the album for a moment and then smiled. "I meant -well," he said. - -"I knew I recognized you," Nancy said, turning a third through the -book. "My Uncle Maxwell when he graduated from Mars-Yale." She slid the -picture out and held it toward Holman, but he didn't take it. - -Shandy said, "Hated to see you go." - -Come to think of it, Holman thought, he does just repeat things people -are always saying. - -Setting the book beside the flowers, Nancy said, "What are you really, -Shandy? I've never had a chance to talk to you before, except in a -one-sided sort of way." - -Shandy folded his hands and uncrossed his legs. "I don't remember just -now, Miss Nancy. I used to know. I don't think there are many of us -left now." He touched his mustache again, smoothing it. "Maybe in the -mountains there are some more. I don't remember." - -Nancy patted his head. "I'm going to marry Ken, Shandy. And live in the -settlement." - -"You'll enjoy that." - -"You think you'll stay this way?" Holman asked. - -"I might. I don't know." - -Holman held out his hand to Shandy. "Anyway, we want you to stay here -and keep watch over things." - -Shandy hesitated and then shook hands. "I might as well." - - * * * * * - -Holman and Nancy left for the settlement the next morning, with the -suitcases. - -Shandy, still in the shape of Uncle Maxwell, they left on the front -steps of the ship. He waved goodbye to them. When they were gone, -he changed slowly into a large teddy bear. 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