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Say Hello for Me

Frank W. Coggins

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Twenty years is a long time to live in anticipation. At least, Professor Pettibone thought so—until the twenty years were up.

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Twenty years is a long time to live in anticipation. At least, Professor Pettibone thought so—until the twenty years were up.

Say "Hello" for Me By FRANK W. COGGINS

This was to be the day, but of course Professor Pettibone had no way of knowing it. He arose, as he had been doing for the previous twenty years, donned the tattered remnants of his space suit, and went out into the open. He stood erect, bronzed, magnificent, faced distant Earth, and recited:

"Good morning, bright sunshine,
We're glad you are here.
You make the world happy,
And bring us good cheer."

It was something he had heard as a child and, isolated here on Mars, he had remembered it and used it to keep from losing his power of speech.

The ritual finished, he walked to the edge of the nearest canal, and gathered a bushel or so of dried Martian moss. He returned and began polishin. . . Read More