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"\"The Darkovans call it the trailmen's fever, Dr. Forth, because the\ntrailmen are virtually immune to it. It remains in their midst as a mild",
"ailment taken by children. When it breaks out into the virulent form\nevery 48 years, most of the trailmen are already immune. I took the\ndisease myself as a child--maybe you heard?\"",
"remedy against the trailmen's fever.\" He looked round at me, turning the\ndiscussion over to me again, and I said:",
"fever--in the trailmen. Isolated to a serum, it might reduce the\nvirulent 48-year epidemic form to the mild form again. Unfortunately, he",
"meeting, where the Terrans for some reason put him through this hell and\ndamnation and torture ... oh, yes ... the trailmen's fever.",
"was bad enough, I've heard. It has an 87 per cent mortality--for humans,\nthat is. I understand the trailmen don't die of it.\"",
"backs on the settled country which lay near the Trade City, we talked\nabout Darkover itself. Forth told me about the trailmen's fever and\nmanaged to give me some idea about what the blood fraction was, and why",
"\"The trailmen incubate the disease,\" Jay Allison said. \"I should think\nthe logical thing would be to drop a couple of hydrogen bombs on the\ntrail cities--and wipe it out for good and all.\"",
"serum in that time. We've got to appeal to the trailmen. And that's why\nI called you up here. You know more about the trailmen than any living",
"trailmen's lives. I had lost my fear. If anyone came at us now, I could\nspeak their language, I could identify myself, tell my business, name my",
"discovered it. The pattern runs like this; a few cases in the mountain\ndistricts, the next month a hundred-odd cases all over this part of the",
"I stretched my mouth in what was supposed to be a grin and didn't quite\nmake it. \"For the trailmen, this is a superhighway. And no one else ever\ncomes this way.\"",
"lived with the trailmen--so I'm told--until I was thirteen or fourteen.\nI don't remember much about it. Children aren't particularly observant.\"",
"to meet you again, sir. I hope that our gratitude to you will soon take\na more tangible form. There has not been a single death from the\ntrailmen's fever since you made the serum available.\"",
"It would be a totally unheard-of thing, if I could accomplish it. Most\nof the trailmen never touched ground in their entire lives, except when",
"It certainly would. The trailmen paid little enough heed to the ordinary\nhumans, except for considering them fair game for plundering when they",
"\"A fever that lasted 48 years would be quite a fever,\" Dr. Forth said\nwith the shadow of a grim smile. \"Nevertheless that's the only name we\nhave so far. Name it and you can have it. Allison's disease?\"",
"although we were not yet high enough to worry about frostbite. Trailmen\nor no trailmen, we must run the lesser risk of finding a place where we\ncould kindle a fire and dry out.",
"Like all trailmen he had the chinless face and lobeless ears, the\nheavy-haired body which looked slightly less than human. He spoke very",
"But I didn't believe it for a minute. If I knew anything about the\ntrailmen, it was this--one could not judge them by human standards at"
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"answering Dr. Allison's private telephone. When Forth had finished, I\nwent to the mirror, and stared, trying to see behind my face the sharp",
"I had to smile at the picture that conjured up in my mind. \"I'm afraid\nnot,\" I admitted. \"Tell her to go to Dr. Forth, and give the message\nfrom Dr. Jason Allison.\"",
"Dr. Forth, on the screen, looked annoyed, and Jay Allison said, with a\ngrimace of distaste, \"I didn't mean that literally. But the trailmen are",
"\"Dr. Forth didn't tell me. But we Hasturs are partly telepathic,\nJason--forgive me--Doctor Allison. I have known from the first that you\nwere possessed by a god or daemon.\"",
"pushed back one sleeve slightly, exposing a long, triangular scar under\nthe cuff. Dr. Forth--by now I was sure _he_ was Dr. Forth--followed the\ndirection of my eyes.",
"\"Kendricks knows you,\" Forth said, \"but I'm going to be perfectly\ntruthful. I never knew Jay Allison well, except in line of work. I know",
"\"A fever that lasted 48 years would be quite a fever,\" Dr. Forth said\nwith the shadow of a grim smile. \"Nevertheless that's the only name we\nhave so far. Name it and you can have it. Allison's disease?\"",
"\"Dr. Allison,\" he corrected tersely, surprised in a minor way--the major\nsurprise had blurred lesser ones--that she knew his name. Kendricks",
"\"Doc, I don't understand the psycho talk.\"\n\nForth stared. \"And you do remember the trailmen's language. I thought\nso. Allison's personality is suppressed in you, as yours was in him.\"",
"psychiatrist than you are, Forth. He changed me into Jason in the\nflicker of an eyelash, and it took you half a dozen hypnotic sessions.\"",
"to hand a thick folder of papers across the desk. Forth took it, but\ndidn't open it. \"What do you think, Dr. Allison?\"",
"\"Wait--\" Regis held me back, \"don't go out just yet. Do you remember\nwhat happened, Doctor Allison?\"",
"the fingers. The man said, \"It does not seem serious. I was sure it was\nsomething more than that.\" He raised grave eyes. \"You don't even\nremember my name, do you, Dr. Allison?\"",
"\"The hell with you, Dr. Allison,\" I said, and went to see if he had kept\nany clothes fit to pack.\n\n * * * * *",
"Buck Kendricks was bone-white, his mouth widening as he said hoarsely,\n\"Jay! Doctor Allison--for God's sake--\"",
"\"Dr. Allison, do you remember me at all?\"\n\n\"I remember you,\" Jay Allison said sullenly.",
"\"A complete success.\" Forth's voice was somewhat harsh and annoyed, but\nJay was untroubled; he had known for years that most of his subordinates\nand superiors disliked him, and had long ago stopped worrying about it.",
"* * * * *\n\n\"Sit down, Doctor,\" Forth said, \"did you bring in the reports?\"",
"Jay Allison looked around with a gasp of sudden vertigo. He was not in\nForth's office, but standing precariously near the edge of a cliff. He",
"Forth coughed and smothered a laugh and said that was one way of putting\nit. I clapped him reassuringly on the shoulder and said, \"Forget it,"
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"\"Kyla, Kyla,\" I said helplessly, and crushed her against me, kissing\nher. She closed her eyes and I took a long, long look at her face. Not",
"that he might be somehow attracted to Kyla. I tried to pass it off\nlightly:",
"\"And I loved them,\" I found myself saying half aloud, then realized that\nKyla was gripping my arm, looking up imploringly into my face. I shook\nmy head rather groggily. \"What's the matter?\"",
"The three brothers broke into a spate of volunteering, and Rafe made an\nobscene suggestion. Kyla scowled obstinately, her mouth tight with what\ncould have been embarrassment or rage. \"If you believe I need your\nprotection--!\"",
"that the roof was about to fall in on me. Kyla's image flickered in and\nout of focus, first infinitely gentle and appealing, then--as if seen at",
"After a time I heard Kendricks snoring, and Kyla's quiet even breaths. I\nwondered drowsily how Jay would have felt about this situation--he who",
"it, but he'll do it, with his last breath. He's a better man than I am,\nKyla. You'd better forget about me.\" I said, wearily, \"I never existed.\"",
"\"Kyla,\" I said tersely, \"is under _my_ protection. She will be\nintroduced as my woman--and treated as such.\"",
"Kyla and I would explore it together.\n\nTHE END",
"My face must have done something I didn't know about, for Rafe backed\nslowly away. I forced myself to speak slowly: \"Kyla is a guide, and",
"\"Kyla's all right,\" Regis said, but I got up quickly to make sure. Kyla\nwas outside, lying quite comfortably on a roll of blankets. She was",
"\"I knew we had forgotten something!\" I said roughly, \"I've been away\nfrom here too long, that's all. Kyla.\"\n\n\"What about Kyla?\"",
"\"You--\" he fished desperately for the girl's name, \"Kyla. You don't\nspeak the trailmen's language, do you?\"",
"Kyla glanced down and we got a glimpse of her face, glistening with the\nmixture of sunburn cream and sweat, drawn with effort. Her tiny swaying",
"firelight to my side, and I looked up at her and suddenly I knew I could\nnot bear it. I pulled her to me and muttered, \"Oh, Kyla--Kyla, I won't\neven remember you!\"",
"\"Kyla, the man you know as me doesn't exist. I was created for this one\nspecific task. Once it's finished, so am I.\"",
"down into hell again. He was a man who hated everything except the cold\nworld he'd made his life. Kyla's face was lifted, soft and intent and",
"because she could speak their language. I opened the door, searched\nbriefly through the rooms, and shouted, \"Kyla!\" and she came. Running.\nDisheveled. Mine.",
"across the fire at Kyla, cross-legged in the faint light--only a few\ncoals in the brazier. She had removed her sexless outer clothing, and",
"I mentioned this, and Kendricks looked doubtfully at Kyla. \"Can she\nclimb?\"\n\n\"Can she stay here?\" I countered. But I went and sat beside her anyhow."
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"around the Hellers and land inside them. We'd have to go on foot, all\nthe way from Carthon. I'd need professional climbers--mountaineers.\"",
"One of them yelled something unintelligible and plunged at me--another\ntribe! I saw a white-furred, chinless face, contorted in rage, a small",
"Forth shook his head. \"It would be murder to send anyone recognizably\nTerran into the Hellers. You know how the trailmen feel about outsiders",
"We talked, too, about some of those humans who had crossed the mountains\ninto trailmen country--those mountains profanely dubbed the Hellers by",
"\"You've had trail experience? We're going into the Hellers through\nDammerung, and that's rough going even for professionals.\"\n\n * * * * *",
"It was harder going now. For one thing, the sun was lowering, and the\nevening wind was icy. Nearly everyone of us had some hurt, slight in",
"The reproof in his red eyes was hardly an auspicious beginning. I said\nhelplessly, \"Old One, the men with me are not armed. A band of",
"\"Hell, yes,\" I said, \"my dad crashed in the Hellers, and a band of\ntrailmen found me, half dead. I lived there until I was about fifteen,",
"No one else had ever dared fly over the Hellers, except the big\ncommercial spacecraft that kept to a safe altitude. I vaguely remembered\nthe crash and the strange hands pulling me out of the wreckage and the",
"We just stood and stared for a minute. Hjalmar swore horribly, in the\nunprintable filth of the mountain tongue, and his brothers joined in.\n\"How the devil was I to know the _rock_ would split off?\"",
"the first Terrans who had tried to fly over them in anything lower or\nslower than a spaceship. (The Darkovan name for the Hellers was even\nmore explicit, and even in translation, unrepeatable.)",
"\"From this point,\" I broke the news, \"we're liable to be attacked. Kyla,\ntell them what you saw.\"\n\n * * * * *",
"been in the woman's arms when she collapsed; it had squirmed free--for a\nlittle while. The others were in an indescribable condition and the",
"know that yet. The thing to remember is that they do not wish to kill,\nonly to wound and rob. If we show fight--\" she displayed a short ugly",
"\"We're not.\" I was glad of the interruption. If the youngsters and\namateurs wanted to amuse themselves plotting hypothetical attacks on",
"The trip over the mountains, so painfully accomplished was easier in\nreturn. Our escort of a hundred trailmen guaranteed us against attack,\nand they could choose the easiest paths.",
"beyond the forests the slopes of the Hellers, rising upward and upward;\nand their every fold and every valley was filled to the brim with\nforest, and in the forests lived the trailmen.",
"\"Ever been in the Hellers? If anything happened to me, could you lead\nthe expedition safely back to Carthon?\"",
"Kendricks protested, \"We can't travel unarmed through trailmen country!\nWe're apt to meet hostile bands of the creatures--and they're nasty with\nthose long knives they carry!\"",
"Regis and Hjalmar came struggling across last; Regis, lightly-built, was\nswept off his feet and Hjalmar turned to grab him, but I shouted to him"
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"convince the trailmen of their duty toward the rest of the planet. As if\nthey--not even human--could have a sense of duty!",
"Forth shook his head. \"It would be murder to send anyone recognizably\nTerran into the Hellers. You know how the trailmen feel about outsiders",
"trailmen is finished, but We Hasturs committed ourselves to teach some\nof the Terrans our science--matrix mechanics. Dr. Allison--Jason--you",
"\"Not exactly. We were thinking of sending you on an expedition to the\ntrailmen themselves.\"",
"only human, who could get into a trailman's Nest without being\nmurdered.\"",
"came uninvited into trailman country. But they, with all Darkover,\nrevered the Hasturs, and it was a fine point of diplomacy--if the",
"serum in that time. We've got to appeal to the trailmen. And that's why\nI called you up here. You know more about the trailmen than any living",
"\"I'm told you are Terran, but that you understand the trailmen. Surely\nyou don't intend to carry fission or fusion weapons against them?\"",
"It certainly would. The trailmen paid little enough heed to the ordinary\nhumans, except for considering them fair game for plundering when they",
"He hadn't belonged. And yet the trailmen, whom he considered little\nbetter than roaming beasts, had taken the alien child into their city,\ntheir homes, their hearts. They had loved him. And he ...",
"Late the next day the Old One called us in again, and told us that a\nhundred men had volunteered to return with us and act as blood donors\nand experimental subjects for research into the trailmen's disease.",
"trailmen? They were just the trailmen, who could explain them? Jay\nAllison, maybe? Rafe turned his head and asked, \"Where do we pull up for",
"meeting, where the Terrans for some reason put him through this hell and\ndamnation and torture ... oh, yes ... the trailmen's fever.",
"I stretched my mouth in what was supposed to be a grin and didn't quite\nmake it. \"For the trailmen, this is a superhighway. And no one else ever\ncomes this way.\"",
"As we went along the trail, the vague green light disappeared. \"We're\nright below the Trailcity,\" I whispered, and pointed upward. All around",
"\"Damned primitive frontier planet--\"\n\n\"Would you rather die of the trailmen's disease?\"",
"then their Old-One decided I was too human for them, and they took me\nout through Dammerung Pass and arranged to have me brought here. Sure,",
"trailmen's lives. I had lost my fear. If anyone came at us now, I could\nspeak their language, I could identify myself, tell my business, name my",
"\"The trailmen incubate the disease,\" Jay Allison said. \"I should think\nthe logical thing would be to drop a couple of hydrogen bombs on the\ntrail cities--and wipe it out for good and all.\"",
"\"The Darkovans call it the trailmen's fever, Dr. Forth, because the\ntrailmen are virtually immune to it. It remains in their midst as a mild"
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"Finally I said, \"Old One, we come as suppliants. My people appeal to\nyour people in the hope that you will be--\" I started to say, _as",
"At last I felt the Old One touch my head lightly.\n\n\"Get up, my son,\" he said, \"I will answer for my people. And forgive me\nfor my doubts and my delays.\"",
"\"My friends,\" I assured him, \"and we come to beg the Old One for an\naudience. For tonight I seek shelter with my parents, if they will\nreceive us.\"",
"There was a moment's silence. Finally the Old One said,\n\"Indifferent--no. But helpless. My people die when they leave the",
"The first thing to be done was to despatch a messenger to the Old One,\nbegging the favor of an audience with him. That done, (by one of my",
"\"Man or God or Hastur, I am not too proud to plead for my people,\"\nretorted Regis, flushing with anger. \"Never in all the history of\nDarkover has a Hastur stood before one of you and begged--\"",
"\"Nevertheless, hear me as a suppliant, Father,\" Regis said quietly. \"It\nis not the strangers and aliens of Terra who are pleading. We have",
"\"I am no alien from another world, Old One. I have been a son in your\nhouse. Perhaps I was sent to teach you to fight destiny. I cannot\nbelieve you are indifferent to death.\"",
"distress, \"The son of Hastur need never speak as a suppliant to the Sky\nPeople!\"",
"I could not look at her. Muffled behind my hands, I said, \"No, Kyla.\nI--I promised the Old One to look after my people in the Terran world. I\nmust go back--\"",
"then their Old-One decided I was too human for them, and they took me\nout through Dammerung Pass and arranged to have me brought here. Sure,",
"The Old One was not old at all; the title was purely ceremonial. This\none was young--not much older than I--but he had poise and dignity and",
"The reproof in his red eyes was hardly an auspicious beginning. I said\nhelplessly, \"Old One, the men with me are not armed. A band of",
"\"Good Lord,\" Jay said. It was a concession beyond Terra's wildest\ndreams; for a hundred years they had tried to beg, buy or steal some",
"Regis Hastur rose suddenly and faced him. \"Will you hear me, Father?\" He\nused the ceremonial title without hesitation, and the Old One said in",
"Regis said quietly, \"I've seen you before--once. When you knelt to the\nOld One of the trailmen.\" With a whimsical smile he said, \"As an",
"\"These are strange times for a Hastur,\" said Regis loudly. The Old One\nwinced, and Regis moderated his tone, but continued vehemently, \"You",
"me. I remained at the Old One's feet, kneeling, overcome, ashamed of the\nthing I had become. Jay Allison was worth ten of me. Irresponsible,",
"sky for our own ignorance of the ways of the Gods--by which I mean the\nways of sickness or poverty or misery.\"",
"He stretched his hand to me, and I lowered my head over it and murmured,\n\"I take submission, Old One.\""
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"Jay covered his face with his hands again. Jason was the part of himself\nthat remembered the trailmen. _That_ was what he had to remember--Jason",
"\"But--you say _him_--I'm Jay Allison,\" I said, and then my knees went\nweak and I sat down. \"What in hell is this? I'm not Jay--but I'm not\nJason, either--\"",
"alter ego had been up to. With Jason, there was no telling. Jay raised\nhis eyes with a melancholy smile.",
"\"Same as mine. Jay--Jason--\" the flash of memory closed down in the\nmiddle of a word. It had been a good try, but it hadn't quite worked.\nThe doctor said soothingly, \"We're doing very well.\"",
"\"Let me finish, Jason. Jay Allison may have been repressed,\novercontrolled, but you are seriously impulsive. You lack a",
"student who lost himself in his work. But I, Jason--I had always been\nthe watcher behind, the person Jay Allison dared not be? Why was he past\nthirty--and I just 22?",
"Somebody shouted, \"Jason!\" in an imperative voice, and Kendricks said\nshakily, \"Jay, if they see you--you literally are not the same man!\"",
"Jay, motionless, saw bitterly that the old man had succumbed to the\nyoungster's deliberate charm. The chubby, wrinkled old face seamed up in",
"\"Call me Jason,\" I corrected angrily. Regis said, with a little\ntightening of his mouth, \"That's it. You'll have to be Dr. Allison",
"At the last moment, she drew back a little from my arms and whispered,\n\"You're Jason--but you're something more. Different ...\"",
"\"I rather had the idea that he wanted to see you personally. Jay, you\ndid a tremendous thing, man! Damn it, why don't you strut a little?",
"Maybe, Jay thought, I could stay myself if I could remember the rest.\nDr. Forth said: Jason would remember the trailmen with kindness, not\ndislike.",
"\"I remember,\" Jay said grimly. It was nearly his one clear memory--the\nnightmare of the ledge, his slashed hand, the shameful naked body of the",
"\"Jay, look,\" Forth said, and I felt him trying to reach through the\nbarricade and touch, really touch that cold contained young man, \"we",
"known him as Jason became a mania. Once, meeting Rafe Scott on the lower\nfloor of the HQ, he had turned frantically and plunged like a madman",
"\"That tallies with me. I don't recognize myself.\" I added, \"--and the\nqueer thing is, I didn't even _like_ Jay Allison, to put it mildly. If",
"And then he moved fast. \"What's the matter? Oh, hell, Jay, don't faint\non me!\"\n\n * * * * *",
"\"Dr. Allison, do you remember me at all?\"\n\n\"I remember you,\" Jay Allison said sullenly.",
"Jay did not answer. He had avoided Kendricks, the only witness to his\nduality. In all his nightmare brooding, the avoidance of anyone who had",
"Jay Allison, immobile, appeared on the visionscreen. Forth put a mirror\nin my hand. He said, \"Jason Allison, look at yourself.\""
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"\"A fever that lasted 48 years would be quite a fever,\" Dr. Forth said\nwith the shadow of a grim smile. \"Nevertheless that's the only name we\nhave so far. Name it and you can have it. Allison's disease?\"",
"term '48-year fever' connotes a fever of 48 years duration, rather than\na pandemic recurring every 48 years.\"",
"ailment taken by children. When it breaks out into the virulent form\nevery 48 years, most of the trailmen are already immune. I took the\ndisease myself as a child--maybe you heard?\"",
"For that I had no answer, and the Old One continued, kindly but\nindifferently, \"We do not like to think that the fever which is a",
"pattern for all recorded attacks of 48-year fever ... by the way, sir,\nhaven't we any better name than that for this particular disease? The",
"remedy against the trailmen's fever.\" He looked round at me, turning the\ndiscussion over to me again, and I said:",
"\"The Darkovans call it the trailmen's fever, Dr. Forth, because the\ntrailmen are virtually immune to it. It remains in their midst as a mild",
"Forth said, \"We Terrans have had a Trade compact on Darkover for a\nhundred and fifty-two years. The first outbreak of this 48-year fever",
"fever--in the trailmen. Isolated to a serum, it might reduce the\nvirulent 48-year epidemic form to the mild form again. Unfortunately, he",
"backs on the settled country which lay near the Trade City, we talked\nabout Darkover itself. Forth told me about the trailmen's fever and\nmanaged to give me some idea about what the blood fraction was, and why",
"discovered it. The pattern runs like this; a few cases in the mountain\ndistricts, the next month a hundred-odd cases all over this part of the",
"apart. The fourth man, a redhead, was dressed rather better than the\nothers and introduced as Lerrys Ridenow--the double name indicating high",
"Jay Allison greeted this pleasantry with a repressive frown. \"As I\nunderstand it, the disease cycle seems to be connected somehow with the",
"Jay Allison was thirty-four years old. I had given my age, without\nhesitation, as 22. There were no obvious blanks in my memory; from the",
"meeting, where the Terrans for some reason put him through this hell and\ndamnation and torture ... oh, yes ... the trailmen's fever.",
"died himself in the epidemic, without finishing his work, and his\nnotebooks were overlooked until this year. We have 18,000 men, and their",
"His voice hung heavy in the room, its sound a miasma in his ears. All\nhis sleepless, nightmare-charged brooding, all his bottled hate for",
"Forth didn't argue. He pointed, with a stubby finger. \"Look--\" he moved\nthe finger as he spoke, \"height of forehead. Set of cheekbones. Your",
"It was harder going now. For one thing, the sun was lowering, and the\nevening wind was icy. Nearly everyone of us had some hurt, slight in",
"He said savagely, \"We're apt to catch it anyway--here. You're immune,\nyou don't care, you're safe! The rest of us are on a suicide"
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"psychiatrist than you are, Forth. He changed me into Jason in the\nflicker of an eyelash, and it took you half a dozen hypnotic sessions.\"",
"Forth leaned over the desk, staring. \"You speak their language, don't\nyou?\"\n\n\"I used to. I might remember it under hypnosis, I suppose. Why? Do you\nwant me to translate something?\"",
"I had to smile at the picture that conjured up in my mind. \"I'm afraid\nnot,\" I admitted. \"Tell her to go to Dr. Forth, and give the message\nfrom Dr. Jason Allison.\"",
"\"Dr. Forth didn't tell me. But we Hasturs are partly telepathic,\nJason--forgive me--Doctor Allison. I have known from the first that you\nwere possessed by a god or daemon.\"",
"pushed back one sleeve slightly, exposing a long, triangular scar under\nthe cuff. Dr. Forth--by now I was sure _he_ was Dr. Forth--followed the\ndirection of my eyes.",
"Forth drew a long breath. \"I'll concede you're not suitable at the\nmoment, Jay. But what do you know of applied psychodynamics?\"",
"answering Dr. Allison's private telephone. When Forth had finished, I\nwent to the mirror, and stared, trying to see behind my face the sharp",
"\"A fever that lasted 48 years would be quite a fever,\" Dr. Forth said\nwith the shadow of a grim smile. \"Nevertheless that's the only name we\nhave so far. Name it and you can have it. Allison's disease?\"",
"Forth didn't argue. He pointed, with a stubby finger. \"Look--\" he moved\nthe finger as he spoke, \"height of forehead. Set of cheekbones. Your",
"I said automatically, \"Nobody here by that name,\" and started to put\nback the mouthpiece. Then I stopped and gulped and asked, \"Is that you,\nDr. Forth?\"",
"* * * * *\n\n\"Sit down, Doctor,\" Forth said, \"did you bring in the reports?\"",
"\"A complete success.\" Forth's voice was somewhat harsh and annoyed, but\nJay was untroubled; he had known for years that most of his subordinates\nand superiors disliked him, and had long ago stopped worrying about it.",
"Dr. Forth, on the screen, looked annoyed, and Jay Allison said, with a\ngrimace of distaste, \"I didn't mean that literally. But the trailmen are",
"Forth coughed and smothered a laugh and said that was one way of putting\nit. I clapped him reassuringly on the shoulder and said, \"Forget it,",
"\"You'd better drink this,\" Forth remarked, and I realized I was turning\na paper cup in my hands. Forth sat down, a little weakly, as I raised it",
"released by hypnotism and suggestion, he might be suitable for the job\nin hand.\"",
"\"Kendricks knows you,\" Forth said, \"but I'm going to be perfectly\ntruthful. I never knew Jay Allison well, except in line of work. I know",
"Forth just looked at me, for what seemed a long time. Then he said, in a\nvery quiet voice, \"No. I wasn't sure at all. But if you didn't turn up,",
"\"Doc, I don't understand the psycho talk.\"\n\nForth stared. \"And you do remember the trailmen's language. I thought\nso. Allison's personality is suppressed in you, as yours was in him.\"",
"I looked down at myself, and shook my head. \"Maybe _I'm_ Doctor Forth,\"\nI said, noticing for the first time that I was also wearing a white coat"
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"Jason Allison, Junior, was listed on the directory of the Terran HQ as\n\"Suite 1214, Medical Residence Corridor.\" I found the rooms without any",
"\"But--you say _him_--I'm Jay Allison,\" I said, and then my knees went\nweak and I sat down. \"What in hell is this? I'm not Jay--but I'm not\nJason, either--\"",
"Somebody shouted, \"Jason!\" in an imperative voice, and Kendricks said\nshakily, \"Jay, if they see you--you literally are not the same man!\"",
"\"Call me Jason,\" I corrected angrily. Regis said, with a little\ntightening of his mouth, \"That's it. You'll have to be Dr. Allison",
"\"Dr. Allison, do you remember me at all?\"\n\n\"I remember you,\" Jay Allison said sullenly.",
"Jay Allison, immobile, appeared on the visionscreen. Forth put a mirror\nin my hand. He said, \"Jason Allison, look at yourself.\"",
"known him as Jason became a mania. Once, meeting Rafe Scott on the lower\nfloor of the HQ, he had turned frantically and plunged like a madman",
"\"Let me finish, Jason. Jay Allison may have been repressed,\novercontrolled, but you are seriously impulsive. You lack a",
"\"Dr. Allison,\" he corrected tersely, surprised in a minor way--the major\nsurprise had blurred lesser ones--that she knew his name. Kendricks",
"I had to smile at the picture that conjured up in my mind. \"I'm afraid\nnot,\" I admitted. \"Tell her to go to Dr. Forth, and give the message\nfrom Dr. Jason Allison.\"",
"features of that stranger, _Doctor_ Jason Allison. I delayed, even while\nI was wondering what few things I should pack for a trip into the\nmountains and the habit of hunting parties was making mental lists about",
"voice, \"Jay, I didn't know--I wouldn't have believed--you're _Doctor\nAllison_? Good Lord--Jason!\"",
"\"Kendricks knows you,\" Forth said, \"but I'm going to be perfectly\ntruthful. I never knew Jay Allison well, except in line of work. I know",
"He said in a broken, blurred, choking voice, \"Oh, Lord, Jason, those\nchildren, those children--if you ever had any doubts about what you're",
"student who lost himself in his work. But I, Jason--I had always been\nthe watcher behind, the person Jay Allison dared not be? Why was he past\nthirty--and I just 22?",
"\"Very little, I'm sorry to say.\" Allison didn't sound sorry, though. He\nsounded bored to death with the whole conversation.\n\n\"May I be blunt--and personal?\"",
"Buck Kendricks was bone-white, his mouth widening as he said hoarsely,\n\"Jay! Doctor Allison--for God's sake--\"",
"\"Why should I care? Call me Jason.\"",
"\"All right. The work's the thing. I can't do it, Jason can. You're a\nparapsych. If you can switch me off--go right ahead!\"\n\n * * * * *",
"\"Not exactly.\" Forth mopped his forehead with an immaculate sleeve and\nit came away damp with sweat, \"No--_not_ Jay Allison as I know him!\" He"
],
[
"Jason Allison, Junior, was listed on the directory of the Terran HQ as\n\"Suite 1214, Medical Residence Corridor.\" I found the rooms without any",
"I could almost feel Allison taking it in, as he confessed, \"Well--yes.\nFor instance--the other day--although I dress conservatively at all",
"known him as Jason became a mania. Once, meeting Rafe Scott on the lower\nfloor of the HQ, he had turned frantically and plunged like a madman",
"I had to smile at the picture that conjured up in my mind. \"I'm afraid\nnot,\" I admitted. \"Tell her to go to Dr. Forth, and give the message\nfrom Dr. Jason Allison.\"",
"At the last moment, she drew back a little from my arms and whispered,\n\"You're Jason--but you're something more. Different ...\"",
"\"But--you say _him_--I'm Jay Allison,\" I said, and then my knees went\nweak and I sat down. \"What in hell is this? I'm not Jay--but I'm not\nJason, either--\"",
"After the briefest time, she pulled a little away, and her flat voice\nwas gentler and more breathless than usual. \"We'd better leave before\nthe others waken.\" She saw that I did not move. \"Jason--?\"",
"\"You frightened me,\" she said in a shaky little voice, and I suddenly\nknew what had happened. I tensed with savage rage against Jay Allison.",
"She reached out an appealing hand. \"Jason! Jason--?\"\n\n * * * * *",
"\"Dr. Allison,\" he corrected tersely, surprised in a minor way--the major\nsurprise had blurred lesser ones--that she knew his name. Kendricks",
"\"That tallies with me. I don't recognize myself.\" I added, \"--and the\nqueer thing is, I didn't even _like_ Jay Allison, to put it mildly. If",
"\"You know, Jason, there is one real danger--\"\n\n\"Do you think I care about danger? Or are you afraid I'll\nturn--foolhardy?\"",
"altitudes on men acclimated to low ones?\" Suddenly she threw back her\nhead and the hidden sound became free and merry laughter. \"Jason, I'm a",
"might have known. She belonged wholly to Jason, to my world. Between\nsleep and waking, I lost myself in a dream of skimming flight-wise along",
"Jay Allison looked around with a gasp of sudden vertigo. He was not in\nForth's office, but standing precariously near the edge of a cliff. He",
"\"Dr. Allison, do you remember me at all?\"\n\n\"I remember you,\" Jay Allison said sullenly.",
"\"So--?\"\n\n\"I wish I needn't leave here. I wish you were--going to stay with the\nmen who know you only as Jason, instead of being alone--or only with\nKyla.\"",
"alter ego had been up to. With Jason, there was no telling. Jay raised\nhis eyes with a melancholy smile.",
"voice, \"Jay, I didn't know--I wouldn't have believed--you're _Doctor\nAllison_? Good Lord--Jason!\"",
"Somebody shouted, \"Jason!\" in an imperative voice, and Kendricks said\nshakily, \"Jay, if they see you--you literally are not the same man!\""
],
[
"come for men to die, they die.\" He stretched his hand in dismissal. \"I\nwill give your men safe-conduct to the river, Jason. Do not return.\"",
"She pushed my hands away, kneeling upright, and said urgently, \"Jason,\nlisten. We are close to Carthon, the others can lead them the rest of",
"Scott who came to me and said desperately, \"Jason, these poor fellows\nwill never make it to Carthon. Lerrys and I know this country. Let us go",
"around the Hellers and land inside them. We'd have to go on foot, all\nthe way from Carthon. I'd need professional climbers--mountaineers.\"",
"\"Hi, Jason, get a move on,\" someone shouted, and I walked back toward\nthe clearing squinting in the sun. It hurt, and I touched my face",
"One of them yelled something unintelligible and plunged at me--another\ntribe! I saw a white-furred, chinless face, contorted in rage, a small",
"\"Jason? Yes, I hear them speak of you,\" he said in his gentle twittering\nvoice, \"you are at home. But those others--?\" He gestured nervously at\nthe strange faces.",
"Somebody shouted, \"Jason!\" in an imperative voice, and Kendricks said\nshakily, \"Jay, if they see you--you literally are not the same man!\"",
"\"You've had trail experience? We're going into the Hellers through\nDammerung, and that's rough going even for professionals.\"\n\n * * * * *",
"Shivering, we got across and hauled ourselves out. I signalled to the\nothers to cross two at a time, and Kyla seized my elbow. \"Jason--\"",
"Somebody burst out of the warehouse-palace place, and shouted at me.\n\"Jason? The guide is here,\" and I stood up, giving Forth a final grin.",
"He said in a broken, blurred, choking voice, \"Oh, Lord, Jason, those\nchildren, those children--if you ever had any doubts about what you're",
"\"The Wall Around the World.\"\n\n\"Good name for it,\" Lerrys murmured, coming with his mug in his hand to\nlook at the mountain. \"Jason, the big peak there has never been climbed,\nhas it?\"",
"\"Ever been in the Hellers? If anything happened to me, could you lead\nthe expedition safely back to Carthon?\"",
"Jay covered his face with his hands again. Jason was the part of himself\nthat remembered the trailmen. _That_ was what he had to remember--Jason",
"Forth shook his head. \"It would be murder to send anyone recognizably\nTerran into the Hellers. You know how the trailmen feel about outsiders",
"glowed. Regis turned to me, and said warmly, \"What about it, Jason? A\nbargain? Shall we all climb it together, next year?\"",
"\"From this point,\" I broke the news, \"we're liable to be attacked. Kyla,\ntell them what you saw.\"\n\n * * * * *",
"At last he said, \"If you've called me down here to read me the riot act\nabout not wanting to make another trip into the Hellers--!\"",
"\"Glad to know you, Jason.\" I thought Kendricks looked at me half a\nsecond more than necessary. \"The 'copter's ready. Climb in, Doc--you're\ngoing as far as Carthon, aren't you?\""
],
[
"We talked, too, about some of those humans who had crossed the mountains\ninto trailmen country--those mountains profanely dubbed the Hellers by",
"trailmen's lives. I had lost my fear. If anyone came at us now, I could\nspeak their language, I could identify myself, tell my business, name my",
"I stretched my mouth in what was supposed to be a grin and didn't quite\nmake it. \"For the trailmen, this is a superhighway. And no one else ever\ncomes this way.\"",
"on the trailmen. Jason, this is Buck Kendricks.\"",
"Like all trailmen he had the chinless face and lobeless ears, the\nheavy-haired body which looked slightly less than human. He spoke very",
"trailmen? They were just the trailmen, who could explain them? Jay\nAllison, maybe? Rafe turned his head and asked, \"Where do we pull up for",
"But I didn't believe it for a minute. If I knew anything about the\ntrailmen, it was this--one could not judge them by human standards at",
"serum in that time. We've got to appeal to the trailmen. And that's why\nI called you up here. You know more about the trailmen than any living",
"He raised his head and called softly, and a slim child bounded down the\ntrunk and took the basket. The trailman said, \"I am Carrho. Perhaps it",
"As we went along the trail, the vague green light disappeared. \"We're\nright below the Trailcity,\" I whispered, and pointed upward. All around",
"It certainly would. The trailmen paid little enough heed to the ordinary\nhumans, except for considering them fair game for plundering when they",
"\"Not exactly. We were thinking of sending you on an expedition to the\ntrailmen themselves.\"",
"It would be a totally unheard-of thing, if I could accomplish it. Most\nof the trailmen never touched ground in their entire lives, except when",
"chance. I'll go to the trailmen.\"",
"Jay covered his face with his hands again. Jason was the part of himself\nthat remembered the trailmen. _That_ was what he had to remember--Jason",
"lived with the trailmen--so I'm told--until I was thirteen or fourteen.\nI don't remember much about it. Children aren't particularly observant.\"",
"\"You--\" he fished desperately for the girl's name, \"Kyla. You don't\nspeak the trailmen's language, do you?\"",
"forests in search of the trailmen. It was one-way traffic. The trailmen\nnever came in search of _them_.",
"He frowned slightly, and I had the unpleasant impression that he knew\nwhat I was thinking. \"In the first place--it will mean something to the\ntrailmen, won't it--to have a Hastur with you, suing for this favor?\"",
"beyond the forests the slopes of the Hellers, rising upward and upward;\nand their every fold and every valley was filled to the brim with\nforest, and in the forests lived the trailmen."
],
[
"Late the next day the Old One called us in again, and told us that a\nhundred men had volunteered to return with us and act as blood donors\nand experimental subjects for research into the trailmen's disease.",
"\"The Darkovans call it the trailmen's fever, Dr. Forth, because the\ntrailmen are virtually immune to it. It remains in their midst as a mild",
"\"A fever that lasted 48 years would be quite a fever,\" Dr. Forth said\nwith the shadow of a grim smile. \"Nevertheless that's the only name we\nhave so far. Name it and you can have it. Allison's disease?\"",
"While the other men checked and loaded supplies and Rafe Scott went out\nto contact some friends of his and arrange for last-minute details, I\nsat down with Forth to memorize the medical details I must put so\nclearly to the trailmen.",
"remedy against the trailmen's fever.\" He looked round at me, turning the\ndiscussion over to me again, and I said:",
"\"The trailmen agreed?\"\n\n\"They agreed,\" Forth said, surprised. \"You don't remember anything at\nall?\"",
"Maybe, Jay thought, I could stay myself if I could remember the rest.\nDr. Forth said: Jason would remember the trailmen with kindness, not\ndislike.",
"Forth had done a marvelous job of having quarters ready for the\ntrailmen, and after they were comfortably installed and reassured, I",
"* * * * *\n\nFour months later, Jay Allison and Randall Forth stood together,\nwatching the last of the disappearing planes, carrying the volunteers\nback toward Carthon and their mountains.",
"ailment taken by children. When it breaks out into the virulent form\nevery 48 years, most of the trailmen are already immune. I took the\ndisease myself as a child--maybe you heard?\"",
"to meet you again, sir. I hope that our gratitude to you will soon take\na more tangible form. There has not been a single death from the\ntrailmen's fever since you made the serum available.\"",
"Forth shook his head. \"It would be murder to send anyone recognizably\nTerran into the Hellers. You know how the trailmen feel about outsiders",
"backs on the settled country which lay near the Trade City, we talked\nabout Darkover itself. Forth told me about the trailmen's fever and\nmanaged to give me some idea about what the blood fraction was, and why",
"was bad enough, I've heard. It has an 87 per cent mortality--for humans,\nthat is. I understand the trailmen don't die of it.\"",
"Forth was explaining: \"It would be a difficult trek. You know what the\nHellers are like. Still, you used to climb mountains, as a hobby, before\nyou went into Medical--\"",
"The trip over the mountains, so painfully accomplished was easier in\nreturn. Our escort of a hundred trailmen guaranteed us against attack,\nand they could choose the easiest paths.",
"meeting, where the Terrans for some reason put him through this hell and\ndamnation and torture ... oh, yes ... the trailmen's fever.",
"pushed back one sleeve slightly, exposing a long, triangular scar under\nthe cuff. Dr. Forth--by now I was sure _he_ was Dr. Forth--followed the\ndirection of my eyes.",
"Forth nodded. \"You may be the only Terran ever to contract the disease\nand survive.\"",
"\"Not exactly. We were thinking of sending you on an expedition to the\ntrailmen themselves.\""
],
[
"* * * * *\n\nFour months later, Jay Allison and Randall Forth stood together,\nwatching the last of the disappearing planes, carrying the volunteers\nback toward Carthon and their mountains.",
"Late the next day the Old One called us in again, and told us that a\nhundred men had volunteered to return with us and act as blood donors\nand experimental subjects for research into the trailmen's disease.",
"We dismissed you to your own kind because we felt you would be happier\nso. Did we show you anything but kindness, that after so many years you\nreturn with armed men?\"",
"The trip over the mountains, so painfully accomplished was easier in\nreturn. Our escort of a hundred trailmen guaranteed us against attack,\nand they could choose the easiest paths.",
"come for men to die, they die.\" He stretched his hand in dismissal. \"I\nwill give your men safe-conduct to the river, Jason. Do not return.\"",
"those-who-may-not-enter-cities attacked us, and we defended ourselves. I\ntravelled with so many men only because I feared to travel the passes\nalone.\"",
"... and we would return to the city, her head garlanded with the red\nleaves of a chosen-one, and the same women who had stoned her forth",
"again. \"It's not so far. Once we get through Dammerung, it's easy going\ninto the trailmen's city. Beyond there, it's all civilized.\"",
"It was harder going now. For one thing, the sun was lowering, and the\nevening wind was icy. Nearly everyone of us had some hurt, slight in",
"An hour's walking brought us to the edge of the forest. We travelled\nswiftly now, forgetting our weariness, eager to reach the city before",
"There was no gracious way for Regis to protest, and when the messenger\nreturned, he prepared to accompany him. But before leaving, he drew me\naside:\n\n\"I don't much like leaving the rest of you--\"",
"Forth had sent his crew ahead and parked them in an abandoned huge place\nat the edge of the city which might once have been a warehouse or a",
"Forth had done a marvelous job of having quarters ready for the\ntrailmen, and after they were comfortably installed and reassured, I",
"Regis grinned at him companionably. \"Sometime--and you have the word of\na Hastur, you'll be along on that expedition.\" The big fellows' eyes",
"the night? It's getting dark, and we have all this gear to sort!\" I\nroused myself, and took over the business of the expedition again.",
"While the other men checked and loaded supplies and Rafe Scott went out\nto contact some friends of his and arrange for last-minute details, I\nsat down with Forth to memorize the medical details I must put so\nclearly to the trailmen.",
"\"Ever been in the Hellers? If anything happened to me, could you lead\nthe expedition safely back to Carthon?\"",
"striking and caching the tent; they'd return and hunt it out. If we came\nback with a trailmen escort, we wouldn't need it anyway. I ordered them",
"We had made our camp in the bend of an enormous river, wide and shallow\nand unbridged; the river Kadarin, traditionally a point of no return for",
"The reproof in his red eyes was hardly an auspicious beginning. I said\nhelplessly, \"Old One, the men with me are not armed. A band of"
],
[
"\"A fever that lasted 48 years would be quite a fever,\" Dr. Forth said\nwith the shadow of a grim smile. \"Nevertheless that's the only name we\nhave so far. Name it and you can have it. Allison's disease?\"",
"to meet you again, sir. I hope that our gratitude to you will soon take\na more tangible form. There has not been a single death from the\ntrailmen's fever since you made the serum available.\"",
"\"Dr. Allison,\" he corrected tersely, surprised in a minor way--the major\nsurprise had blurred lesser ones--that she knew his name. Kendricks",
"the fingers. The man said, \"It does not seem serious. I was sure it was\nsomething more than that.\" He raised grave eyes. \"You don't even\nremember my name, do you, Dr. Allison?\"",
"Buck Kendricks was bone-white, his mouth widening as he said hoarsely,\n\"Jay! Doctor Allison--for God's sake--\"",
"I had to smile at the picture that conjured up in my mind. \"I'm afraid\nnot,\" I admitted. \"Tell her to go to Dr. Forth, and give the message\nfrom Dr. Jason Allison.\"",
"Jay Allison sat up and meticulously straightened his cuff before\ntightening his mouth in what was meant for a smile. \"I assume, then,\nthat the experiment was a success?\"",
"answering Dr. Allison's private telephone. When Forth had finished, I\nwent to the mirror, and stared, trying to see behind my face the sharp",
"\"Dr. Allison, do you remember me at all?\"\n\n\"I remember you,\" Jay Allison said sullenly.",
"\"The Darkovans call it the trailmen's fever, Dr. Forth, because the\ntrailmen are virtually immune to it. It remains in their midst as a mild",
"\"The hell with you, Dr. Allison,\" I said, and went to see if he had kept\nany clothes fit to pack.\n\n * * * * *",
"fever--in the trailmen. Isolated to a serum, it might reduce the\nvirulent 48-year epidemic form to the mild form again. Unfortunately, he",
"\"Wait--\" Regis held me back, \"don't go out just yet. Do you remember\nwhat happened, Doctor Allison?\"",
"\"Kendricks was giving me a funny eye, Doc. What's biting him?\"\n\n\"He has known Jay Allison for eight years,\" Forth said quietly, \"and he\nhasn't recognized you yet.\"",
"ailment taken by children. When it breaks out into the virulent form\nevery 48 years, most of the trailmen are already immune. I took the\ndisease myself as a child--maybe you heard?\"",
"I could almost feel Allison taking it in, as he confessed, \"Well--yes.\nFor instance--the other day--although I dress conservatively at all",
"remedy against the trailmen's fever.\" He looked round at me, turning the\ndiscussion over to me again, and I said:",
"\"You--or rather, Jay Allison is a specialist in Darkovan parasitology,\nas well as a very competent surgeon.\" Forth was sitting with his chin in",
"Jay Allison greeted this pleasantry with a repressive frown. \"As I\nunderstand it, the disease cycle seems to be connected somehow with the",
"Regis said without emphasis, \"Yet she brought Dr. Allison back once\nbefore.\" Then, surprisingly, he laughed. \"Or maybe you're right. Maybe\nKyla will--scare away Dr. Allison if he shows up.\""
],
[
"\"Dr. Allison, do you remember me at all?\"\n\n\"I remember you,\" Jay Allison said sullenly.",
"Jay covered his face with his hands again. Jason was the part of himself\nthat remembered the trailmen. _That_ was what he had to remember--Jason",
"\"But--you say _him_--I'm Jay Allison,\" I said, and then my knees went\nweak and I sat down. \"What in hell is this? I'm not Jay--but I'm not\nJason, either--\"",
"Jay Allison looked around with a gasp of sudden vertigo. He was not in\nForth's office, but standing precariously near the edge of a cliff. He",
"Regis got a few drops down, painfully, and said, \"My own fault. The\nmoment I saw--Jay Allison--I knew he was a madman. I'd have stopped him\nsooner only he took me by surprise.\"",
"\"I remember,\" Jay said grimly. It was nearly his one clear memory--the\nnightmare of the ledge, his slashed hand, the shameful naked body of the",
"Jay Allison, immobile, appeared on the visionscreen. Forth put a mirror\nin my hand. He said, \"Jason Allison, look at yourself.\"",
"Jay Allison scowled, displeased. \"That was years ago. I was hardly more\nthan a baby. My father crashed on a Mapping expedition over the",
"Buck Kendricks was bone-white, his mouth widening as he said hoarsely,\n\"Jay! Doctor Allison--for God's sake--\"",
"\"Kendricks knows you,\" Forth said, \"but I'm going to be perfectly\ntruthful. I never knew Jay Allison well, except in line of work. I know",
"\"Not exactly.\" Forth mopped his forehead with an immaculate sleeve and\nit came away damp with sweat, \"No--_not_ Jay Allison as I know him!\" He",
"Somebody shouted, \"Jason!\" in an imperative voice, and Kendricks said\nshakily, \"Jay, if they see you--you literally are not the same man!\"",
"\"You frightened me,\" she said in a shaky little voice, and I suddenly\nknew what had happened. I tensed with savage rage against Jay Allison.",
"\"That tallies with me. I don't recognize myself.\" I added, \"--and the\nqueer thing is, I didn't even _like_ Jay Allison, to put it mildly. If",
"I said bleakly, \"I'll write a letter to remind myself. Jay Allison has a\nvery strong sense of duty. He'll look after them for me. He won't like",
"Jay Allison was not acting. He was pained and disgusted. Forth wouldn't\nlet him finish his explanation of why he had refused even to teach in",
"My self-possession deserted me. I felt as if I stood, small and reeling,\nunder a great empty echoing chamber which was Jay Allison's mind, and",
"\"Same as mine. Jay--Jason--\" the flash of memory closed down in the\nmiddle of a word. It had been a good try, but it hadn't quite worked.\nThe doctor said soothingly, \"We're doing very well.\"",
"weeks and, I suspected, years where Jay Allison had kept me prisoner. I\ntried to juggle dates in my mind, looked at a calendar, and got such a",
"Jay Allison sat up and meticulously straightened his cuff before\ntightening his mouth in what was meant for a smile. \"I assume, then,\nthat the experiment was a success?\""
],
[
"\"A fever that lasted 48 years would be quite a fever,\" Dr. Forth said\nwith the shadow of a grim smile. \"Nevertheless that's the only name we\nhave so far. Name it and you can have it. Allison's disease?\"",
"Dr. Forth, on the screen, looked annoyed, and Jay Allison said, with a\ngrimace of distaste, \"I didn't mean that literally. But the trailmen are",
"Forth leaned over the desk, staring. \"You speak their language, don't\nyou?\"\n\n\"I used to. I might remember it under hypnosis, I suppose. Why? Do you\nwant me to translate something?\"",
"What had happened, what would he never know, why did the random ache\nbring a pain deeper than the pain of a torn nerve? Forth was watching\nhim, and Jay asked irritably, \"What is it?\"",
"\"A complete success.\" Forth's voice was somewhat harsh and annoyed, but\nJay was untroubled; he had known for years that most of his subordinates\nand superiors disliked him, and had long ago stopped worrying about it.",
"pushed back one sleeve slightly, exposing a long, triangular scar under\nthe cuff. Dr. Forth--by now I was sure _he_ was Dr. Forth--followed the\ndirection of my eyes.",
"Dr. Forth was waiting for me in the small skyport on the roof, and so\nwas a small 'copter, one of the fairly old ones assigned to Medical",
"answering Dr. Allison's private telephone. When Forth had finished, I\nwent to the mirror, and stared, trying to see behind my face the sharp",
"Forth said, \"Claustrophobia too. Typical,\" and scribbled on the card\nsome more. I was getting tired of that performance. I turned on him to",
"I had to smile at the picture that conjured up in my mind. \"I'm afraid\nnot,\" I admitted. \"Tell her to go to Dr. Forth, and give the message\nfrom Dr. Jason Allison.\"",
"\"The Darkovans call it the trailmen's fever, Dr. Forth, because the\ntrailmen are virtually immune to it. It remains in their midst as a mild",
"Forth drew a long breath. \"I'll concede you're not suitable at the\nmoment, Jay. But what do you know of applied psychodynamics?\"",
"Forth didn't argue. He pointed, with a stubby finger. \"Look--\" he moved\nthe finger as he spoke, \"height of forehead. Set of cheekbones. Your",
"Forth coughed and smothered a laugh and said that was one way of putting\nit. I clapped him reassuringly on the shoulder and said, \"Forget it,",
"Forth nodded. \"You may be the only Terran ever to contract the disease\nand survive.\"",
"* * * * *\n\n\"Sit down, Doctor,\" Forth said, \"did you bring in the reports?\"",
"Forth was explaining: \"It would be a difficult trek. You know what the\nHellers are like. Still, you used to climb mountains, as a hobby, before\nyou went into Medical--\"",
"\"Jay, look,\" Forth said, and I felt him trying to reach through the\nbarricade and touch, really touch that cold contained young man, \"we",
"Like Forth, the newcomer wore a white coat with the caduceus emblems. I\ndisliked the man on sight. He was tall and lean and composed, with a",
"\"You'd better drink this,\" Forth remarked, and I realized I was turning\na paper cup in my hands. Forth sat down, a little weakly, as I raised it"
],
[
"Jason Allison, Junior, was listed on the directory of the Terran HQ as\n\"Suite 1214, Medical Residence Corridor.\" I found the rooms without any",
"\"But--you say _him_--I'm Jay Allison,\" I said, and then my knees went\nweak and I sat down. \"What in hell is this? I'm not Jay--but I'm not\nJason, either--\"",
"Somebody shouted, \"Jason!\" in an imperative voice, and Kendricks said\nshakily, \"Jay, if they see you--you literally are not the same man!\"",
"\"Call me Jason,\" I corrected angrily. Regis said, with a little\ntightening of his mouth, \"That's it. You'll have to be Dr. Allison",
"\"Dr. Allison, do you remember me at all?\"\n\n\"I remember you,\" Jay Allison said sullenly.",
"Jay Allison, immobile, appeared on the visionscreen. Forth put a mirror\nin my hand. He said, \"Jason Allison, look at yourself.\"",
"known him as Jason became a mania. Once, meeting Rafe Scott on the lower\nfloor of the HQ, he had turned frantically and plunged like a madman",
"\"Let me finish, Jason. Jay Allison may have been repressed,\novercontrolled, but you are seriously impulsive. You lack a",
"\"Dr. Allison,\" he corrected tersely, surprised in a minor way--the major\nsurprise had blurred lesser ones--that she knew his name. Kendricks",
"I had to smile at the picture that conjured up in my mind. \"I'm afraid\nnot,\" I admitted. \"Tell her to go to Dr. Forth, and give the message\nfrom Dr. Jason Allison.\"",
"features of that stranger, _Doctor_ Jason Allison. I delayed, even while\nI was wondering what few things I should pack for a trip into the\nmountains and the habit of hunting parties was making mental lists about",
"voice, \"Jay, I didn't know--I wouldn't have believed--you're _Doctor\nAllison_? Good Lord--Jason!\"",
"\"Kendricks knows you,\" Forth said, \"but I'm going to be perfectly\ntruthful. I never knew Jay Allison well, except in line of work. I know",
"He said in a broken, blurred, choking voice, \"Oh, Lord, Jason, those\nchildren, those children--if you ever had any doubts about what you're",
"student who lost himself in his work. But I, Jason--I had always been\nthe watcher behind, the person Jay Allison dared not be? Why was he past\nthirty--and I just 22?",
"\"Very little, I'm sorry to say.\" Allison didn't sound sorry, though. He\nsounded bored to death with the whole conversation.\n\n\"May I be blunt--and personal?\"",
"Buck Kendricks was bone-white, his mouth widening as he said hoarsely,\n\"Jay! Doctor Allison--for God's sake--\"",
"\"Why should I care? Call me Jason.\"",
"\"All right. The work's the thing. I can't do it, Jason can. You're a\nparapsych. If you can switch me off--go right ahead!\"\n\n * * * * *",
"\"Not exactly.\" Forth mopped his forehead with an immaculate sleeve and\nit came away damp with sweat, \"No--_not_ Jay Allison as I know him!\" He"
],
[
"\"Ever been in the Hellers? If anything happened to me, could you lead\nthe expedition safely back to Carthon?\"",
"\"You've had trail experience? We're going into the Hellers through\nDammerung, and that's rough going even for professionals.\"\n\n * * * * *",
"around the Hellers and land inside them. We'd have to go on foot, all\nthe way from Carthon. I'd need professional climbers--mountaineers.\"",
"But I was finding out what I wanted to know--what kind of climbers I had\nto lead through the Hellers.",
"Forth shook his head. \"It would be murder to send anyone recognizably\nTerran into the Hellers. You know how the trailmen feel about outsiders",
"\"My name's Rafe Scott. I thought I knew most of the professional guides\non Darkover, but I admit I don't get into the Hellers much,\" he\nconfessed. \"Which route are we going to take?\"",
"\"Hell, yes,\" I said, \"my dad crashed in the Hellers, and a band of\ntrailmen found me, half dead. I lived there until I was about fifteen,",
"We talked, too, about some of those humans who had crossed the mountains\ninto trailmen country--those mountains profanely dubbed the Hellers by",
"We had made camp on the summit of an outlying arm of the main ridge of\nthe Hellers, and the whole massive range lay before our eyes, turned to",
"At last he said, \"If you've called me down here to read me the riot act\nabout not wanting to make another trip into the Hellers--!\"",
"Regis grinned at him companionably. \"Sometime--and you have the word of\na Hastur, you'll be along on that expedition.\" The big fellows' eyes",
"Forth was explaining: \"It would be a difficult trek. You know what the\nHellers are like. Still, you used to climb mountains, as a hobby, before\nyou went into Medical--\"",
"beyond the forests the slopes of the Hellers, rising upward and upward;\nand their every fold and every valley was filled to the brim with\nforest, and in the forests lived the trailmen.",
"No one else had ever dared fly over the Hellers, except the big\ncommercial spacecraft that kept to a safe altitude. I vaguely remembered\nthe crash and the strange hands pulling me out of the wreckage and the",
"any trek, Lord Hastur. On this one, I'm it. If you want to discuss\nwhether or not we carry guns, I suggest you discuss it with me in\nprivate--and let me give the orders.\"",
"Carthon lay nestled under the outlying foothills of the Hellers, ancient\nand sprawling and squatty, and burned brown with the dust of five",
"We just stood and stared for a minute. Hjalmar swore horribly, in the\nunprintable filth of the mountain tongue, and his brothers joined in.\n\"How the devil was I to know the _rock_ would split off?\"",
"She pushed my hands away, kneeling upright, and said urgently, \"Jason,\nlisten. We are close to Carthon, the others can lead them the rest of",
"It was harder going now. For one thing, the sun was lowering, and the\nevening wind was icy. Nearly everyone of us had some hurt, slight in",
"\"We ought to be able to get a fixed rope easier than that,\" Hjalmar\nsaid, and took one of the spares from his rucksack. He coiled it, making"
],
[
"It was harder going now. For one thing, the sun was lowering, and the\nevening wind was icy. Nearly everyone of us had some hurt, slight in",
"\"Not exactly. We were thinking of sending you on an expedition to the\ntrailmen themselves.\"",
"The trip over the mountains, so painfully accomplished was easier in\nreturn. Our escort of a hundred trailmen guaranteed us against attack,\nand they could choose the easiest paths.",
"Only as we undertook the long climb downward through the foothills did\nthe trailmen, un-used to ground travel at any time, and suffering from",
"was bad enough, I've heard. It has an 87 per cent mortality--for humans,\nthat is. I understand the trailmen don't die of it.\"",
"After crossing the ledge the going was harder. A steeper trail, in\nplaces nearly imperceptible, led between thick scrub and overhanging",
"While the other men checked and loaded supplies and Rafe Scott went out\nto contact some friends of his and arrange for last-minute details, I\nsat down with Forth to memorize the medical details I must put so\nclearly to the trailmen.",
"I stretched my mouth in what was supposed to be a grin and didn't quite\nmake it. \"For the trailmen, this is a superhighway. And no one else ever\ncomes this way.\"",
"We started that night, a curiously lopsided little caravan. The pack\nanimals were loaded into one truck and didn't like it. We had another",
"As we went along the trail, the vague green light disappeared. \"We're\nright below the Trailcity,\" I whispered, and pointed upward. All around",
"\"You've had trail experience? We're going into the Hellers through\nDammerung, and that's rough going even for professionals.\"\n\n * * * * *",
"striking and caching the tent; they'd return and hunt it out. If we came\nback with a trailmen escort, we wouldn't need it anyway. I ordered them",
"the dangerous trails we must travel afoot. We pitched a comfortable\ncamp, but I admit I slept badly. Kendricks and Lerrys and Rafe had",
"It certainly would. The trailmen paid little enough heed to the ordinary\nhumans, except for considering them fair game for plundering when they",
"When we camped that night there were a dozen practical problems needing\nattention; the time and exact place of crossing the ford, the\nreassurance to be given to terrified trailmen who could face leaving",
"\"The trailmen agreed?\"\n\n\"They agreed,\" Forth said, surprised. \"You don't remember anything at\nall?\"",
"hobbled the pack animals so they would not stray too far, and left ample\nfood for them, and cached all but the most necessary of light trail",
"Forth had done a marvelous job of having quarters ready for the\ntrailmen, and after they were comfortably installed and reassured, I",
"But when the trucks had been parked and a tent pitched and the pack\nanimals unloaded and hobbled, and a start made at getting the gear",
"been nothing to a trailman, but which made our ground-accustomed bodies\nache with the effort of getting over or through them; and once the track"
],
[
"Jay covered his face with his hands again. Jason was the part of himself\nthat remembered the trailmen. _That_ was what he had to remember--Jason",
"Somebody shouted, \"Jason!\" in an imperative voice, and Kendricks said\nshakily, \"Jay, if they see you--you literally are not the same man!\"",
"alter ego had been up to. With Jason, there was no telling. Jay raised\nhis eyes with a melancholy smile.",
"\"But--you say _him_--I'm Jay Allison,\" I said, and then my knees went\nweak and I sat down. \"What in hell is this? I'm not Jay--but I'm not\nJason, either--\"",
"\"Same as mine. Jay--Jason--\" the flash of memory closed down in the\nmiddle of a word. It had been a good try, but it hadn't quite worked.\nThe doctor said soothingly, \"We're doing very well.\"",
"known him as Jason became a mania. Once, meeting Rafe Scott on the lower\nfloor of the HQ, he had turned frantically and plunged like a madman",
"\"Dr. Allison, do you remember me at all?\"\n\n\"I remember you,\" Jay Allison said sullenly.",
"\"That tallies with me. I don't recognize myself.\" I added, \"--and the\nqueer thing is, I didn't even _like_ Jay Allison, to put it mildly. If",
"\"Call me Jason,\" I corrected angrily. Regis said, with a little\ntightening of his mouth, \"That's it. You'll have to be Dr. Allison",
"\"I remember,\" Jay said grimly. It was nearly his one clear memory--the\nnightmare of the ledge, his slashed hand, the shameful naked body of the",
"\"I rather had the idea that he wanted to see you personally. Jay, you\ndid a tremendous thing, man! Damn it, why don't you strut a little?",
"Somebody burst out of the warehouse-palace place, and shouted at me.\n\"Jason? The guide is here,\" and I stood up, giving Forth a final grin.",
"\"Jason? Yes, I hear them speak of you,\" he said in his gentle twittering\nvoice, \"you are at home. But those others--?\" He gestured nervously at\nthe strange faces.",
"Jay, motionless, saw bitterly that the old man had succumbed to the\nyoungster's deliberate charm. The chubby, wrinkled old face seamed up in",
"friends--if he had any--would recognize you. You--it's ridiculous to go\non calling you Jay_{2}. What should I call you?\"",
"She reached out an appealing hand. \"Jason! Jason--?\"\n\n * * * * *",
"Jay nodded. It was all he could manage. He was keeping a tight hold on\nhis nerve; if it went, he'd start to rave like a madman. A little time",
"\"Jay, look,\" Forth said, and I felt him trying to reach through the\nbarricade and touch, really touch that cold contained young man, \"we",
"And then he moved fast. \"What's the matter? Oh, hell, Jay, don't faint\non me!\"\n\n * * * * *",
"He said in a broken, blurred, choking voice, \"Oh, Lord, Jason, those\nchildren, those children--if you ever had any doubts about what you're"
],
[
"As I watched, a trailman--quite naked except for an ornate hat and a\nnarrow binding around the loins--descended the trunk. He went from cage",
"As we went along the trail, the vague green light disappeared. \"We're\nright below the Trailcity,\" I whispered, and pointed upward. All around",
"beyond the forests the slopes of the Hellers, rising upward and upward;\nand their every fold and every valley was filled to the brim with\nforest, and in the forests lived the trailmen.",
"He raised his head and called softly, and a slim child bounded down the\ntrunk and took the basket. The trailman said, \"I am Carrho. Perhaps it",
"trees, thickly forested. In spots their twisted roots obscured the\ntrail; in others the persistent growth had thrust aside rocks and dirt.\nWe had to make our way through tangles of underbrush which would have",
"The trailmen were a pausing-place which had proved tenacious. When the\nmainstream of evolution on Darkover left the trees to struggle for",
"return for nuts, bark for dyestuffs and certain leaves and mosses for\ndrugs. In return, the trailmen permitted them to hunt in the forest\nlands without being molested. But other humans, venturing into trailman",
"From time immemorial, the trailmen--usually inoffensive--had kept strict\nboundaries marked between their lands and the lands of ground-dwelling",
"I stretched my mouth in what was supposed to be a grin and didn't quite\nmake it. \"For the trailmen, this is a superhighway. And no one else ever\ncomes this way.\"",
"Like all trailmen he had the chinless face and lobeless ears, the\nheavy-haired body which looked slightly less than human. He spoke very",
"Forth had done a marvelous job of having quarters ready for the\ntrailmen, and after they were comfortably installed and reassured, I",
"trailmen's lives. I had lost my fear. If anyone came at us now, I could\nspeak their language, I could identify myself, tell my business, name my",
"It certainly would. The trailmen paid little enough heed to the ordinary\nhumans, except for considering them fair game for plundering when they",
"forests in search of the trailmen. It was one-way traffic. The trailmen\nnever came in search of _them_.",
"striking and caching the tent; they'd return and hunt it out. If we came\nback with a trailmen escort, we wouldn't need it anyway. I ordered them",
"shoulders and made a flying grab for the lowest loop of the trailmen's\nbridge. She hung there, swaying slightly and sickeningly, as the loose\nlianas gave to her weight.",
"Kendricks protested, \"We can't travel unarmed through trailmen country!\nWe're apt to meet hostile bands of the creatures--and they're nasty with\nthose long knives they carry!\"",
"us the Hundred Trees rose, branchless pillars so immense that four men,\nhands joined, could not have encircled one with their arms. They\nstretched upward for some three hundred feet, before stretching out",
"remember from the 'Narr campaign--the trailmen fight at close quarters,\nand by human standards they fight dirty.\" He looked around fiercely, his",
"It would be a totally unheard-of thing, if I could accomplish it. Most\nof the trailmen never touched ground in their entire lives, except when"
],
[
"Late the next day the Old One called us in again, and told us that a\nhundred men had volunteered to return with us and act as blood donors\nand experimental subjects for research into the trailmen's disease.",
"\"The trailmen agreed?\"\n\n\"They agreed,\" Forth said, surprised. \"You don't remember anything at\nall?\"",
"chance. I'll go to the trailmen.\"",
"I stretched my mouth in what was supposed to be a grin and didn't quite\nmake it. \"For the trailmen, this is a superhighway. And no one else ever\ncomes this way.\"",
"While the other men checked and loaded supplies and Rafe Scott went out\nto contact some friends of his and arrange for last-minute details, I\nsat down with Forth to memorize the medical details I must put so\nclearly to the trailmen.",
"serum in that time. We've got to appeal to the trailmen. And that's why\nI called you up here. You know more about the trailmen than any living",
"trailmen's lives. I had lost my fear. If anyone came at us now, I could\nspeak their language, I could identify myself, tell my business, name my",
"But I didn't believe it for a minute. If I knew anything about the\ntrailmen, it was this--one could not judge them by human standards at",
"\"Not exactly. We were thinking of sending you on an expedition to the\ntrailmen themselves.\"",
"\"Listen, Buck. If we kill a single trailman, except in hand-to-hand\nfight in self-defense, we might as well pack up and go home. We're on a",
"\"You've had trail experience? We're going into the Hellers through\nDammerung, and that's rough going even for professionals.\"\n\n * * * * *",
"be safer without it,\" I said, \"we'll decide that when the time comes,\nanyway. But personally--the trailmen are used to running along narrow",
"trailmen? They were just the trailmen, who could explain them? Jay\nAllison, maybe? Rafe turned his head and asked, \"Where do we pull up for",
"It certainly would. The trailmen paid little enough heed to the ordinary\nhumans, except for considering them fair game for plundering when they",
"Forth had done a marvelous job of having quarters ready for the\ntrailmen, and after they were comfortably installed and reassured, I",
"The trip over the mountains, so painfully accomplished was easier in\nreturn. Our escort of a hundred trailmen guaranteed us against attack,\nand they could choose the easiest paths.",
"When we camped that night there were a dozen practical problems needing\nattention; the time and exact place of crossing the ford, the\nreassurance to be given to terrified trailmen who could face leaving",
"Like all trailmen he had the chinless face and lobeless ears, the\nheavy-haired body which looked slightly less than human. He spoke very",
"* * * * *\n\nFour months later, Jay Allison and Randall Forth stood together,\nwatching the last of the disappearing planes, carrying the volunteers\nback toward Carthon and their mountains.",
"striking and caching the tent; they'd return and hunt it out. If we came\nback with a trailmen escort, we wouldn't need it anyway. I ordered them"
],
[
"* * * * *\n\nFour months later, Jay Allison and Randall Forth stood together,\nwatching the last of the disappearing planes, carrying the volunteers\nback toward Carthon and their mountains.",
"Late the next day the Old One called us in again, and told us that a\nhundred men had volunteered to return with us and act as blood donors\nand experimental subjects for research into the trailmen's disease.",
"We dismissed you to your own kind because we felt you would be happier\nso. Did we show you anything but kindness, that after so many years you\nreturn with armed men?\"",
"The trip over the mountains, so painfully accomplished was easier in\nreturn. Our escort of a hundred trailmen guaranteed us against attack,\nand they could choose the easiest paths.",
"the night? It's getting dark, and we have all this gear to sort!\" I\nroused myself, and took over the business of the expedition again.",
"Forth had done a marvelous job of having quarters ready for the\ntrailmen, and after they were comfortably installed and reassured, I",
"It was harder going now. For one thing, the sun was lowering, and the\nevening wind was icy. Nearly everyone of us had some hurt, slight in",
"come for men to die, they die.\" He stretched his hand in dismissal. \"I\nwill give your men safe-conduct to the river, Jason. Do not return.\"",
"striking and caching the tent; they'd return and hunt it out. If we came\nback with a trailmen escort, we wouldn't need it anyway. I ordered them",
"When we camped that night there were a dozen practical problems needing\nattention; the time and exact place of crossing the ford, the\nreassurance to be given to terrified trailmen who could face leaving",
"There was no gracious way for Regis to protest, and when the messenger\nreturned, he prepared to accompany him. But before leaving, he drew me\naside:\n\n\"I don't much like leaving the rest of you--\"",
"It was a curious, austere reward. But vaguely it comforted me. And then,\nas we rode into the village itself, I lost myself, or tried to lose",
"Regis grinned at him companionably. \"Sometime--and you have the word of\na Hastur, you'll be along on that expedition.\" The big fellows' eyes",
"and went up to the quarters, now deserted, which we had readied for the\ntrailmen. With my new doubled--or complete--memories, another ghost had",
"We had made our camp in the bend of an enormous river, wide and shallow\nand unbridged; the river Kadarin, traditionally a point of no return for",
"\"Not exactly. We were thinking of sending you on an expedition to the\ntrailmen themselves.\"",
"While the other men checked and loaded supplies and Rafe Scott went out\nto contact some friends of his and arrange for last-minute details, I\nsat down with Forth to memorize the medical details I must put so\nclearly to the trailmen.",
"then their Old-One decided I was too human for them, and they took me\nout through Dammerung Pass and arranged to have me brought here. Sure,",
"\"Ever been in the Hellers? If anything happened to me, could you lead\nthe expedition safely back to Carthon?\"",
"But when the trucks had been parked and a tent pitched and the pack\nanimals unloaded and hobbled, and a start made at getting the gear"
],
[
"serum in that time. We've got to appeal to the trailmen. And that's why\nI called you up here. You know more about the trailmen than any living",
"to meet you again, sir. I hope that our gratitude to you will soon take\na more tangible form. There has not been a single death from the\ntrailmen's fever since you made the serum available.\"",
"\"Come on. If I'm going to work on that serum project I'd better inspect\nthe volunteers and line up the blood donors and look over old\nwhatshisname's papers.\"",
"All through the work of isolating and testing the blood fraction, Jay\nhad worked tirelessly and unsparingly; scarcely sleeping, but brooding;",
"ailment taken by children. When it breaks out into the virulent form\nevery 48 years, most of the trailmen are already immune. I took the\ndisease myself as a child--maybe you heard?\"",
"\"Not yet. But we have a lead. During the last epidemic, a Terran\nscientist discovered a blood fraction containing antibodies against the",
"\"A fever that lasted 48 years would be quite a fever,\" Dr. Forth said\nwith the shadow of a grim smile. \"Nevertheless that's the only name we\nhave so far. Name it and you can have it. Allison's disease?\"",
"\"Come out of the mountains. Send us volunteers--blood donors--we might,\nif we had enough blood to work on, be able to isolate the right",
"Late the next day the Old One called us in again, and told us that a\nhundred men had volunteered to return with us and act as blood donors\nand experimental subjects for research into the trailmen's disease.",
"fever--in the trailmen. Isolated to a serum, it might reduce the\nvirulent 48-year epidemic form to the mild form again. Unfortunately, he",
"produced a tube of white stuff; I twisted at the top inexpertly, and she\ntook it from me, squeezed the stuff out in her palm and said, \"Stand\nstill and bend down your head.\"",
"discovered it. The pattern runs like this; a few cases in the mountain\ndistricts, the next month a hundred-odd cases all over this part of the",
"He said savagely, \"We're apt to catch it anyway--here. You're immune,\nyou don't care, you're safe! The rest of us are on a suicide",
"killed all but a dozen men out of three hundred. The Darkovans were\nworse off than we were. The last outbreak wasn't quite so bad, but it",
"otherwise quite pink and bald. He was wearing a white uniform coat, and\nthe intertwined caduceus on the pocket and on the sleeve proclaimed him\na member of the Medical Service attached to the Civilian HQ of the",
"with pain. She reeled and turned deathly white when we touched her; we\nstretched her out where she was, and got her shirt off, and Kendricks\ncrowded up beside us to examine the wound.",
"fraction, and synthesize it, in time to prevent the epidemic from really\ntaking hold. Jay, it's a tough mission and it's dangerous as all hell,",
"\"The Darkovans call it the trailmen's fever, Dr. Forth, because the\ntrailmen are virtually immune to it. It remains in their midst as a mild",
"smear of blood along his knuckles. After a minute he walked to the couch\nand sat down, very straight and stiff, saying nothing. Neither of the",
"He looked wrathfully at me for a space of seconds, while I wondered what\nI'd do if he didn't. Then, slowly, he unbuckled the straps and handed it\nto me, butt first."
],
[
"\"Call me Jason,\" I corrected angrily. Regis said, with a little\ntightening of his mouth, \"That's it. You'll have to be Dr. Allison",
"a demigod on this world and who had humiliated him, repudiated him for\nthe hated Jason ... for Jay, Regis had suddenly become the symbol of a\nworld that hated him, forced him into a false mold.",
"Regis got a few drops down, painfully, and said, \"My own fault. The\nmoment I saw--Jay Allison--I knew he was a madman. I'd have stopped him\nsooner only he took me by surprise.\"",
"The weight of the unexpected blow spun Regis around, and the next moment\nJay Allison, who had never touched another human being except with the",
"Jay covered his face with his hands again. Jason was the part of himself\nthat remembered the trailmen. _That_ was what he had to remember--Jason",
"\"But--you say _him_--I'm Jay Allison,\" I said, and then my knees went\nweak and I sat down. \"What in hell is this? I'm not Jay--but I'm not\nJason, either--\"",
"I stared in growing horror, my worst fear confirmed. Regis said quietly,\n\"You--changed. Probably from the shock of seeing--\" he stopped in",
"Regis bent and put a hand on his shoulder, compassionately, but Jay\ntwitched it off, and his voice, when he found it, was bitter and\ndefensive and cold.",
"alter ego had been up to. With Jason, there was no telling. Jay raised\nhis eyes with a melancholy smile.",
"glowed. Regis turned to me, and said warmly, \"What about it, Jason? A\nbargain? Shall we all climb it together, next year?\"",
"\"I remember,\" Jay said grimly. It was nearly his one clear memory--the\nnightmare of the ledge, his slashed hand, the shameful naked body of the",
"known him as Jason became a mania. Once, meeting Rafe Scott on the lower\nfloor of the HQ, he had turned frantically and plunged like a madman",
"\"Same as mine. Jay--Jason--\" the flash of memory closed down in the\nmiddle of a word. It had been a good try, but it hadn't quite worked.\nThe doctor said soothingly, \"We're doing very well.\"",
"psychiatrist than you are, Forth. He changed me into Jason in the\nflicker of an eyelash, and it took you half a dozen hypnotic sessions.\"",
"\"No, no,\" Forth said equably, \"there's a visitor coming. Regis Hastur\nsent word he wants to see you. In case you don't remember him, he was on\nProject Jason--\"",
"Somebody shouted, \"Jason!\" in an imperative voice, and Kendricks said\nshakily, \"Jay, if they see you--you literally are not the same man!\"",
"\"Damn right I am. I want to make sure she's all right--\" I stopped\nabruptly. \"Regis--did they all see it?\"",
"My self-possession deserted me. I felt as if I stood, small and reeling,\nunder a great empty echoing chamber which was Jay Allison's mind, and",
"\"That tallies with me. I don't recognize myself.\" I added, \"--and the\nqueer thing is, I didn't even _like_ Jay Allison, to put it mildly. If",
"Garin was blinking senselessly, half-dazed by a blow; Regis' forehead\nhad been gashed and dripped blood, and Hjalmar's thigh sliced in a clean"
]
] |
[
"How often does Trailmen's fever occur?",
"What does Dr. Forth do to Dr. Allison? ",
"Who falls in love with Kyla?",
"What happens when the humans are attacked on their way into the Hellers?",
"Why are the humans invited into the Trailmen habitat?",
"Who pleads to the Old Ones for the Sky People for assistance?",
"What is different about Jay/Jason at the end of the story?",
"What is the 48-year-fever also known as?",
"Who does Dr. Forth convince to be hypnotized?",
"Who is Jason Allison?",
"With whom does Jason Allison fall in love?",
"Who attacks Jason's expedition group on their way to the Hellers?",
"What is the other name applied to Trailmen in the story?",
"How many Trailmen volunteered to return with the expedition to help Dr. Forth find a cure for the 48-year-fever?",
"What city does the expedition party return to with the volunteers?",
"Who congratulates Dr. Allison on the development of the serum to treat 48-year-fever?",
"What happens to Jason/Jay Allison after he is reminded of the expedition?",
"What is Dr. Forth desperate to cure?",
"Who is Jason Allison?",
"Who leads the expedition into the Hellers?",
"What happens to the expedition while on the trail?",
"Where is Jay/Jason finally recognized?",
"Who do they encounter inside the trailmen's tree habitat?",
"How many trailmen volunteer?",
"Where do the expedition and volunteers return to?",
"How long did it take to develop a serum?",
"What does the exposure to Regis do to Jay/Jason?"
] |
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"Every 48 years. ",
"Every 48 years."
],
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"Puts him under hypnosis to induce another personality.",
"Hypontize him"
],
[
"Jason Allison.",
"Jason Allison"
],
[
"Jason turns back into Jay.",
"Jay's personality reappears "
],
[
"Jay/Jason is recognized as having lived there as a child.",
"Jay was recognized "
],
[
"Regis Hastur.",
"Regis"
],
[
"He is a third, more stable, personality.",
"They merge their two personalities into a third one."
],
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"Trailmen's Fever",
"Trailmen's fever."
],
[
"Dr. Jay Allison",
"Dr. Jay Allison"
],
[
"Dr. Jay Allison's other personality",
"Dr. Jay Allison's secondary personality"
],
[
"Kyla",
"Kyla"
],
[
"A group of hostile Trailwomen",
"Trailwomen"
],
[
"Sky People",
"The Old Ones of the Sky People"
],
[
"100",
"One hundred"
],
[
"Terran Trade City",
"Terran Trade City."
],
[
"Regis Hastur",
"Regis Hastur"
],
[
"He develops a third, more stable personality.",
"He becomes more stable "
],
[
"48 year fever",
"48 year fever "
],
[
"Dr. Jay Allison's secondary personality",
"Second personality."
],
[
"Jason",
"Jason Allison"
],
[
"They are attacked",
"They are attacked"
],
[
"Trailmen nest",
"The Trailmen's nest."
],
[
"The old ones of the sky people",
"The Old Ones"
],
[
"100",
"100"
],
[
"Terran Trade City",
"Terran Trade City"
],
[
"Several months",
"A few months"
],
[
"Merge into a more stable personality",
"Reminds him of their expedition and causes the emergence of a third personality"
]
] |
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[
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"He was a step or two in front of his cousin when he suddenly stopped.\n\nThis is what those little rabbits saw round that corner!",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the\ngarden.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden."
],
[
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the\ngarden.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY ***\n\n\n\n\nProduced by Robert Cicconetti and the PG Online Distributed\nProofreading Team",
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand."
],
[
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"He was a step or two in front of his cousin when he suddenly stopped.\n\nThis is what those little rabbits saw round that corner!",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.",
"He took a tremendous jump off the top of the wall on to the top of the\ncat, and cuffed it off the basket, and kicked it into the greenhouse,\nscratching off a handful of fur.",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside\nhim sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry."
],
[
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"He was a step or two in front of his cousin when he suddenly stopped.\n\nThis is what those little rabbits saw round that corner!",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"He took a tremendous jump off the top of the wall on to the top of the\ncat, and cuffed it off the basket, and kicked it into the greenhouse,\nscratching off a handful of fur.",
"The sun got round behind the wood, and it was quite late in the afternoon;\nbut still the cat sat upon the basket.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"The cat got up and stretched herself, and came and sniffed at the basket.\n\nPerhaps she liked the smell of onions!\n\nAnyway, she sat down upon the top of the basket.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.",
"A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside\nhim sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet."
],
[
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"He was a step or two in front of his cousin when he suddenly stopped.\n\nThis is what those little rabbits saw round that corner!",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\""
],
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"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"He took a tremendous jump off the top of the wall on to the top of the\ncat, and cuffed it off the basket, and kicked it into the greenhouse,\nscratching off a handful of fur.",
"The sun got round behind the wood, and it was quite late in the afternoon;\nbut still the cat sat upon the basket.",
"The cat got up and stretched herself, and came and sniffed at the basket.\n\nPerhaps she liked the smell of onions!\n\nAnyway, she sat down upon the top of the basket.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"Also he could not understand how the cat could have managed to shut\nherself up _inside_ the greenhouse, locking the door upon the _outside_.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool\nmittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"He was looking for his son.\n\nOld Mr. Bunny had no opinion whatever of cats.",
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.",
"THE END\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd of Project Gutenberg's The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny, by Beatrix Potter",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him."
],
[
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside\nhim sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions."
],
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"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the\ngarden.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"pocket-handkerchief, and old Mrs. Rabbit strung up the onions and hung\nthem from the kitchen ceiling, with the bunches of herbs and the\nrabbit-tobacco.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"The cat got up and stretched herself, and came and sniffed at the basket.\n\nPerhaps she liked the smell of onions!\n\nAnyway, she sat down upon the top of the basket.",
"(The name of little Benjamin's papa was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.)\n\nThe lettuces certainly were very fine.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces."
],
[
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY ***\n\n\n\n\nProduced by Robert Cicconetti and the PG Online Distributed\nProofreading Team",
"(The name of little Benjamin's papa was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.)\n\nThe lettuces certainly were very fine.",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!"
],
[
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"THE END\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd of Project Gutenberg's The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny, by Beatrix Potter",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY ***\n\n\n\n\nProduced by Robert Cicconetti and the PG Online Distributed\nProofreading Team",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"BY\n BEATRIX POTTER\n\n AUTHOR OF \"THE TAIL OF PETER RABBIT,\" &C.",
"Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool\nmittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"(The name of little Benjamin's papa was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.)\n\nThe lettuces certainly were very fine.",
"THE TALE OF\n\n BENJAMIN BUNNY",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"One morning a little rabbit sat on a bank.\n\nHe pricked his ears and listened to the trit-trot, trit-trot of a pony.",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor."
],
[
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside\nhim sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces.",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions.",
"Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool\nmittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk."
],
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"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.",
"Peter was sitting by himself. He looked poorly, and was dressed in a red\ncotton pocket-handkerchief.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"Peter did not seem to be enjoying himself; he kept hearing noises.",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions."
],
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"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Peter did not seem to be enjoying himself; he kept hearing noises.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces.",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter said he thought he might feel better if he went for a walk.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Peter was sitting by himself. He looked poorly, and was dressed in a red\ncotton pocket-handkerchief.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner."
],
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"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the\ngarden.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"pocket-handkerchief, and old Mrs. Rabbit strung up the onions and hung\nthem from the kitchen ceiling, with the bunches of herbs and the\nrabbit-tobacco.",
"(The name of little Benjamin's papa was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.)\n\nThe lettuces certainly were very fine.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY ***\n\n\n\n\nProduced by Robert Cicconetti and the PG Online Distributed\nProofreading Team",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat."
],
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"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces."
],
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"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"The sun got round behind the wood, and it was quite late in the afternoon;\nbut still the cat sat upon the basket.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner."
],
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"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"THE END\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd of Project Gutenberg's The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny, by Beatrix Potter",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand."
],
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"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions.",
"Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the\ngarden.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"Peter was sitting by himself. He looked poorly, and was dressed in a red\ncotton pocket-handkerchief.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"pocket-handkerchief, and old Mrs. Rabbit strung up the onions and hung\nthem from the kitchen ceiling, with the bunches of herbs and the\nrabbit-tobacco.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's."
],
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"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside\nhim sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Also he could not understand how the cat could have managed to shut\nherself up _inside_ the greenhouse, locking the door upon the _outside_.",
"It looked as though some person had been walking all over the garden in a\npair of clogs--only the footmarks were too ridiculously little!",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter."
],
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"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool\nmittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"BY\n BEATRIX POTTER\n\n AUTHOR OF \"THE TAIL OF PETER RABBIT,\" &C.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside\nhim sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"One morning a little rabbit sat on a bank.\n\nHe pricked his ears and listened to the trit-trot, trit-trot of a pony.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"THE END\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd of Project Gutenberg's The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny, by Beatrix Potter",
"GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY ***\n\n\n\n\nProduced by Robert Cicconetti and the PG Online Distributed\nProofreading Team",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor."
],
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"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"THE END\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd of Project Gutenberg's The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny, by Beatrix Potter",
"GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY ***\n\n\n\n\nProduced by Robert Cicconetti and the PG Online Distributed\nProofreading Team",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"THE TALE OF\n\n BENJAMIN BUNNY",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"(The name of little Benjamin's papa was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.)\n\nThe lettuces certainly were very fine.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool\nmittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"BY\n BEATRIX POTTER\n\n AUTHOR OF \"THE TAIL OF PETER RABBIT,\" &C.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"One morning a little rabbit sat on a bank.\n\nHe pricked his ears and listened to the trit-trot, trit-trot of a pony.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat."
],
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"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces.",
"The cat got up and stretched herself, and came and sniffed at the basket.\n\nPerhaps she liked the smell of onions!\n\nAnyway, she sat down upon the top of the basket.",
"He took a tremendous jump off the top of the wall on to the top of the\ncat, and cuffed it off the basket, and kicked it into the greenhouse,\nscratching off a handful of fur.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner."
],
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"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the\ngarden.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"pocket-handkerchief, and old Mrs. Rabbit strung up the onions and hung\nthem from the kitchen ceiling, with the bunches of herbs and the\nrabbit-tobacco.",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"The cat got up and stretched herself, and came and sniffed at the basket.\n\nPerhaps she liked the smell of onions!\n\nAnyway, she sat down upon the top of the basket.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"(The name of little Benjamin's papa was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.)\n\nThe lettuces certainly were very fine.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief."
],
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"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside\nhim sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool\nmittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the\ngarden.",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry."
],
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"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\"",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"(The name of little Benjamin's papa was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.)\n\nThe lettuces certainly were very fine.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Peter did not seem to be enjoying himself; he kept hearing noises."
],
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"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"They took them off the scarecrow. There had been rain during the night;\nthere was water in the shoes, and the coat was somewhat shrunk.",
"A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside\nhim sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the\ngarden.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"It looked as though some person had been walking all over the garden in a\npair of clogs--only the footmarks were too ridiculously little!",
"Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool\nmittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions."
],
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"When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several\nthings which perplexed him.",
"They went away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the\nbottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"A gig was coming along the road; it was driven by Mr. McGregor, and beside\nhim sat Mrs. McGregor in her best bonnet.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"He took a tremendous jump off the top of the wall on to the top of the\ncat, and cuffed it off the basket, and kicked it into the greenhouse,\nscratching off a handful of fur.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped\nwith an old tam-o'-shanter of Mr. McGregor's.",
"The sun got round behind the wood, and it was quite late in the afternoon;\nbut still the cat sat upon the basket.",
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"The cat got up and stretched herself, and came and sniffed at the basket.\n\nPerhaps she liked the smell of onions!\n\nAnyway, she sat down upon the top of the basket.",
"Also he could not understand how the cat could have managed to shut\nherself up _inside_ the greenhouse, locking the door upon the _outside_.",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool\nmittens and muffatees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar). She also sold"
],
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"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Peter did not eat anything; he said he should like to go home. Presently\nhe dropped half the onions.",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the\ngarden.",
"Peter fell down head first; but it was of no consequence, as the bed below\nwas newly raked and quite soft.\n\nIt had been sown with lettuces.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"Benjamin tried on the tam-o'-shanter, but it was too big for him.\n\nThen he suggested that they should fill the pocket-handkerchief with\nonions, as a little present for his Aunt.",
"pocket-handkerchief, and old Mrs. Rabbit strung up the onions and hung\nthem from the kitchen ceiling, with the bunches of herbs and the\nrabbit-tobacco.",
"The cat got up and stretched herself, and came and sniffed at the basket.\n\nPerhaps she liked the smell of onions!\n\nAnyway, she sat down upon the top of the basket.",
"Peter was sitting by himself. He looked poorly, and was dressed in a red\ncotton pocket-handkerchief.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"Benjamin, on the contrary, was perfectly at home, and ate a lettuce leaf.\nHe said that he was in the habit of coming to the garden with his father\nto get lettuces for their Sunday dinner.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"Little Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back\nPeter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the\npocket-handkerchief.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet."
],
[
"Little Benjamin took one look, and then, in half a minute less than no\ntime, he hid himself and Peter and the onions underneath a large\nbasket....",
"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears,\nand whipped him with the little switch.\n\nThen he took out his nephew Peter.",
"I cannot draw you a picture of Peter and Benjamin underneath the basket,\nbecause it was quite dark, and because the smell of onions was fearful; it\nmade Peter Rabbit and little Benjamin cry.",
"The cat got up and stretched herself, and came and sniffed at the basket.\n\nPerhaps she liked the smell of onions!\n\nAnyway, she sat down upon the top of the basket.",
"The sun got round behind the wood, and it was quite late in the afternoon;\nbut still the cat sat upon the basket.",
"Little Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.\n\nHe came round the back of the fir-tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of\nhis Cousin Peter.",
"He took a tremendous jump off the top of the wall on to the top of the\ncat, and cuffed it off the basket, and kicked it into the greenhouse,\nscratching off a handful of fur.",
"The cat looked up and saw old Mr. Benjamin Bunny prancing along the top of\nthe wall of the upper terrace.\n\nHe was smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, and had a little switch in his\nhand.",
"They left a great many odd little footmarks all over the bed, especially\nlittle Benjamin, who was wearing clogs.",
"The mice sat on their doorsteps cracking cherry-stones; they winked at\nPeter Rabbit and little Benjamin Bunny.\n\nPresently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go again.",
"The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the\ndoor.",
"They got amongst flower-pots, and frames, and tubs. Peter heard noises\nworse than ever; his eyes were as big as lolly-pops!",
"\"Peter,\" said little Benjamin, in a whisper, \"who has got your clothes?\"",
"That wood was full of rabbit holes; and in the neatest, sandiest hole of\nall lived Benjamin's aunt and his cousins--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and\nPeter.",
"Little Benjamin sat down beside his cousin and assured him that Mr.\nMcGregor had gone out in a gig, and Mrs. McGregor also; and certainly for\nthe day, because she was wearing her best bonnet.",
"Little Benjamin said that it was not possible to get back up the pear-tree\nwith a load of vegetables. He led the way boldly towards the other end of",
"Peter replied, \"The scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden,\" and described how\nhe had been chased about the garden, and had dropped his shoes and coat.",
"When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see\nthat he had found his shoes and coat. Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the",
"As soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road,\nand set off--with a hop, skip, and a jump--to call upon his relations, who\nlived in the wood at the back of Mr. McGregor's garden.",
"Little Benjamin said: \"It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate;\nthe proper way to get in is to climb down a pear-tree.\""
]
] |
[
"What items of clothing did the two cousins manage to recover?",
"What does Benjamin gather to take home for his aunt?",
"Who rescues the two cousins when they get trapped?",
"Who traps the cousins in the basket?",
"Where do the cousins find the clothing?",
"Where does the cat end up at the end of the story?",
"How does Peter feel about being back in Mr. McGregor's garden?",
"What does Benjamin use to wrap the onions?",
"How are Peter and Benjamin related?",
"Whose property do Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit sneak onto?",
"What did Peter lose in Mr McGregor's garden?",
"Where do they find Peter's clothes?",
"Why is Peter afraid to be in the garden?",
"What does Benjamin use to gather onions?",
"What causes Peter and Benjamin to hide under a basket?",
"What traps Peter and Benjamin under a basket?",
"Who rescues Peter and Benjamin?",
"Who does Peter give the onions to?",
"What confuses Mr McGregor when he returns home?",
"What did Peter Rabbit lose in Mr. McGregor's garden?",
"What is Benjamin Bunny's relationship to Peter Rabbit?",
"Who saved Peter and Benjamin from under the basket?",
"Where did Benjamin place the onions?",
"Who left home with Mr. McGregor?",
"How did Benjamin's father reprimand Benjamin and Peter?",
"What was gone from the scarecrow when Mr. McGregor went home?",
"Where is the cat when Mr. McGregor returns home?",
"Who received the onions from Peter?",
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],
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],
[
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],
[
"A cat",
"A cat."
],
[
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"Benjamin's father"
],
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"The scarecrow missing its clothes and the cat being locked up in the greenhouse",
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[
"Peter Rabbit lost his clothes.",
"His clothes."
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[
"They are cousins.",
"They are cousins"
],
[
"Benjamin's father.",
"Banjamin's father"
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[
"In Peter's handkerchief?",
"in Peters handkerchief"
],
[
"His wife.",
"His wife."
],
[
"Benjamin's father whipped Benjamin and Peter with a switch.",
"He whips them with the switch he brought."
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[
"The clothes the scarecrow was wearing.",
"The clothes it was wearing."
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[
"Locked in the greenhouse.",
"On top of the basket"
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[
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