by the handbook. How well
she had studied the thoughtful letters that filled it and the excellent
and well-reasoned advice--erring, if it erred at all, on the side of
overtolerance--that had been given in return. Of course, on Earth,
spiritual adjustment apparently was more important than the physical;
you could tell that from the questions that were asked. A number of the
letters had been reprinted in an appendix to the manual.

_New York_

_Dear Senbot Drosmig:_

_When in contact with Terrestrial culture, I find myself constantly
overawed and weighed down by the knowledge of my own inadequacy. I
cannot seem to appreciate the local art forms as disseminated by
the juke box, the comic strip, the tabloid._

_How can I help myself toward a greater understanding?_

_Hopefully yours,_

_Gnurmis Plitt_

* * * * *

Dear Mr. Plitt:

Remember, Orkv was not excavated in a week. It took the
Terrestrials many centuries to develop their exquisite and esoteric
art forms. How can you expect to comprehend them in a few short
years? Expose yourself to their art. Work, study, meditate.

Understanding will come, I promise you.

Helpfully yours,

Senbot Drosmig

* * * * *

_Paris_

Dear Senbot Drosmig:

_To think that I am enjoying the benefits of Terra while my wife
and little ones are forced to remain on Fizbus makes my heart ache.
Surely it is not fair that I should have so much and they so
little. Imagine the inestimable advantage to the fledgling of even
a short contact with Terrestrial culture!_

_Why cannot my loved ones come to join me so that we can share all
these wonderful spiritual experiences and be enriched by them
together?_

_Poignantly yours,_

_Tpooly N'Ox_

* * * * *

Dear Mr. N'Ox:

After all, it has been only five years since Fizbian spaceships
first came into contact with Terra. In keeping with our usual
colonial policy--so inappropriate and anachronistic when applied to
a well-developed civilization like Terra's--at first only males are
allowed to go to the new world until it is made certain over a
period of years that the planet is safe for mothers and future
mothers of Fizbus.

But Stet Zarnon himself, t