sport loomed large
ahead of them. He found his throat spray and dosed himself liberally in
preparation for his return to civilization. "Of course, the natives are
going to be wondering what kind of idiots they're dealing with to sell
them pure refined extract of Venusian beefsteak in return for raw chunks
of unrefined native soil. But I think we can afford to just let them
wonder for a while."

Transcriber's Note:

This etext was produced from "Tiger by the Tail and Other Science
Fiction Stories by Alan E. Nourse" and was first published in
_Fantastic Universe_ July 1957. Extensive research did not uncover
any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was
renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected
without note.

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