eir
pens, while birds fluttered about the top of the barn. A pig squealed.
The corn rustled. And beside the farmhouse, on the ground, lay a pipe,
its tobacco spilled, the last of its smoke swirling out of its bowl into
the air, disappearing.

The woman sat in the kitchen of the farmhouse and turned her head when
the door opened. She widened her eyes and caught at her throat with her
hand.

The sun through the doorway shone down on metallic hands and a metallic
face, gleaming on the surface which the straw hat and the overalls and
the blue shirt didn't hide. The door snapped shut, and there was a sound
of heavy metal footsteps against the kitchen floor.

The woman pressed against her chair. "Who are you?" she screamed.

"Henry," said the mechanical thing.

THE END

Transcriber's Note:

This etext was produced from _If Worlds of Science Fiction_ May
1953. 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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