, just like that: "Good Gawd!" That's all.

"Well," I says to him, "who was right, the scientists or the artists?"

"The artists!" he sorta screeches. "The artists were right all the time
... there _is_ no reality! It's all a fabric of illusion we've created
ourselves! And now I've ripped a hole in that!"

He gives a strangled hoot and goes hightailin' outta here like somepin'
was after him. Jumps in his car and roars off down the road and
disappears.

Naw, I don't mean he really disappeared--are you nuts? Just roared on
down the road till he got so small I couldn't see him no more. You
know--the way things do when they go farther and farther away. Happens
every day; that's what us artists mean by perspective.

The machine? Well, I dunno what to do with it. If Carter ever comes back
he might not like my getting rid of it. I was thinking mebbe I'd put it
in the hobby show at the county fair next week, though. Ya notice how
that funny-looking cube inside there gets bigger every time you look at
it? There ... it just doubled its size again, see? People at the fair
oughtta get a big kick outta that. No telling how big it'll get with all
those people looking at it.

But come on, let's go fishing. We'd better hurry or it'll be too late.

THE END

Transcriber's Note:

This etext was produced from _Astounding Science Fiction_ July 1959.
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. Informal
spellings have been retained.

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