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you about giving them a two-weeks' leave, and it completely slipped my mind!" "It's a good thing it did," said Walters. "I've had these boys doing some important work and I'll have even more need for them now. Come here, boys. I want you to look at something." He waved them around his desk and pointed to the blueprint on his desk. Tom, Roger, and Astro gasped. It was the plan for a large city. "That will be the first settlement on Roald," said Walters. "You boys will be remembered for a long time to come." He looked up at the governor and winked. "How is that, sir?" asked Tom. Walters placed his finger on the many intersecting lines in the blueprint that designated streets. "Each of these streets, avenues, roads, and expressways will be named after a member of the first colonial expedition to Roald. Your names will be among them." "Ours!" exclaimed Tom. "Does that mean that--" "I've been talking to Governor Hardy," Walters continued casually. "He tells me you've done a fine job. I think a tour of duty as cadet observers on Roald will just about round out your training." The three boys looked at each other, eyes wide with surprise and pleasure. "We'll actually go with the colonists?" asked Astro. "That's right, Cadet Astro," said Walters. "And I'm sorry that I can't give you more than a twenty-four-hour pass. But time is very short." "Twenty-four hours will be fine, sir," said Tom. "And we appreciate your giving us the opportunity to go to Roald." "It won't be easy, Corbett," cautioned Walters. "You'll have to work harder than you've worked before. You'll have to maintain your studies and I'll expect you to send back a report every month." He turned to Governor Hardy. "Do you have anything to add, sir?" "Not a thing, Commander," replied Hardy. "I've worked with these boys for weeks and I know what to expect of them. I know I can depend on them to take orders." "All right," said Walters, turning to the cadets. "Go to Atom City and have yourself a good time. Report back to the Academy tomorrow at eighteen hundred hours. Unit dismissed!" The three cadets saluted and left the room. In the corridor they slumped against the wall. "That," announced Roger, "is as close as I ever want to come to getting a rocket shell in the side of the head." "You can say that again, spaceboy," sighed Astro. "Just think what would have happened if we'd opened our mouths about Vidac!" "Come on," said Tom.
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