t murmured. "You miss the point entirely. If from every
possible angle, some entity, to YOU, can't think and doesn't, it is
non-thinking and unintelligent. Right?"

* * * * *

Gordon and Harold paused at the edge of the garden.

"Nice crop of vegetables you have there, Gordon," Harold said
appreciatively.

"Thanks," Gordon said. "Say, wouldn't your wife like some fresh
vegetables?"

Without waiting for an answer he stepped back into the garden, taking a
knife from his pocket.

"These are nice now," he said, bending over and cutting. "Won't be much
longer though. Brown spots developing already. I'll scrape off the brown
stuff for you, but tell your wife to cook them right away. In a couple
of days they'll spoil."

* * * * *

"Upt!" Ont exclaimed, exasperated. "Why don't you answer me, Upt? Upt!
Where are you, Upt? Why don't you answer?"

* * * * *

"There you are," Gordon said, smiling, as he handed Harold the head of
cauliflower.

"Thanks," Harold said, accepting the white, fresh head, and balancing it
in his palm.

The two men continued up the walk to the house.

"As I was saying," Gordon took up their conversation, "when men get to
Mars, if they aren't careful they may destroy a civilization, or even
thousands of intelligent beings, without knowing it...."

THE END

Transcriber's Note:

This etext was produced from _Amazing Stories_ December 1948.
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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