I help you overcome yourâahâunutterable uncouthness. Surely it must pain you to be a disgrace to such aâahâtop-drawer household.â
âAh, phooey!â Bolts grumbled, and crawled under a bunk beside Claws. âWhaddaya want out of a tin dawg? Lifeâs plenty rough as it is.â
But it got rougher as Slim persisted, and if Bolts had ever thought Slim might be slightly sissy because of his manners and flower-making, he soon changed his mind. Slim was as tough and stubborn as the special glass that had been used to create him.
The commander had radioed of their success on the asteroid, and when the Space Jumper landed, there was a swarm of reporters to meet them. But at their first sight of Bolts, everyone was disappointed. He looked so foolish and innocent, and he felt beaten down from so much of Slimâs stubborn schooling. The photographers who wanted his picture shook their heads.
âItâs hard to believe,â said one, âthat anything like you ever captured Major Mangler single-handed, besides doing what you did on the asteroid. Iâm afraid a picture of you wouldnât be very convincing.â
âHow about a little action?â suggested another. âCould you show us how you captured Major Mangler?â
âAw,â Bolts pleaded, âI donât want to shiver nobodyâI mean anybody.â
They laughed. âOh, come on! Give us some action!â
âO.K., fellers. You asked for it.â He raised his steel hackles, snapped out his terrible teeth, loosened his nerve-shattering Number Two, and gave a sample charge in Slimâs direction.
Slim shrieked and fell quivering, and nearly everyone ran. There was such a panic that Bolts almost missed getting his picture in the papers. It hardly mattered, for all the papers carried long pieces about him, and soon everyone knew he was a Very Important Dog.
About the Author
Alexander Key (1904â1979) started out as an illustrator before he began writing science fiction novels for young readers. He has published many titles, including Sprockets: A Little Robot, Mystery of the Sassafras Chair , and The Forgotten Door , winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Keyâs novel Escape to Witch Mountain was adapted for film in 1975, 1995, and 2009.
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the authorâs imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 1966 by Alexander Key
Cover design by Jesse Hayes
ISBN: 978-1-4976-5258-3
This edition published in 2015 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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âAh, phooey!â Bolts grumbled, and crawled under a bunk beside Claws. âWhaddaya want out of a tin dawg? Lifeâs plenty rough as it is.â
But it got rougher as Slim persisted, and if Bolts had ever thought Slim might be slightly sissy because of his manners and flower-making, he soon changed his mind. Slim was as tough and stubborn as the special glass that had been used to create him.
The commander had radioed of their success on the asteroid, and when the Space Jumper landed, there was a swarm of reporters to meet them. But at their first sight of Bolts, everyone was disappointed. He looked so foolish and innocent, and he felt beaten down from so much of Slimâs stubborn schooling. The photographers who wanted his picture shook their heads.
âItâs hard to believe,â said one, âthat anything like you ever captured Major Mangler single-handed, besides doing what you did on the asteroid. Iâm afraid a picture of you wouldnât be very convincing.â
âHow about a little action?â suggested another. âCould you show us how you captured Major Mangler?â
âAw,â Bolts pleaded, âI donât want to shiver nobodyâI mean anybody.â
They laughed. âOh, come on! Give us some action!â
âO.K., fellers. You asked for it.â He raised his steel hackles, snapped out his terrible teeth, loosened his nerve-shattering Number Two, and gave a sample charge in Slimâs direction.
Slim shrieked and fell quivering, and nearly everyone ran. There was such a panic that Bolts almost missed getting his picture in the papers. It hardly mattered, for all the papers carried long pieces about him, and soon everyone knew he was a Very Important Dog.
About the Author
Alexander Key (1904â1979) started out as an illustrator before he began writing science fiction novels for young readers. He has published many titles, including Sprockets: A Little Robot, Mystery of the Sassafras Chair , and The Forgotten Door , winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Keyâs novel Escape to Witch Mountain was adapted for film in 1975, 1995, and 2009.
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the authorâs imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 1966 by Alexander Key
Cover design by Jesse Hayes
ISBN: 978-1-4976-5258-3
This edition published in 2015 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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www.openroadmedia.com
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