Young Readers Science Fiction Stories

By RICHARD M. ELAM
ILLUSTRATED BY VICTOR PREZIO
Publishers GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. New York
© 1957 by LANTERN PRESS, INC. By arrangement with Lantern Press, Inc.
PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN CANADA BY GEORGE J. MC LEOD, LIMITED, TORONTO, ONTARIO MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO THE YOUNG TRAVELERS OF TOMORROW
Beth Harrison and her father had driven into the desert to look for dead branches of “jumping cactus,” which were used in making lamps for Mr. Harrison’s tourist shop in Tucson. He and Beth had just gotten out of the station wagon and were gazing up a slope of bristly cacti.
“This looks like a good place, Daddy,” Beth said.
Mr. Harrison nodded. “We’ll have to hurry, though. It’s getting late.”
They started up the sandy slope carrying straw market bags that would hold their gleanings.
“Maybe we’ll see some Flying Saucers,” Beth said half-jokingly. “Someone thought he saw one out here the other day.”
Her father grinned. “Flying Saucers indeed! You and that lively imagination of yours, Beth!”