A GIFT FOR TERRA
BY FOX B. HOLDEN
Illustrated by Paul Orban
[Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction September 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
The good Martian Samaritans rescued Johnny Love and offered him "the stars". Now, maybe, Johnny didn't look closely enough into the "gift horse's" mouth, but there were others who did ... and found therein the answer to life....
His head hurt like blazes, but he was alive, and to be alive meant fighting like hell to stay that way.