Half a loaf is better than none.
Or, to put it another way, how
many jelly beans can you get in ...

A JAR OF JELLY BEANS

By FRANKLIN GREGORY

ILLUSTRATED by SUMMERS

[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Amazing Stories February 1960.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


It seemed somehow appropriate to Justin that it was a little child who would finally save the world; since, broadly speaking, it was the little brats who caused the mess in the first place.

"Not," Justin hastened to assure Doris with a tenderly approving glance at her expanded umbilical region, "that it's all their fault. There's just so damn many of them."

Doris, supine like a pampered queen on the day bed, corrected him gently.

"Us," she said. "Really, Justin—"