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                          THE DRAGON-SLAYERS

                            BY FRANK BANTA

                    Got any dragons to kill? Here's
                    the fastest--and wildest--way!

           [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
             Worlds of If Science Fiction, November 1962.
         Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
         the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


In a gleaming chrome and glass federal building located at the center
of Venusport, Division Chief Carl Wattles wearily arose from his office
couch. He had been taking his usual two-hour, after-lunch nap, but
today it had brought him little refreshment. Earlier he had received an
unexpected report that made sleep impossible.

"John?" he mumbled.

John Claxson, the generously padded assistant division chief, stopped
drilling out his earwax b