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                              GRAVY TRAIN

                         By DANIEL F. GALOUYE

                    _Ever hear of evil fairies who
                    grant three wishes? McWorther's
                     was more efficient. One wish
                   was plenty to bring catastrophe!_

           [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
               Worlds of If Science Fiction, March 1960.
         Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
         the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


                                   I

At one hundred and thirty, life was indeed gratifying for Titus
McWorther. But for one missing detail, it would have been perfect.

With his wife, Edna, he had planned well for retirement. His
idyllic estate consisted of a second-hand planetoid, thirty miles in
circumference, which was the only habitabl