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                            By RON GOULART

                     _Cats! He couldn't stand the
                      things--even when they had
                     once been his best friends!_

           [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.]


Glenn Wheelan stepped back out of the way as the water came hissing
up across the quiet night beach. He rolled his pants cuffs a turn
higher and looked back at Karen Wylie. "And the whole thing is worse.
Teachers, you know, look forward to vacations as much as kids. More.
But I was almost afraid to come back here."

Karen's cigarette glowed red in the darkness. "But San Miguel is much
brighter and clea