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                           CULTURAL EXCHANGE

                            BY KEITH LAUMER

                 It was a simple student exchange--but
                       Retief gave them more of
                   an education than they expected!

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


                                   I

Second Secretary Magnan took his green-lined cape and orange-feathered
beret from the clothes tree. "I'm off now, Retief," he said. "I hope
you'll manage the administrative routine during my absence without any
unfortunate incidents."

"That seems a modest enough hope," Retief said. "I'll try to live up to
it."

"I don't appreciate frivolity with ref