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"I say kill every one of them!"

"How can you kill people who call you 'pal' and 'buddy'?" asked another Martian

Ettil shook his head "They're sincere And yet I feel as if ere in a big acid vat htened" He put histhe crowd "Yes, they're really friendly, hail-felloell- dogs and cats and Martians equally And yet--and yet----"

The band played "Roll Out the Barrel" Free beer was being distributed through the courtesy of Hagenback Beer, Fresno, California

The sickness came

The men poured out fountains of slush from their mouths The sound of sickness filled the land

Gagging, Ettil sat beneath a sycaroaned, holding his stomach

"What did you eat?" The assignor stood over him

"Soroaned Ettil

"And?"

"And so meat on a bun, and some yellow liquid in an iced vat, and sohed Ettil, eyelids flickering

The moans of the Martian invaders sounded all about

"Kill the plotting snakes!" somebody cried weakly

"Hold on," said the assignor "It's merely hospitality They overdid it Up on your feet now, arrisons ofin other cities We've our job to do here"

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