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Show borne of a different caprice, and the birthing took place on that infinitely dull JupiterSpaceLab from whence all BauerWorlders could trace their lineage. "And, marry, the animals here-a surprise they were and that truly," said the young man. Phrapp laughed once more. Enjoyed he ever showing the BauerWorlde sights to visiting administrators from Earth from BauerWorlde's gently sprung touring carriages, and taking them to the completely stocked NewOxbridge Zoo. Aye, even those from the five other colonies could be astonished. For the planets finally visited by Earthskis in the Great Auswanderung had not held nearly so weird a variety of life as the scientists had been theorizing, but rather about as different from Earth's as their European had been from, say, their Australian. That is, in all cases except BauerWorlde, for it was still in its early evolution. Lizard cats! Phrapp's visitors would breathe, recalling artists' conceptions of Earth's Mesozoic age. But its particular stage in evolution explained naught else about it. Singing pack animals! they exclaimed as well. Screaming fish!-those long, slim SouthSeaBanshees of the SouthernOcean! And the colors! The JackPonies caused the most comment, with their huge, heavy tails, their long, wise faces, and the fantastic colors of their dappled hides-ranging from the pale pinks, corals, and blues of those that evolved in the rocky Tartars to the bright reds and oranges of those that evolved in the Provincial RedDesert and surrounding hills. Most striking to the visitors was the JackPonies1 soft, musical humming that filled the NewOxbridge streets and the country lanes of the Commendiums. The planet's SaurianLynx, on the other hand, though 52 |
