Like a Keepsake

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I guess you thought that all those things I told you the night before we blasted off for Earth were the same old talky handed to you Venusian women by every space-scarred, horney-handed guy on Interplanet.

I guess you’ll be surprised to get this letter from me, too. Remember how I told you I thought your name was funny? Well, on the long trip back here to Earth I guess I said it to myself so many times, that it doesn’t sound funny any more. So please forgive me. It’s a wonderful name!

Another thing I ought to tell you about, Zill. Remember how I made out that I had been around the route a few times. That was a lie. I know, I told you that I was an old hand. And I even told you that maybe next trip I’d be in a co-pilot’s slot. That was so much bunk, Zill. I just got out of space school two weeks before that last trip, and it was my first one. Maybe you guessed, but you were too much a lady to let on. As far as my job goes, I’m on damage-control and spend most all my time in a big mask looking at a welding torch flame. Some job, hey?

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