The Ghost of a Model T

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Cliffmd D. Simak (1904–1988) ulrote more than tuenty-fiae nouek and dozens of short stories during his witing careen While he was uniting science f.ction, he was ako a nanspaper editor and columnist for papers such as the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He urote an acclaimed, series of nonfiction worhs as well, includ,ing Prehistoric Man, The Solar System, and Trilobite. His fiction ofien untered about nonhuman beings; whethn thq be alicns or animak with enhanced, intelkgence, these creatures usually contained quakties his human protagonists Lached, such as compassion and honor His best uorks incfude City, Cosmic Engineers, They Walked Like Men, and A Heritage of Stars.

He was walking home when he heard rhn Model T ecen. Ir was not a sound that he could well mistake. and it was not the first time he had heard it running, in the distance, on the road. Although it puzzled him considerably, for so far as he knew, no one in the country had a Model T. He'd read somewhere, in a paper more than likely, that old cars, such as Model T's, were fetching a good price, although why this should be, he couldn't figure out. With all the smooth, sleek cars that there were today, who in their right mind would want a Model T? But there was no accounting, in these crazy times, for what people did. It wasn't like the old days, but the old days were long gone, and a man had to get along the best he could with the way that things were now.

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