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Story 1 — Clear Cutting
A small armada of resource-gathering spaceships entered yet another star system. The Captain and crew had been away for a long time and were looking forward to the pleasures of home. Which explains the Captain’s crankiness…
‘Captain Snorkelfunk, we have discovered an inhabited world. It is the blue one, third in from the yellow star.’
Irritated, the Captain snapped. ‘Scientist Grognak, we are to clearcut this system!’
‘But Captain, we must distinguish between life-supporting planets and harvestable ones!’
‘Can we perhaps collect the planets on the margins?’
‘Yes, Captain.’
‘Good. Take them all but leave the blue one.’
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Story 2 — Colouring Outside The Lines
‘Hello Mrs. Osper. I’m Haley’s teacher, Nicole Smithers, pleased to meet you. Do you have a moment to talk about her latest assignment?’ Haley played quietly in the classroom.
The teacher pulled out a sheet of paper, a map of the world, coloured in with crayon, a red “F” in the margin. ‘The instructions said to colour Canada blue but she used red stripes. Does Haley have trouble distinguishing colour?’
Haley ran up. ‘Blue isn’t in their flag! But there is red and white.’ She grinned.
They all looked at her. Then the teacher changed the “F” to an “A”.
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