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It destroys their vitals, and nothing  nothing in this broad universe can help them save this white sap ye give them. IT DESTROYS THEIR VITALS AND NOTHING NOTHING IN THIS BROAD UNIVERSE CAN HELP THEM SAVE THIS WHITE SAP YE GIVE THEM
anted"--he touched his spear and a few gaudy ornaments on his otherwise naked body--"in exchange for the worthless white sap of our trees. If we longer offend the Lords of the Green Star--" [Footnote 1: In their various languages, almost all solar races call Earth "The Green Star." Although conditions on Mercury are unfavorable, Earth can be seen from the dark star, on mountain tops, during occasional dispersals of the cloud masses.] [Footnote 2: The Mercurians had no conception of time before the Earthmen came. A "phase" is the time between calls of the freight ships, and is therefore variable; but in those days it was about six or seven months.] A raucous laugh interrupted the Mercurian's feeble voice, and it echoed eerily from the walls of the chamber. "Valueless ye call the white sap?" sneered the Plutonian. "Hear me. That sap you call valueless is dearer than life itself to the Lords of the Green Star. For they are afflicted in great numbers with a stinking death they call cancer.  ONE YOUR COMMANDS HEAR ME FIRST AN OLD MERCURIAN UNUSUALLY TALL FADED AND DRY LOOKING HIS THICK HIDE WRINKLED LIKE CRUSHED LEATHER ROSE SLOWLY TO HIS FEET AND STEPPED BEFORE THE OBLONG STONE HIS BACK WAS TO THE PLUTONIAN HIS FACE TO THE CRESCENT OF CHIEF THE OLD WISE ONE A TWITTERING MURMUR WENT AROUND THE ASSEMBLAGE HEAR THE OLD WISE ONE MY PEOPLE I LIKE THIS NOT BEGAN THE ANCIENT THE LORDS OF THE GREEN STAR HAVE DEALT WITH US FAIRLY EACH PHASE THEY HAVE BROUGHT US THE THINGS WE WANTED HE TOUCHED HIS SPEAR AND A FEW GAUDY ORNAMENTS ON HIS OTHERWISE NAKED BODY IN EXCHANGE FOR THE WORTHLESS WHITE SAP OF OUR TREES IF WE LONGER OFFEND THE LORDS OF THE GREEN STAR A RAUCOUS LAUGH INTERRUPTED THE MERCURIAN'S FEEBLE VOICE AND IT ECHOED EERILY FROM THE WALLS OF THE CHAMBER VALUELESS YE CALL THE WHITE SAP SNEERED THE PLUTONIAN HEAR ME THE SAP YOU CALL VALUELESS IS DEARER THAN LIFE ITSELF TO THE LORDS OF THE GRE STAR FOR THEY ARE AFFLICTED IN GREAT NUMBERS WITH A STINKING DEATH THEY CALL CANCER
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