Mum scratched the bugwunf's ear.
"Isn't this nice?" she said. "No Giddi to annoy us. He has been gone
two days now. I wonder if he has found Earth yet."

   The bugwunf gave Mum a wicked grin.
"Perhaps he is lost," he said.

   "You are naughty," Mum said. "I love my little Giddi."


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