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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Flying Tuskers of K'niik-K'naak - -Author: Jack Sharkey - -Release Date: December 30, 2019 [EBook #61054] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FLYING TUSKERS OF *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="347" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> -<h1>The Flying Tuskers Of K'niik-K'naak</h1> - -<h2>BY JACK SHARKEY</h2> - -<p class="ph1"><i>Handsome, athletic, debonair, a<br /> -man of powerful charm as well as solid<br /> -worth, I'd give anything to conquer my<br /> -one real fault—my darned modesty!</i></p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Worlds of If Science Fiction, May 1961.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>I have trod many tangled jungles, explored the floors of innumerable -oceans and braved death in so many forms that a man less magnificent -than myself would have died of fright. But if there is one event that -stands out in my perfect memory that can still raise a goosebump or two -on my broad tanned shoulders, the event is when I went hunting for the -flying tuskers of K'niik-K'naak. There we were, myself and my faithful -old purple Andromedan guide, Mimp, out in the vast blue-white desert of -Polaris III, looking for the flying tuskers.</p> - -<p>K'niik-K'naak, the region we trod, was much feared by the Polaris III -natives. They were a superstitious bunch anyway, who panicked at the -very thought of being trampled or gored, and never ventured into the -region of the tuskers. I, a man of clear head and no nonsense, laughed -at their primitive fancies. I set out nonetheless into the desert, with -only the barest rudiments necessary for survival. We could get none of -the local boys for bearers, so Mimp had to carry everything. Naturally -I had to have both hands free to use my Moxley .55, the best ray-rifle -you can buy anywhere in the colonized universe.</p> - -<p>Aside from the ray-rifle, I carried nothing save a fourteen-inch -carbon-steel bolo knife slung to my belt, my ever-present calabash -pipe, crammed full of steaming Yekkweed—expensive to have imported -from the Martian canals, but I buy it by the carton—and my trusty -f9-ultiflex binoculars on a short platinum chain.</p> - -<p>Mimp struggled along behind me as we set off into the desert. Even his -mighty plum-hued muscles quivered under the load of our gear, which -included an inflatable pseudolog hut (with fireplace, an optional -extra), a double-oven radium-powered cookout stove and a seven-pound -crate of signal flares, just in case we got lost.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Three days we ranged the shifting blue-white sands of K'niik-K'naak, -watching everywhere for signs of the herd we'd heard occurred in that -region. Nothing.</p> - -<p>"Keep sharp lookout," I snapped at Mimp, over my shoulder. Mimp was -like a brother, but you have to keep these aliens in their place.</p> - -<p>"Yes, Bwana," said Mimp. (He called me Bwana, always.) "Soon we come to -waterhole."</p> - -<p>I didn't ask him how he knew. Andromedans have a knack for geography. -In many ways, they're almost as good as an Earthman. "Good," was all I -answered. It was short, to the point, and showed who was boss.</p> - -<p>Onward we trekked, a sunburnt duo casting long bronze shadows across -the burning sands of K'niik K'naak. A thin plume of Yekkweed fumes -marked our passage. It was nearly sunset when we spotted the pink -glitter of that sickening slop that is the Polaris III excuse for -water. I stood watching the sunset, while Mimp unloaded all the gear -and began to set up camp. As the last rays faded in the sky, I turned -and entered the pseudolog hut Mimp had inflated. Hard on his lungs, of -course, but I hadn't wanted to burden him with the extra weight of a -hand-pump. I'm a stern man, but I'm fair.</p> - -<p>He had my slippers laid out beside the armchair by the fire and a cool -mint julep awaiting me on the small teakwood taboret. He was busying -himself in the kitchenette, whipping up a quick souffle with one hand -and tossing a small salad with the other.</p> - -<p>"Hurry it up there," I growled jovially. "Time is money, time is -money!" A bit of friendly joshing is good for the relationship; shows -Mimp I'm tolerant of him sharing the same quarters, without actually -making me act like an equal, if you know what I mean.</p> - -<p>"I hurry, Sahib," said Mimp. "Coming up." (He always called me Sahib.) -He rushed across the room and began setting the table, with my -pearl-handled silverware.</p> - -<p>"No, not there," I yawned, picking up my julep and settling back into -the armchair. "I think I'd like the table nearer the piano, so you can -play Chopin Nocturnes while I dine." I added, as a kindly afterthought, -"You can reheat your share of the souffle later, after I've gone to -bed." Personally, I hate cold souffle.</p> - -<p>"Yes, Effendi," said Mimp. (He always called me Effendi.) Rapidly, he -moved the table over to the Steinway, set out the finished souffle -and salad and then hurried to the piano and began laboriously plunking -out glorious melody. I took a sip of my julep, then spat it out on the -carpet.</p> - -<p>"Mimp!" I roared, incensed. "Did you make this drink with Polaris III -water?"</p> - -<p>Craven and cowering, he fell at my feet, whining for mercy. But I was -adamant. You let an alien take an inch, and the next thing, he's swiped -a parsec. "The knout," I said, keeping my voice emotionless and holding -out my hand.</p> - -<p>"Please, Kimosabe," whimpered Mimp, "I dared not use the water in -the canteens. You know that Polaris III water is poisonous to us -Andromedans, while you Earthmen can tolerate it."</p> - -<p>"I can <i>not</i>!" I raged.</p> - -<p>"I was speaking medically," he mewed piteously.</p> - -<p>"And I, esthetically," I snarled. "The knout, now, and be quick about -it."</p> - -<p>He scurried on all fours to the bureau where I kept my odds and ends, -and came crawling back with the brutal leather whip. I weighed the -infraction, decided that three stripes should be lesson enough and I -laid them onto his bare back with a steady hand. "Now," I said, wearied -by the effort, "play something gay and lilting."</p> - -<p>Hastily, he dragged himself to the Steinway and complied. Dinner was -really delicious.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Next morning, before sun-up, we lay in wait for the herd behind a -rock beside the waterhole. The sky was growing pale saffron near the -horizon, then light yellow, and finally glaring brass as the sun arose. -(By "sun," I mean the star Polaris, of course. Our sun is a star, you -know. Or did you? <i>I</i> knew, naturally.) Then, afar off, I espied the -bulky blobs in the sky that were the flying tuskers of K'niik-K'naak. -No man had ever hunted one before. I felt pretty proud, let me tell you.</p> - -<p>Onward they came through the air, their large skin-type gray wings -flapping stolidly up and down, about three strokes to the mile. -Enormous creatures they were, with fiery little eyes, and long trailing -trunks that had a wicked little hook at the tip. But the thing that -really caught one's eye was their tusks. Ten of them. Eight originating -in the mouth, and one in either fore-knee. Each tusk was seven feet -in length, long, white, straight-tapered and flawless. But not ivory, -not on these babies. Pure pearl. That lovely lustrous calcareous -concretion! Each tusk would bring fifty thousand interplanetary credits -on the open market. And there were ten per elephantine beast, and at -least sixty of them in the herd.</p> - -<p>"Look at that, will you!" I cried to Mimp. "Look, feast your ugly eyes -on that gleaming fortune swooping down upon us, Mimp!"</p> - -<p>"I look, I feast," he murmured servilely, huddled behind me behind the -rock behind the tree. Aliens tend to be cowardly when their lives are -in danger.</p> - -<p>Carefully, I raised the rifle and took a bead on the youngest beast in -that descending herd. It's slightly illegal to shoot the fledglings, -but after all, I wasn't going to bring him <i>back</i> with me, so no one -would know. It's just that I find that when I shoot the eldest in a -herd of wildlife, the others miss their protector and flee. But if I -shoot one of the babies, the elder ones stay around to protect it, and -I get to kill lots more. Nasty, perhaps, but that's the hunting game -for you.</p> - -<p>Anyhow, I took this bead on the beast. I was just in the act of -depressing the firing stud when an unwonted lightness in the weapon -caught my attention. Irritated, I cracked open the firing chamber. -"<i>Mimp!</i>" I growled, in one of my rare real wraths. "You didn't <i>load</i> -the ray-rifle! Even a Moxley .55 is no damned good without cartridges!"</p> - -<p>"A thousand pardons, boss," muttered Mimp, inclining his loathsome -lavender face in a subservient bow. "I go get."</p> - -<p>He wriggled away across the sand and into the hut, fortunately not -disturbing the herd, which was now kneeling on the slope above -the waterhole and inhaling that putrid pink liquid through their -trunks. I drooled a bit, seeing the rainbow glint of sunlight on -those magnificent tusks. Seconds passed, then minutes. The herd was -practically slaked, and still no crawling Mimp reappeared from the hut.</p> - -<p>Soon they'd fly off, and cost me a fortune.</p> - -<p>I was already pretty much in hock after paying the fare to Polaris -III from Earth. (I'd been able to save a little by listing Mimp as -baggage, and storing him in the hold for the flight.) Angry, irked, and -pretty well enraged, I moved swiftly toward the hut on hands and knees, -scuttling in the doorway as fast as I could, lest the herd see me and -flee, or attack.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>In the parlor, I stood erect, and glanced about. There was no one in -sight, but the back door was open. "<i>Mimp!</i>" I bellowed, stamping -across the carpet. "Where are you, you off-color blemish!?" No reply. -"This means six stripes with the knout!" I warned him.</p> - -<p>Then I heard a faint sound, not unlike that of a fourteen-inch bolo -knife being brought down hard upon the inflating-valve of a pseudolog -hut. I felt at my belt. My bolo was missing. "Mimp!" I hollered, much -too late.</p> - -<p>Then the whole damned room, piano, fireplace, carpet, armchair and all, -snapped in upon me, and I was wound up with those rubberized walls -tighter than the center of a golfball. I think I must have swooned, -then.</p> - -<p>Much, much later, by dint of tooth, fingernail and sheer grit, I -had gnawed, clawed and wrenched my way free of the collapsed hut. A -stunning sight met my eyes. All about the waterhole, the flying tuskers -were still kneeling. Every one of them was dead and already beginning -to rot. But the infuriating thing was that not one of them had so much -as an inch of tusk any more.</p> - -<p>Every beast had been detusked, the priceless pearl shafts lopped off -flush with the thick gray hides. <i>Mimp!</i> And with <i>my</i> bolo knife, -already!</p> - -<p>At least he'd left me a canteen. I tasted it. <i>Pffaugh!</i> Pink Polaris -III slop! The dirty little—! But I saved it anyhow. I had a long -lonely walk back to town ahead of me.</p> - -<p>And there it was that I learned even worse news.</p> - -<p>Mimp had already sold the tusks and was on his way back to Andromeda, -with a fortune in his breechclout. I swore revenge, then and there, -but was unable to carry it out, since I was short the rocketfare back -to Earth and the authorities. (It seems that Polaris III is a neutral -planet. Even the mighty word "Earthman" carries no weight there.) So -I had to hock the piano, my precious Moxley .55 and what could be -salvaged of the souffle, and even then I was only able to book passage -as near Earth as Sirius II.</p> - -<p>Luckily, they had a consulate there. I was able to secure a ride home, -after some weeks' wait. By then, however, it was too late to avenge -myself.</p> - -<p>Mimp, with his stolen fortune, had paid off his planet's debt to Earth. -Andromeda IV (his home planet) declared its independence, and the -Earth authorities throw up their hands and shrug whenever I hint at -extraditing him. Seems he's the new emperor there, or something. They -can't afford to antagonize him. Damn!</p> - -<p>However, I suppose you're wondering just why I get goosebumps when I -recall the flying tuskers of K'niik-K'naak. Well, it wasn't so much the -danger from the beasts, nor the hideous heat of that desert, nor my -long, painful sojourn beneath the Steinway in the shrunken hut that was -so bad.</p> - -<p>It was those tuskers. Know how they died? Mimp had poisoned the -waterhole. Unsporting, and all that, but the thing that nags my brain -is: Why didn't <i>I</i> think of that?</p> - -<p>Me! 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Flying Tuskers of K'niik-K'naak - -Author: Jack Sharkey - -Release Date: December 30, 2019 [EBook #61054] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FLYING TUSKERS OF *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - The Flying Tuskers Of K'niik-K'naak - - BY JACK SHARKEY - - _Handsome, athletic, debonair, a - man of powerful charm as well as solid - worth, I'd give anything to conquer my - one real fault--my darned modesty!_ - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Worlds of If Science Fiction, May 1961. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -I have trod many tangled jungles, explored the floors of innumerable -oceans and braved death in so many forms that a man less magnificent -than myself would have died of fright. But if there is one event that -stands out in my perfect memory that can still raise a goosebump or two -on my broad tanned shoulders, the event is when I went hunting for the -flying tuskers of K'niik-K'naak. There we were, myself and my faithful -old purple Andromedan guide, Mimp, out in the vast blue-white desert of -Polaris III, looking for the flying tuskers. - -K'niik-K'naak, the region we trod, was much feared by the Polaris III -natives. They were a superstitious bunch anyway, who panicked at the -very thought of being trampled or gored, and never ventured into the -region of the tuskers. I, a man of clear head and no nonsense, laughed -at their primitive fancies. I set out nonetheless into the desert, with -only the barest rudiments necessary for survival. We could get none of -the local boys for bearers, so Mimp had to carry everything. Naturally -I had to have both hands free to use my Moxley .55, the best ray-rifle -you can buy anywhere in the colonized universe. - -Aside from the ray-rifle, I carried nothing save a fourteen-inch -carbon-steel bolo knife slung to my belt, my ever-present calabash -pipe, crammed full of steaming Yekkweed--expensive to have imported -from the Martian canals, but I buy it by the carton--and my trusty -f9-ultiflex binoculars on a short platinum chain. - -Mimp struggled along behind me as we set off into the desert. Even his -mighty plum-hued muscles quivered under the load of our gear, which -included an inflatable pseudolog hut (with fireplace, an optional -extra), a double-oven radium-powered cookout stove and a seven-pound -crate of signal flares, just in case we got lost. - - * * * * * - -Three days we ranged the shifting blue-white sands of K'niik-K'naak, -watching everywhere for signs of the herd we'd heard occurred in that -region. Nothing. - -"Keep sharp lookout," I snapped at Mimp, over my shoulder. Mimp was -like a brother, but you have to keep these aliens in their place. - -"Yes, Bwana," said Mimp. (He called me Bwana, always.) "Soon we come to -waterhole." - -I didn't ask him how he knew. Andromedans have a knack for geography. -In many ways, they're almost as good as an Earthman. "Good," was all I -answered. It was short, to the point, and showed who was boss. - -Onward we trekked, a sunburnt duo casting long bronze shadows across -the burning sands of K'niik K'naak. A thin plume of Yekkweed fumes -marked our passage. It was nearly sunset when we spotted the pink -glitter of that sickening slop that is the Polaris III excuse for -water. I stood watching the sunset, while Mimp unloaded all the gear -and began to set up camp. As the last rays faded in the sky, I turned -and entered the pseudolog hut Mimp had inflated. Hard on his lungs, of -course, but I hadn't wanted to burden him with the extra weight of a -hand-pump. I'm a stern man, but I'm fair. - -He had my slippers laid out beside the armchair by the fire and a cool -mint julep awaiting me on the small teakwood taboret. He was busying -himself in the kitchenette, whipping up a quick souffle with one hand -and tossing a small salad with the other. - -"Hurry it up there," I growled jovially. "Time is money, time is -money!" A bit of friendly joshing is good for the relationship; shows -Mimp I'm tolerant of him sharing the same quarters, without actually -making me act like an equal, if you know what I mean. - -"I hurry, Sahib," said Mimp. "Coming up." (He always called me Sahib.) -He rushed across the room and began setting the table, with my -pearl-handled silverware. - -"No, not there," I yawned, picking up my julep and settling back into -the armchair. "I think I'd like the table nearer the piano, so you can -play Chopin Nocturnes while I dine." I added, as a kindly afterthought, -"You can reheat your share of the souffle later, after I've gone to -bed." Personally, I hate cold souffle. - -"Yes, Effendi," said Mimp. (He always called me Effendi.) Rapidly, he -moved the table over to the Steinway, set out the finished souffle -and salad and then hurried to the piano and began laboriously plunking -out glorious melody. I took a sip of my julep, then spat it out on the -carpet. - -"Mimp!" I roared, incensed. "Did you make this drink with Polaris III -water?" - -Craven and cowering, he fell at my feet, whining for mercy. But I was -adamant. You let an alien take an inch, and the next thing, he's swiped -a parsec. "The knout," I said, keeping my voice emotionless and holding -out my hand. - -"Please, Kimosabe," whimpered Mimp, "I dared not use the water in -the canteens. You know that Polaris III water is poisonous to us -Andromedans, while you Earthmen can tolerate it." - -"I can _not_!" I raged. - -"I was speaking medically," he mewed piteously. - -"And I, esthetically," I snarled. "The knout, now, and be quick about -it." - -He scurried on all fours to the bureau where I kept my odds and ends, -and came crawling back with the brutal leather whip. I weighed the -infraction, decided that three stripes should be lesson enough and I -laid them onto his bare back with a steady hand. "Now," I said, wearied -by the effort, "play something gay and lilting." - -Hastily, he dragged himself to the Steinway and complied. Dinner was -really delicious. - - * * * * * - -Next morning, before sun-up, we lay in wait for the herd behind a -rock beside the waterhole. The sky was growing pale saffron near the -horizon, then light yellow, and finally glaring brass as the sun arose. -(By "sun," I mean the star Polaris, of course. Our sun is a star, you -know. Or did you? _I_ knew, naturally.) Then, afar off, I espied the -bulky blobs in the sky that were the flying tuskers of K'niik-K'naak. -No man had ever hunted one before. I felt pretty proud, let me tell you. - -Onward they came through the air, their large skin-type gray wings -flapping stolidly up and down, about three strokes to the mile. -Enormous creatures they were, with fiery little eyes, and long trailing -trunks that had a wicked little hook at the tip. But the thing that -really caught one's eye was their tusks. Ten of them. Eight originating -in the mouth, and one in either fore-knee. Each tusk was seven feet -in length, long, white, straight-tapered and flawless. But not ivory, -not on these babies. Pure pearl. That lovely lustrous calcareous -concretion! Each tusk would bring fifty thousand interplanetary credits -on the open market. And there were ten per elephantine beast, and at -least sixty of them in the herd. - -"Look at that, will you!" I cried to Mimp. "Look, feast your ugly eyes -on that gleaming fortune swooping down upon us, Mimp!" - -"I look, I feast," he murmured servilely, huddled behind me behind the -rock behind the tree. Aliens tend to be cowardly when their lives are -in danger. - -Carefully, I raised the rifle and took a bead on the youngest beast in -that descending herd. It's slightly illegal to shoot the fledglings, -but after all, I wasn't going to bring him _back_ with me, so no one -would know. It's just that I find that when I shoot the eldest in a -herd of wildlife, the others miss their protector and flee. But if I -shoot one of the babies, the elder ones stay around to protect it, and -I get to kill lots more. Nasty, perhaps, but that's the hunting game -for you. - -Anyhow, I took this bead on the beast. I was just in the act of -depressing the firing stud when an unwonted lightness in the weapon -caught my attention. Irritated, I cracked open the firing chamber. -"_Mimp!_" I growled, in one of my rare real wraths. "You didn't _load_ -the ray-rifle! Even a Moxley .55 is no damned good without cartridges!" - -"A thousand pardons, boss," muttered Mimp, inclining his loathsome -lavender face in a subservient bow. "I go get." - -He wriggled away across the sand and into the hut, fortunately not -disturbing the herd, which was now kneeling on the slope above -the waterhole and inhaling that putrid pink liquid through their -trunks. I drooled a bit, seeing the rainbow glint of sunlight on -those magnificent tusks. Seconds passed, then minutes. The herd was -practically slaked, and still no crawling Mimp reappeared from the hut. - -Soon they'd fly off, and cost me a fortune. - -I was already pretty much in hock after paying the fare to Polaris -III from Earth. (I'd been able to save a little by listing Mimp as -baggage, and storing him in the hold for the flight.) Angry, irked, and -pretty well enraged, I moved swiftly toward the hut on hands and knees, -scuttling in the doorway as fast as I could, lest the herd see me and -flee, or attack. - - * * * * * - -In the parlor, I stood erect, and glanced about. There was no one in -sight, but the back door was open. "_Mimp!_" I bellowed, stamping -across the carpet. "Where are you, you off-color blemish!?" No reply. -"This means six stripes with the knout!" I warned him. - -Then I heard a faint sound, not unlike that of a fourteen-inch bolo -knife being brought down hard upon the inflating-valve of a pseudolog -hut. I felt at my belt. My bolo was missing. "Mimp!" I hollered, much -too late. - -Then the whole damned room, piano, fireplace, carpet, armchair and all, -snapped in upon me, and I was wound up with those rubberized walls -tighter than the center of a golfball. I think I must have swooned, -then. - -Much, much later, by dint of tooth, fingernail and sheer grit, I -had gnawed, clawed and wrenched my way free of the collapsed hut. A -stunning sight met my eyes. All about the waterhole, the flying tuskers -were still kneeling. Every one of them was dead and already beginning -to rot. But the infuriating thing was that not one of them had so much -as an inch of tusk any more. - -Every beast had been detusked, the priceless pearl shafts lopped off -flush with the thick gray hides. _Mimp!_ And with _my_ bolo knife, -already! - -At least he'd left me a canteen. I tasted it. _Pffaugh!_ Pink Polaris -III slop! The dirty little--! But I saved it anyhow. I had a long -lonely walk back to town ahead of me. - -And there it was that I learned even worse news. - -Mimp had already sold the tusks and was on his way back to Andromeda, -with a fortune in his breechclout. I swore revenge, then and there, -but was unable to carry it out, since I was short the rocketfare back -to Earth and the authorities. (It seems that Polaris III is a neutral -planet. Even the mighty word "Earthman" carries no weight there.) So -I had to hock the piano, my precious Moxley .55 and what could be -salvaged of the souffle, and even then I was only able to book passage -as near Earth as Sirius II. - -Luckily, they had a consulate there. I was able to secure a ride home, -after some weeks' wait. By then, however, it was too late to avenge -myself. - -Mimp, with his stolen fortune, had paid off his planet's debt to Earth. -Andromeda IV (his home planet) declared its independence, and the -Earth authorities throw up their hands and shrug whenever I hint at -extraditing him. Seems he's the new emperor there, or something. They -can't afford to antagonize him. Damn! - -However, I suppose you're wondering just why I get goosebumps when I -recall the flying tuskers of K'niik-K'naak. Well, it wasn't so much the -danger from the beasts, nor the hideous heat of that desert, nor my -long, painful sojourn beneath the Steinway in the shrunken hut that was -so bad. - -It was those tuskers. Know how they died? Mimp had poisoned the -waterhole. Unsporting, and all that, but the thing that nags my brain -is: Why didn't _I_ think of that? - -Me! 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