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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Suddenly
Nat
realized
that
the
lake
swarmed
with
monsters.
They
were
of
crocodilian
form,
but
twice
the
size
of
the
largest
crocodile,
and
sprawled
over
one
another
in
the
shallows
beside
the
margin.
As
the
party
drew
near,
an
enormous
monster
began
waddling
on
its
clawed
feet
toward
them.
A
mouth
half
the
length
of
the
creature
opened,
disclosing
a
purplish
tongue
and
hideous
fangs.
Madge
screamed
again.
"Ah,
so
fear
exists
on
Earth,
too?"
asked
Axelson
blandly.
"That
makes
my
conquest
sure.
I
suspected
it,
and
yet
I
was
not
sure
that
science
had
not
conquered
it.
But
there
is
no
cause
for
fear.
A
magnetic
field
protects
us.
See!"
For
the
waddling
monster
suddenly
stopped
short
as
if
brought
up
sharply
by
the
bars
of
a
cage,
and
drew
back.
Axelson
turned
and
wheezed
in
the
Moon
language--if
the
gibbering
of
the
dwarfs
could
be
called
speech--and
one
of
the
guards
answered
him.
"These
primitive
dwellers
on
Eros
I
have
preserved,"
said
Axelson,
"as
a
means
of
discipline.
The
Moon
animals
are
afraid
of
them.
I
keep
a
supply
of
those
who
have
transgressed
my
laws
to
feed
them.
See!"
He
turned
and
pointed.
Two
guards
were
bringing
a
gibbering,
screeching,
struggling
Moon
man
with
them.
Despite
his
strength,
he
seemed
incapable
of
making
any
resistance,
but
his
whole
body
quivered,
and
his
hideous
face
was
contorted
with
agony
of
terror.
At
a
distance
of
some
fifty
feet
they
turned
aside
into
a
little
bypath
through
the
jungle,
reappearing
close
beside
the
Lake
upon
a
raised
platform.
And
what
happened
next
happened
so
swiftly
that
Nat
was
unable
to
do
anything
to
prevent
it.
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