Of all the run-down dives on Mars, I had

Of all the run-down dives on Mars, I had to enter this one. The turquoise and aqua decor. Johnny Carter's gravelly "I shot the Jeddak." There she was, my fatal flame -- Jezikara

Fareesudoku. She was Institutionalist turned Muck Farmer and here she was on Mars, in this jerk-water bar. Of course I wanted her. My Nayon Diodes perked up, and I glided to

the nearest Martian tree and scurried like a ninja into a narrow orifice where I hid my nuts. They were going to pelt that much farmer off-worlder, even if the whole jerk-water bar

thing came to be. Those farmers were good-for-nothings and quite dangerous to us squirrels. Then again maybe they weren't farmers, I seemed to have forgotten I was not on earth.

their nuts. It's not our faults, they have sacks of pralines hanging from legs. We went to our leader. " Oh, Great Wise One, what shall we do?

Wob Timo, the great Wise One of the Kingdom of Driscoll, replied, "Confucius say, when man confronted with praline, eat it." Health Inspector Frank emerged with a pair of tweezers

stuck to the back of his trousers, unbeknownst to him. Frank picked up a praline and declared it delicious. Wob snickered. "I would give this praline an A+ health inspection rating

. It's 100% organic." "Check.. Certified for public consumption" said Monty grinning at Wob & then whispered "Give him the one with larks vomit. Frank'll eat anything".

Frank popped it in his mouth, chewed, frowned, then smiled. "Mmm, pretty good" he said & then violently exploded. Monty read "Warning, may cause spontaneous combustion. Oh. Oops."