142:
281:
he has been keeping two animals in a cage in a barn, he realizes that the "animals" are actually two surviving aliens. When the industrialist learns that the aliens allowed themselves to be captured and caged rather than harm the two youngsters, he is favorably impressed and agrees to help the aliens begin trading with his people. The two aliens succeed in repairing their spaceship and set out for their world: Earth.
22:
331:
280:
When they do not hear from the aliens, the astronomer and the industrialist go out looking for them. They find a small crashed spaceship with a number of tiny dead aliens in it, and the astronomer is convinced that the aliens all died in the crash. When he hears Red admit to the industrialist that
272:
Slim is a boy whose astronomer father is visiting the country estate of an important industrialist. The industrialist's son, Red, has found two strange animals, and he enlists Slim in a plan to turn the animals into a circus act. The astronomer, meanwhile, tells the industrialist that he has been
334:
288:
have proper given names, and identifiable physical descriptions only appear toward the conclusion. All the adults, including the two aliens, are known by their professions, and the two youngsters are known by their nicknames.
277:. Their world needs help, the astronomer says; for ever since the atomic wars that destroyed their old civilization, their world has been regressing. Unless something is done, their civilization may face total collapse.
501:
39:
421:
304:
86:
58:
491:
431:
375:
256:
105:
65:
43:
72:
496:
54:
414:
32:
462:
250:
200:
79:
407:
399:
367:
371:
323:
145:
171:
448:
238:
181:
361:
309:
485:
436:
245:
133:
469:
298:
274:
129:
21:
151:
340:
284:
Necessary for the narrative twist at the end, none of the characters in
241:
184:
318:
273:
in contact with space aliens who want to open up their world to
403:
363:
Index to science fiction anthologies and collections 1977-1983
15:
264:
is one of the rare Asimov stories with alien characters.
502:
Works originally published in Space
Science Fiction
223:
215:
207:
195:
190:
177:
167:
157:
139:
123:
46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
248:. It first appeared in the May 1952 issue of
415:
8:
422:
408:
400:
254:and was reprinted in the 1955 collection
106:Learn how and when to remove this message
390:
352:
120:
305:Internet Speculative Fiction Database
7:
44:adding citations to reliable sources
14:
432:The Martian Way and Other Stories
257:The Martian Way and Other Stories
329:
140:
20:
118:Short story by Isaac Asimov
55:"Youth" Asimov short story
31:needs additional citations for
1:
310:"Youth" etext on Archive.org.
339:public domain audiobook at
518:
360:Contento, William (1984).
443:
128:
492:Novellas by Isaac Asimov
303:title listing at the
251:Space Science Fiction
201:Space Science Fiction
368:G. K. Hall & Co.
40:improve this article
158:Original title
497:1952 short stories
275:interstellar trade
211:Space Publications
479:
478:
324:Project Gutenberg
231:
230:
116:
115:
108:
90:
509:
424:
417:
410:
401:
394:
388:
382:
381:
357:
333:
332:
326:
224:Publication date
144:
143:
121:
111:
104:
100:
97:
91:
89:
48:
24:
16:
517:
516:
512:
511:
510:
508:
507:
506:
482:
481:
480:
475:
449:The Martian Way
439:
428:
398:
397:
389:
385:
378:
359:
358:
354:
349:
330:
316:
295:
270:
239:science fiction
182:Science fiction
141:
119:
112:
101:
95:
92:
49:
47:
37:
25:
12:
11:
5:
515:
513:
505:
504:
499:
494:
484:
483:
477:
476:
474:
473:
466:
459:
452:
444:
441:
440:
429:
427:
426:
419:
412:
404:
396:
395:
393:, p. 467.
383:
376:
351:
350:
348:
345:
344:
343:
327:
314:
312:
307:
294:
293:External links
291:
269:
266:
229:
228:
225:
221:
220:
217:
213:
212:
209:
205:
204:
197:
193:
192:
188:
187:
179:
175:
174:
169:
165:
164:
159:
155:
154:
147:Text available
137:
136:
126:
125:
117:
114:
113:
28:
26:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
514:
503:
500:
498:
495:
493:
490:
489:
487:
471:
467:
464:
460:
457:
453:
450:
446:
445:
442:
438:
434:
433:
425:
420:
418:
413:
411:
406:
405:
402:
392:
391:Contento 1984
387:
384:
379:
377:0-8161-8554-9
373:
369:
365:
364:
356:
353:
346:
342:
338:
337:
328:
325:
321:
320:
315:
313:
311:
308:
306:
302:
301:
297:
296:
292:
290:
287:
282:
278:
276:
267:
265:
263:
259:
258:
253:
252:
247:
243:
240:
236:
226:
222:
218:
214:
210:
206:
203:
202:
198:
194:
189:
186:
183:
180:
176:
173:
170:
166:
163:
160:
156:
153:
149:
148:
138:
135:
131:
127:
122:
110:
107:
99:
96:February 2024
88:
85:
81:
78:
74:
71:
67:
64:
60:
57: –
56:
52:
51:Find sources:
45:
41:
35:
34:
29:This article
27:
23:
18:
17:
455:
437:Isaac Asimov
430:
386:
370:p. 44.
362:
355:
335:
317:
299:
285:
283:
279:
271:
268:Plot summary
261:
255:
249:
246:Isaac Asimov
234:
232:
199:
196:Published in
161:
146:
134:Isaac Asimov
102:
93:
83:
76:
69:
62:
50:
38:Please help
33:verification
30:
470:Sucker Bait
191:Publication
130:Short story
486:Categories
347:References
216:Media type
152:Wikisource
66:newspapers
242:novelette
208:Publisher
185:novelette
463:The Deep
341:LibriVox
227:May 1952
219:Magazine
178:Genre(s)
168:Language
237:" is a
172:English
124:"Youth"
80:scholar
374:
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
456:Youth
336:Youth
319:Youth
300:Youth
286:Youth
262:Youth
235:Youth
162:Youth
87:JSTOR
73:books
372:ISBN
59:news
435:by
322:at
244:by
150:at
132:by
42:by
488::
366:.
260:.
472:"
468:"
465:"
461:"
458:"
454:"
451:"
447:"
423:e
416:t
409:v
380:.
233:"
109:)
103:(
98:)
94:(
84:·
77:·
70:·
63:·
36:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
