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    Being Neighborly
    Being Neighborly
    Being Neighborly
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    Being Neighborly

    By Kate Macleod

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    When Pa left Pete in charge of his sisters on the farm overnight he stated only one rule: no talking to the Greens.


    No need to spell that out, Pete thinks. Every child knows never to speak to the Greens. An easy rule to follow. The Greens keep to themselves.


    Then a Green turns up in the yard with a strange object. The Green wants something. They refuse to leave until Pete figures it out.


    And Pete always strives to be neighborly.


    "Beingly Neighborly", a science fiction short story originally published in Analog magazine. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRatatoskr Press
    Release dateSep 12, 2018
    ISBN9781946552822
    Being Neighborly
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    Kate Macleod

    Dr. Kate MacLeod is an innovative inclusive educator, researcher, and author. She began her career as a high school special education teacher in New York City and now works as faculty in the college of education at the University of Maine Farmington and as an education consultant with Inclusive Schooling. She has spent 15 years studying inclusive practices and supporting school leaders and educators to feel prepared and inspired to include all learners.

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      Iguess Sitara IV is a good planet as far as the colonial worlds go. It tends to be hot and humid which Ma in particular hates but I guess that's a good thing for growing crops. The air is breathable, unlike Sitara III where the farmers wear air masks while they work. I'm pretty sure I'd hate that. No, everything around our farm is green, rolling hills covered in row after row of corn, the stalks dancing in whatever breeze they can find. Pa says the green doesn't look right because the constant yellow-gray cloud cover distorts the light. I don't know. I've never been off Sitara IV so I guess I just don't know what green looks like.

      Heck, I've only once been off our little farm: the prefabricated

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