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29535	Sternbach, Richard A.	The Hands			.txt	text/plain	290	32	89	THE HANDS He was a gigantic figure, sitting there atop the mountain. leaned over and dammed the river below with a finger. Across the plains, as he watched, there were fires glowing, and the mountain under him trembled from explosions a thousand miles away. A smaller figure appeared beside him, looking sad. "Try again, father," the smaller one said. The old one shook his head. The old one shook his head again, and for a while they sat, and they watched the destruction. shook their mountain more roughly. At last, at the end, the old one reached down and scooped up some clay from the bank of the river. He held it in a huge, gentle hand, and the "You are good to give them another chance, father." "Not them," said the old one. Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from _Amazing Stories_ Oct.-Nov. 1953. typographical errors have been corrected without note.	./cache/29535.txt	./txt/29535.txt