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EHIND a door mark- ed "Marging Direc. tor,"
S. Claus of Claus International
Inc., Toy and Novelty Manu- facturers and Wholesale Dia tributors, was engrossed in his export order book.
He stabbed at a bell-push on his desk with n plump, red fore- finger. An cián figure with pointed cars and heavy, horn- rimmed spectacles scurried into the office.
"Sir?" It queried. "Sen here,"
Sto
"who
sald S. Claus,
the in the name of Christmas is Ivan Ivanovitch Grodnodski of Rzhev?
And
what does he mean putting through an order for one
Junior spaceman's sult
I
and one gamma ray disintegrator pistol? can't find him listed anywhere as an accredited re- taller."
The elf shuffled his foot, "Sir, he isn't, sir," he said.
5. Claus's
beard bristled, "What do you mean he isn't*?” "Just that, Mr Claus, sir, He isn't an accredited retailer.”
"Then,
what," demanded 5. Claus in "is he?"
1955.
CLAUS FILLS HIS EXPORT ORDERS
PHONE CALL FROM
BULGANUSCHEV
Vassili Vorislov
-By John McKenna—
"S.. Scrionov, People's Com- through. Ho had at lerst got read The Times and. Whole- Distributora' Annual, raised his eye- missar of Noxious Substances," one clear decision from all the sale Toy brows.
he amid mechanically Into the ministries. 8, Claus
Then he picked up the telė- way nort- "What?" he telephone,
existent and everything he had phono,
said..
A few seconds later, he was with him"All normal trap- Mr Bulganuschov was waiting wide awako.
pings of the myth," the Myth patiently. For, as he had bug- "What's that? You say you people assured him, must be posted to Grogzblossom, the
"Christmas Eve," (Georgi, re- peated with abave. wry glance at the thermomolcT outside the window. It read 62
degrees below zero---Fabrentest. Vassili anorted. "Bourgeois
sold. "I suppose "BUT lot," he
be looking for
you'il Claus next."
Santa.
Georgi grinned and got up from his desk. "Light out there," he said. "Looks like a customer-pardon me, comrade, like a citizen-waiting to be served."
GIANT sleigh had pulled up
outside.
rome The light from one of the eight reindeer a smug looking reindeer with a vast red nose.
Georgi opened his book and began to write. "One sleigh, eight reindeer, five elves and
one..
Ho left the space blonk.
"Yes, politely.
"Ono an ominous whisper,
"I think he's a schoolboy, Mr Claus, sir."
of OUT, idiot,
course can't you
have. No non-existent persona havo CVLT been ruled to to toxious entitles, I have
non-existent, too.
matter was very Important He devoutly hoped that Ivan indeed, Ivanovitch- Grodnodski was "You say you have a prob- pretty high up in the MVD. Jen?" S. Claus asked omiably,
officially IT was barely dawn when the cheerful, bald-pated
"You say small boys all over Che
country are
demanding Junior spacemen's suits gamma ray disintegrators?
"Why don't you send them to Siberia?
You
and
it taken up by the committee littlo ma who Was the of them and it would be awk- If you like. Thuy meet in Commissar of all Commissars April.
there's
до
A
say there are 6,233,471 ward? Quite. And besides you want a gamma ray disintegrátor youself?
"I see. You're an accredited wholesaler? You own. all Russia? How's your credit?
"Yea, quite. You can guaran-
ot
nd who called himself Bul "No, you can't arrest a non-
ganuschev just to creato and send him ittle confusion among his front existent person to Siberia. I'm quite sure men-got to his desk.
Already transport schedulo
the telegrams and for non-existent goods. That's the phone messages had begun the Transport Division (Mis to pour in as the other Com- tee distribution? Ah, yes. Rather cellaneous Hyenas Section) you missurs rejected the masalvo irregular of me, I admit, I don't want if you're contemplating correspondence
(bout Ivan usually
deal with ladividuals any such action, anyhow.
Ivanovitch Gradrodski.
and I think I may not need to 1'31 have "Goodnight,
of all Com again. The Commissar
But there's one more operator transfer you to them missars read it quickly and thing..." if you like."
pleked up the bright red tele phono on his desk, He walled until everyone was clearly of curshot.
A Then he dialled secret number,
the
ND so it went, From the
cellaneous
to
the
TN
office
came
out
{{{WEARILY, „Mr Bulganuschev his neurotary
“Take a nge for Pravda," họ
said. "And
Ertcyclopedia.
for
the And
Soviet for the
Deviationist Fiction Myths and
Full Guldo to (Including Capitalist Hyenas).
Pooplo's Guide to Reactionary
A Transport Division (Mis comrade," ho said
Section) Hyenas "Anything to declare?
Police People's
to junior spaceman's mult (Deviationist Allens Section)
of B. Claus Interna- the Ministry of Myths (Bour- the managing director's and one gamma ray disintegru- lor," Georgi repeated. "That was
Peoples tional Redictionary, Ecola
Inc., S. Claus sat and Never Ruin for the Inciling of, Sec- walted. disintegrator, you said? can get used to the labels on tion) and so on and on.
Grogsblossom
"Claw, S. A. well-icnown hero this stuff the MVD orders.
The Transport people said that trembling.
of the People's Progress, has who's it "And
for? Ivan pen-existent hyenas couldn't
"A Mr Bulganushchev on the
contributed extensively to pence he said. "He say and harmony in the Soviet and I'm afraid nood trimsport. The police said telephone,"
non-existent persons it's urgent, Very Urgent, Most to the moral and educational
welfare com couldn't legally occupy space in urgent, sir"
of countless Ammall the
Ministry cells. The
cigar. "Toll boys.... 5. Claus 112 of "Meanwhile your papers, Myths said they only recorded him to wait. I may talk to him
myths, they couldn't arrest them, in an hour or so."
Waarlly, Vassili stamped S. S. Claua finished his cigar, spaceman's suit." Claus's forms and let him it another, finished that, Ho
got
CLAUS exploded, "Look Orodnodaki, Rzher? here, Grogsblossom, you've I'll have to check that against that
the official 11h later, been here long enough to know that CLAUS INTERNATIONAL rade. Inc. (he
in pronounced it capitala, all but the "Inc.", that please. is) deals only with the trade,
"Yes, sir, Mr Claus, air. But you see Rzhev is in Russia.;." S Claus's normally ruddy complexion turned the colour of crusted port.
"Russie," he said in a husky little voice just like that. "Russia RUSSIA!" Ho "Name?" icled the word out for size,
Georgi's but dn't word didn't seem to ilke it any better, wonder.
"What? You haven't
need any? any. Say you don't Most irregular,
comrade. Of course, I understand that with this kind of shipment unusual often employed. carriers are But I'll have to check.
vyes
opened with
Dut
ho
wrote "S.
"Grogsblossom!" he thundered, Claus dullfully on the form don't you know that this con- ceyn has no dealings with these ...these...these...people?
"Don't you know that they
called the a deviationist myth of TE thought for a moment and the capitalist bloodsuckera? H
that...ch? know
Don't
Eh
you
Grogablossom qualled. "Anyway," S. Claus went on in a quieter tone, "there's all- this
then he decided that the space he had been tempted to write "man" on the Inventory. had better be left blank.
will "Just wait a moment,
be asked. "I comrade? really must check all this with Comrade Voristov."
you business of embargoes and exchange difficulties and import restrictions."
Hdruzimed his fingers on the
Inside, Vassili rend through the form and snorted again. Georgi sometimes thought it was the only reaction he had icft.
desk and stared at the scrap Ho went to the shelf and of poper torn from an exercise took down the massive book on which Ivan Ivanovitch volume of the "People's Guide Grodnodski of Rzhev had
to Reactionary Myths and written in big, rounded Russiark
Misleading Deviationist Fiction a Full Guide to Hyenas),"
capitals his request for a junior (Including spaceman's sult and
ray disintegrator pistol,
a gamma Car
S," ho read in a low- A nervous little cough broke measured tone. "A deviationist
hly reverie, and from under myth of the capitalist system, oyesbrows
like leed vermicelli he looked up at Grogsblossom.
still here?"
Mr Claus, sir."
"Shall I write to Ivan Ivano- vitch Grodnodski and tell him we're sorry but...?
..7"
There was a long pause.
non-existent person used extenkively by capitalist hyenas
to...."
He stopped. "Non-existent," he said. "That's the point."
"Ipanvotchsky," he reared. *You
know there's no pro vision in
for the 'constitution
S. Claus brought his great red the admission of non-existent fist down co the desk with a persons to the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics. resounding thump.
SoWhat
∙do they teach idiots at bureaucrats'
he said in
you
a hoarso · young whisper.
Then he broke into a laugh, school these days?" which seemed to grow on him added in a quaking whisper,
"Come to think of it," like an exprces train roaring
out of the distance.
The massive desk tipped over in front of him and S. Claus rolled helplessly on the ground.
When he recovered himself he Looked hard at the cif.
"You may go, Grogsblossom,” he sold curtly,"
bo
there's no provision for NOT admitting non-existent persons to the Union of Soviet Socialis! Republics, either.
"Give me the telephone!
IN Moscow, Stepan Serionov
had gone to bed, EORGI Ipanvotchsky of
He was trying hard to drive the Customs Service sat deviationist, images of plum and shivered. He looked puddings out of his minda
The clattering up' from his pile of customs in
telephone voices. "Christmas Eve," he brought him virity to his 'said simply.
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