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"Mike!" said Sally reproachfully. "Not like you think, Sally," said Mike, grinning a little. "I made up my mind to beat these lummoxes at their own game. I asked Joe about my brainstorm in the plane. He didn't know what I was driving at, but he said what I hoped was so.
Why can't you big lummoxes see it?" "We see it, Mike," Haney said mildly. "You're right. But people won't do it. It's not fair, but they won't." Joe said, beaming, "Besides, Mike, it'd bust up our gang! And Sally's just gotten the real answer! The answer is for ships to go up to the Platform and not come back!" He grinned at them. The Chief raised his eyebrows. Haney turned his head to stare.
The picture of the small, truculent Mike in frenzied revolt with a club against the idea of being decked with jewelry.... Mike turned to the two big men and shoved at them imperiously. "Move over!" he growled. "If you two big lummoxes had dropped in on those crazy goofs instead of me, they'd've thought you were elephants and set you to work hauling logs!" He squirmed to a seat between them.
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