The Kenzie Report

By Mark Clifton

If this story has a moral, it is: “Leave well enough alone.” Just look what happened to Kenzie “mad-about-ants” MacKenzie, who didn’t . . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Nov 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781682995853

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The Kenzie Report

by Mark Clifton

Start Publishing LLC

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The Kenzie Report

by Mark Clifton

If this story has a moral, it is: Leave well enough alone. Just look what happened to Kenzie mad-about-ants MacKenzie, who didn’t . . . .

That Kenzie MacKenzie was a mad scientist hardly showed at all. To see him ambling down the street in loose jointed manner, with sandy hair uncombed, blue eyes looking vaguely beyond normal focus, you might think here was a young fellow dreaming over how his gal looked last night. It might never occur to you that he was thinking of—ants.

Of course, we fellows in the experimental lab all knew it, but Kenzie wasn’t too hard to get along with. In fact, he could usually be counted on to pull us out of a technical hole. We put up with him through a certain fondness, maybe even a little pride. It gave us a harmless subject to talk about when security was too