Wait a minute! Didn’t Reggie lay down the law long ago that his time safaris can’t meddle in human times? So how’s he gonna bring back a Mastodon alive for his latest customer?

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  1. “The Mislaid Mastodon” by L. Sprague de Camp, in Analog, May 1993.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by L. Sprague de Camp