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A BEDTIME STORY FOR SMALL APPLIANCES
by Thomas M. Disch
ILLUSTRATED BY KAREN SCHMIDT
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Summary: Feeling abandoned by their beloved master,
a vacuum cleaner, tensor lamp, electric blanket, clock
radio, and toaster undertake a long and arduous journey
to find him in a faraway city.
Text copyright (C) 1980, 1986 by Thomas M. Disch
Illustrations copyright (C)1986 by Karen Schmidt
The Brave Little Toaster first appeared in The Magazine of
Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1980.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FIRST EDITION
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Lives there a man with soul so dead
He's never to his toaster said:
“You are my friend; I see in you
An object sturdy, staunch, and true;
A fellow mettlesome and trim;
A brightness that the years can't dim.”?
Then let us praise the brave appliance
In which we place this just reliance.
And offer it with each fresh slice
Such words of friendship and advice
As “How are things with you tonight?”
Or “Not too dark but not too light.”
Thomas M. Disch
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