Project Gutenberg 2019-11-09 Public domain in the USA. 151 Brown, Rosel George 1926 1967 Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Car Pool Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, July 1959 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Car Pool" by Rosel George Brown is a science fiction short story written in the late 1950s. The story revolves around the experiences of Verne Barrat, a woman who navigates the complexities of parenting and social dynamics in a world where alien children, specifically Hisereans, are being integrated into human society. The narrative touches on themes of acceptance, misunderstanding, and the challenges that come with blending different cultures. In "Car Pool," Verne finds herself responsible for a carpool that includes Hi-nin, a Hiserean child, while also managing her own human children. As the story unfolds, tensions rise when a series of unfortunate events highlight the cultural differences and misunderstandings between the human children and the alien child. Verne struggles with her interactions with Regina Crowley, another mother in the carpool, leading to conflict that arises when one of the human children bites Hi-nin, causing a chain reaction of fear and blame. Ultimately, the narrative explores the difficulties of acceptance and the emotional burdens on both mothers, while portraying how innocence and misunderstanding can lead to dire consequences in a mixed community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Children -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Families -- Fiction Mothers -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 59812 2025-07-24T07:26:31.726436 text/html 36245 2024-10-17T14:29:15 text/html 430929 2025-07-24T07:26:33.823452 application/epub+zip 429766 2025-07-24T07:26:32.177494 application/epub+zip 79759 2025-07-24T07:26:31.920461 application/epub+zip 468942 2025-07-24T07:26:35.111440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461613 2025-07-24T07:26:33.604415 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111832 2022-09-27T12:03:57.580455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52044 2025-07-24T07:26:31.561477 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32315 2024-10-17T14:29:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18385 2025-07-24T07:26:35.263406 application/rdf+xml 21747 2025-07-24T07:26:32.029449 image/jpeg 3943 2025-07-24T07:26:31.971469 image/jpeg 527095 2025-07-24T07:26:31.745464 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia