Project Gutenberg 2021-07-05 Public domain in the USA. 134 Holden, Fox B. 1923 Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill Yachting Party Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy January 1952 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Yachting Party" by Fox B. Holden is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. It follows a group of space travelers whose yacht makes an emergency landing on an alien planet. The narrative explores their interactions with the mysterious environment and its inhabitants, particularly a creature known as the Hairy One, delving into themes of communication, exploration, and the nature of intelligence. The story begins as the passengers Marla, Ronal, Krist, and the young mechanic Logan attempt to repair their damaged spacecraft while they explore the planet. They encounter the Hairy One, an ape-like creature that seems to struggle with its ability to stand upright. Ronal takes on the challenge of trying to teach the creature to walk, driven by curiosity and the desire for cross-species understanding. However, as they work to repair the yacht and communicate with this alien life form, tension looms with the uncertainty of their situation. After several close encounters, they prepare to depart, leaving the Hairy One behind as it watches them, aware that it stands on the brink of a new evolution but ultimately chooses to remain in its own world. The book concludes with a poignant reflection on the creature's place in its environment and the bonds of understanding that were briefly touched. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 45668 2025-06-26T06:20:15.687573 text/html 22123 2024-10-18T14:44:59 text/html 468935 2025-06-26T06:20:18.658589 application/epub+zip 467764 2025-06-26T06:20:17.021577 application/epub+zip 136576 2025-06-26T06:20:16.166563 application/epub+zip 932826 2025-06-26T06:20:19.875581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 925837 2025-06-26T06:20:18.183582 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 665037 2022-09-29T15:25:34.278705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 39517 2025-06-26T06:20:15.587571 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19723 2024-10-18T14:44:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16829 2025-06-26T06:20:19.994533 application/rdf+xml 28531 2025-06-26T06:20:16.611540 image/jpeg 4775 2025-06-26T06:20:16.385557 image/jpeg 3952292 2025-06-26T06:20:15.721581 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