"Okay then. They happened to be close to earth, so they went into an orbit around it and studied it for a while on radio and TV bands, and realized they might be able to get help without using their emergency fuel--uranium, incidentally, not kerosene. "So they grabbed us. Me, I suppose because they'd seen my TV science program. They must have gotten the idea from some stupid spy show that scientists have to be seduced into revealing information. That's why they picked up you." Sheilah interrupted, "But what did they _want_? I thought ..." Patiently, Wayne said, "Just what they said. A high dragon bump. A _bump_, not a bomb. A boost, a push. Not to blast away earth, but to blast away _from_ earth. That's all." END Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from _If Worlds of Science Fiction_ June 1958. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of High Dragon Bump, by Don Thompson