There will be time for anger or grief later, for now, in this instant, I can understand. They are probably quite right. We were carnivores. I know, because, at this moment of hatred, I could kill them all. --G. A. MORRIS Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from _Galaxy Science Fiction_ October 1953. 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 The Carnivore, by G. A. Morris