From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de   
      
   Robert Carnegie  wrote or quoted:   
   >That may be in a different story, I want   
   >to say Larry Niven - a robotic probe on   
   >wheels lands on Mars from Earth, and the   
   >adult Martians, who are very different   
   >from Warth life, allow their children   
   >to play with it, ride on it, herd it   
   >around, while reflecting that when Earth   
   >astronauts foreseeably come, the Martian   
   >adults should keep their children away   
   >from that encounter.   
      
     Yeah, that's "Plaything" (1974-07) by Larry Niven (1938/).   
      
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