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Mirabile
by Janet Kagan
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in
this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events
is purely coincidental.
Copyright © 1991 by Janet Kagan
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or
portions thereof, in any form.
A Tor Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.
West 24th Street
New York, N.Y.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kagan, Janet.
Mirabile / Janet Kagan.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.” ISBN 0-312-85220-7 I. Title.
PS3561.A363M57 1991 . 813‘. 54—dc
-19691 CIP
Printed in the United States of America First edition: October


For MARY MEGSON,
who read me sf before I was old enough to read,
for FRED MEGSON,
who let me tell every other chapter of the bedtime cliff-hanger,
for SUSAN CASPER,
who knows why this particular book got written,
and for RICKY,
of course and as always…
May they never stop scandalizing the kids!


CONTENTS
• The Loch Moose Monster
 • The Return of the Kangaroo Rex
• The Flowering Inferno
• Getting the Bugs Out
• Raising Cane
• Frankenswine
• Author’s Note


The Loch Moose Monster
^»
This year the Ribeiro’s daffodils seeded early and they seeded cockroaches. Now,
ecologically speaking, even a cockroach has its place—but these suckers bit. That
didn’t sound Earth-authentic to me. Not that I care, mind you, all I ask is useful. I
wasn’t betting on that either.
As usual, we were shorthanded—most of the team was up-country trying to