SOURCE: "Return of a Legend" by Raymond Z. Gallun (Planet Stories, March 1952)

DESCRIPTION: "He had a pet like an eight-inch caterpillar, though it was not that at all. It was warm-blooded, golden-furred, intelligent. It had seven beady eyes. It crept over the boy's shoulders, and down inside his garments, chirping eerily..." ("Return of a Legend" by Raymond Z. Gallun)

NOTES: "Digger" is actually the name Will Terry gives this Martian creature. The species isn't given a specific name.

HISTORY: One of countless "cute" space pets.

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