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The Bad Case of the Tribbles     

A Star Trek mini story

    This is a short story of spaceship captain Kirk and some interesting furry creatures. Kirk and his crew land on a planet that will be controlled by humans or Klingons depending on which one can produce crops first. It turns out the people have found a new wheat that can only grow on this planet. At the same time, Kirk's lieutenant finds a furry creature this guy sold to her. These furry animals are called Tribbles and have an enormous appetite! In about 4 hours the entire ship is covered with the furry fiends while Kirk is trying to settle the dispute over the stolen grain. As it turns out the store house for the grain was infiltrated by the Tribbles, but they were all dead. After some analysis, the grains had been poisoned so that the nutrients would not be accepted from the body, thus creating starvation. Who would do this dastardly deed? None other than a Klingon disguised as a storehouse worker! In the end, the Klingon is set free to stop a war but the Tribbles seller is put to work cleaning the ship of the furry nuisances.