"DON'T LEAVE HE HERE, AUNTY. OH, PLEASE DON'T!" GERALD SCREAMED, TEARS NOW "I'LL STREAMING DOWN HIS CRIMSON CHEEKS. BEHAVE MYSELF. I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU ASK OF ME. ONLY DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!"

"HUSH, GERALD, " HIS AUNT SAID. "DO STOP YOUR SILLY NONSENSE!"

DOCTOR BUELL NOW TURNED HER ATTENTION TO GERALD'S LIMP SYMBOL AND PICKED IT UP BETWEEN HER DAINTY FINGERS.

CARE OF COURSE, SAID.

"THERE ARE VARIOUS METHODS OF TAKING THIS LITTLE APPENDAGE. BUT, OF IT WILL DEPEND ON YOUR WISHES," SHE

"YES

"VARIOUS METHODS?" HIS AUNT INQUIRED. ONE METHOD IS TO DRAW IT BACK SNUGLY BETWEEN THE LEGS AND PLASTER IT DOWN WITH SURGICAL TAPE. ANOTHER METHOD IS TO SIMPLY SEW IT INTO PLACE THERE PERMANENTLY." GERALD SLUMPED INTO A DEAD FAINT AT HEARING THIS.

ALARM.

"OH, DEAR!" HIS AUNT EXCLAIMED IN "HE'S FAINTED."

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"THEY USUALLY DO AT THIS POINT, THE DOCTOR SAID, REACHING FOR A SMALL VIAL

WHICH SHE KEPT CLOSE AT HAND AND HOLDING IT UNDER GERALD'S NOSTRILS. "A LITTLE WHIFF OF SMELLING SLATS GENERALLY REVIVES THEM.

GERALD COUGHED, SPUTTERED A BIT, AND OPENED HIS EYES, CONSCIOUS ONCE MORE. HIS EYES WERE FILLED WITH PURE HORROR.

"I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE REQUIRE ANY SUCH DRASTIC ACTION AS THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME, HIS AUNT SAID. "PERHAPS SOMETHING LESS PERMANENT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

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"WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER METHOD OF PENIS CONTROL, "DR. BUELL SAID, DISAPPOINT-

MENT IN HER VOICE.

SHE WENT OVER TO A CABINET, OPENED IT, AND WITHDREW AN ODD-LOOKING PINK DEVICE. SHE HELD IT OUT IN FRONT OF HIS AUNT.

"AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS MADE OF FOAM RUBBER TO ALLOW FOR SOME COMFORT TO THE WEARER. THE OUTSIDE IS A SPECIAL PLASTIC WHICH EXACTLY IMITATES THE LOOK AND FEEL OF FLESH.

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"GERALD'S SYMBOL WOULD BE FITTED INTO THIS TUBE IN THE FRONT, THE DOCTOR CONTINUED, "TO ALLOW FOR NATURAL RELIEF WITHOUT THE NEED TO REMOVE IT. IN FACT, EXCEPT FOR A DAILY CLEANING, IT WOULD NOT NEED TO BE

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