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with him, protesting as they came. “I’ve never seen you like this,” she said. “What’s the matter with you?”

“I want that picture,” said Lazarro, loudly, indignantly. “How much you take for it?” he snarled at Stedman. “I haven’t got any money now, but I’ll pay you when I get some—anything you want. Name your price.”

“Have you gone crazy?” said Sylvia. “That’s a lousy painting. I wouldn’t give it houseroom.”

“Shut up!” said Lazarro.

Sylvia shut up.

“Would—would you by any chance consider an even trade?” said Stedman.

Cornelia Stedman laughed. “Trade this beautiful thing here for that slop pile over there?” she said.

“Silence!” said Stedman. For once he was really as grand as he seemed. He shook Lazarro’s hand warmly. “Done,” he said.

ILLUSTRATIONS

1 Some of These Are Galaxies, copyright © 2006 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

2 Once Upon a Time, white edition, copyright © 2004 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

3 Small Wasp Waist, gray edition, copyright © 2003 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

4 One-Liner #4, Self Portrait 5/7/05, copyright 2006 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

5 Blueprint for an Intelligent Design, copyright © 2005 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

6 Trio, copyright © 1994 Kurt Vonnegut/ Origami Express, LLC

7 Mondrian’s Socks, copyright © 2001 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

8 I Would Just As Soon Have Skipped It All, KV 6/5/06, copyright © 2006 Kurt Vonnegut/ Origami Express, LLC

9 Egyptian Architects, copyright © 1993 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

10 One-Eyed Jack, dark gray edition, copyright © 1994 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

11 Bokonon, white edition, copyright © 2004 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

12 Gesundheit, from the Blivit Portfolio, copyright © 2002 Kurt Vonnegut/Origami Express, LLC

13 Nude Beach, copyright © 1999 Kurt Vonnegut/ Origami Express, LLC

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

KURT VONNEGUT was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him, in the words of The New York Times, as “a true artist” with the publication of Cat’s Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.