Two youth have caged two strange creatures in the barn. While they scheme about joining the circus with their new “animals”, their fathers are waiting for two otherworldly travelers with whom they plan a trade deal for precious elements. The alien merchants are late and when the fathers learn the youth have been feeding some animals in the barn, they put two and two together. They run towards the barn…

Youth is a sci-fi short story that was first published by Isaac Asimov. This new cover art was created for the reformatted science fiction classic by Eli Jayne.