Lummox

Eventually, the court tries to have Lummox destroyed, but is unable to do so, much to Lummox's amusement.

At the request of Lummox, the recently married John and Betty accompany her back to her people as members of the human diplomatic mission.

He rapidly changes his mind and runs away from home, riding into the nearby wilderness on Lummox's back.

In this chapter, John Thomas rereads the entries in his great-grandfather's diary of how Lummox was found.

It is discovered that, from her viewpoint, the young Lummox has been pursuing her only hobby and principal interest: the raising of John Thomases.

Plot summary An ancestor of John Thomas Stuart XI brought the alien, long-lived Lummox home from an interstellar voyage.

The childlike Lummox is perceived to be a neighborhood nuisance and, upon leaving the Stuart property one day, causes substantial property damage across the city of Westville.