An interfering Jewish mom helps her son solve an interplanetary crisis.

This is a silly, silly story. It may be useful for a bit of a laugh—or, more, a slight chuckle—but that’s about it. The one character who is even faintly memorable here is such a stereotype that Asimov didn’t have to even blink to conjure her up. Rather a disappointment, despite the fact that the actual crisis and its solution are, in fact, faintly interesting.

Found In

	Nightfall and Other Stories
	The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
	The Asimov Chronicles
	Complete Stories, The, Vol. 1