# Youth

**Author:** Isaac Asimov
**Tags:** Science fiction, Human-alien encounters
**Price:** Free
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/96043

## Description

When two boys, Slim and Red, discover peculiar creatures on an isolated estate, their summer takes an unexpected turn. As their fathers, an astronomer and an industrialist, discuss humanity's first tentative contact with an alien civilization in need of aid, the boys are busy training their new "pets" for a homemade circus act. Unbeknownst to the adults, a crashed spaceship nearby complicates matters, leaving behind what appears to be tiny, deceased aliens. But as the lines between human and alien, and pet and intelligent being, begin to blur, a surprising revelation awaits. This classic science fiction tale explores perceptions, the innocence of youth, and the profound implications of first encounters, culminating in a clever twist that challenges assumptions about who is truly advanced.