Eripmav by Damon Knight Copyright c1958 1976 by Damon Knight Originally published by Mercury Press in 1958 Fictionwise Contemporary Science Fiction --------------------------------NOTICE: This work is copyrighted. It is licensed only for useby the purchaser. If you did not purchase this ebook directly from Fictionwise.com then you arein violation of copyright law and are subject to severe fines. Please visitwww.fictionwise.com to purchase a legal copy. Fictionwise.com offers a reward for information leading to the conviction of copyright violators of Fictionwiseebooks. --------------------------------ON THE planet Veegl in the Fomalhaut system we found acurious race of cellulose vampires. The Veeglians like all higher life on their world areplants the Veeglian vampire needless to say is a sapsucker. One of the native clerks in ourtrade mission a plant-girl named Xixl had been complaining of lassitude and showing anunhealthy pink color for some weeks. The girls