Originally published in Analog Science Fact Science Fiction November 1962 Selling a whole town, and doing it inconspicuously, can be a little difficult ... either giving it away freely, or in a more normal sense of "selling". People don't quite believe it.... A moment later he heard a whining sound on his back doorstep. Simultaneously all of the residents of Valleyview heard whining sounds on _their_ back doorsteps. Naturally everybody went to find out about the whining. * * * * * Philip Myles drove carefully. He was fond of dogs, too. * * * * * "Ruf!"