Little Fuzzy
by H. Beam Piper
The planet Zarathustra is listed as uninhabited - which means that the entire planet can belong to one company. This owner is the rich and happy Zarathustra company — rich and happy, that is, until a researcher named Jack Holloway came across an undocumented species — a small, golden-fluffy little bipedal, which he called the "Little Fluffy." Small fluffy are not only cute, but also bright - in fact, they can be smart, just like people ... that is, everything that Zoroaster has in this world is at stake...
