The story is about Sly, a chimp who loves to shape clay on a potter's wheel and has an implant which makes him much smarter than other chimps. This causes Sly to feel alienated, as he is "too smart to be with other chimps, but too much of an animal to be with humans". A group of schoolchildren show up and surprise Sly, as he was not warned of their arrival ahead of time. They mock him, causing him to throw clay at the viewing window and spell out S-S-A in the window, aware that they will read the word in reverse as intended. The children are taken away by their teacher, who complains to the scientists.
