Would anybody out there be so kind and help me remember a story title. It's about a man who goes through the canals of Mars and stops at Martian houses to help Martians with handyman chores. The idea is that Martians are smaller and not very good at fixing things around the house, so the big Earthman earns a living as a "door to door" handyman. I could have sworn the story was in the Martian Chronicles but lo and behold I didn't not find it there when I went looking.

Thanks

Good grief. That plot sounds familiar, but I can't place it, either. Was it adapted to comics? Or radio?

Not Bradbury. He was pretty consistent with his Martians, who were accomplished builders, though in a more delicate, less sawdust-and-rust-covered way than the earth men.

James:

Dandelion says it's not Bradbury and I now think Dandelion is right. Also, that I know, this has not been adapted to radio or comics. The reason I got confused is probably because of "The Million Year Picnic".

Thanks for answering

Telek

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Originally posted by James Robert Smith:
Good grief. That plot sounds familiar, but I can't place it, either. Was it adapted to comics? Or radio?

Dandelion:

I was afraid of that... as soon as I started browsing the Chronicles, I began to suspect the Martians in the story I remember didn't match Bradbury's Martians, but I needed knowledgeable advice... Thanks again.

Telek