Seldon said, "Wherever do you think Wanda got such a notion?"
    "Come now, Hari. She had a Salvanian gecko that died, remember? One of her friends had a father who died in an accident and she sees deaths on holovision all the time. It is impossible for any child to be so protected as not to be aware of death. Actually I wouldn't want her to be so protected. Death is an essential part of life; she must learn that."
    "I don't mean death in general, Manella. I mean my death in particular. What has put that into her head?"
    Manella hesitated. She was very fond, indeed, of Hari Seldon. She thought, Who would not be, so how can I say this?
    But how could she not say this? So she said, "Hari, you yourself put it into her head."
    "I?"
    "Of course, you've been speaking for months of turning sixty and complaining loudly of growing old. The only reason people are setting up this party is to console you."
    "It's no fun turning sixty," said Seldon indignantly. "Wait! Wait! You'll find out."
    "I will-if I'm lucky. Some people don't make it to sixty. Just the same, if turning sixty and being old are all you talk about, you end up frightening an impressionable little girl."
    Seldon sighed and looked troubled. "I'm sorry, but it's hard. Look at my hands. They're getting spotted and soon they'll be gnarled. I can do  hardly anything in the way of Twisting any longer. A child could probably force me to my knees."
    "In what way does that make you different from other sixty-year-olds? At least y............