The Adventure of the Speckled Band the snake wrong, a theory that the swamp adder was an artificial hybrid between the Mexican Gila monster ("Heloderma suspectum") and "Naja naja". His speculation suggests that Doyle might have hidden a double-meaning in Holmes' words. What Holmes said, reported by Watson, was "It is a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India"; but Klauber suggested what Holmes really said was "It is a "samp-aderm", the deadliest skink in India." "Samp-aderm" can be translated "snake-Gila-monster": "Samp" is Hindi for snake, and the suffix "aderm" is derived from "heloderm", the common or vernacular name of the Gila monster generally used by
The Rocket (short story) outer-space, one that they say they will "remember... for always." In the end, his wife realizes what a wonderful memory he has given their children, even though the rocket never left the ground, and agrees to share a short trip in the rocket with him in the future. "The Rocket" was adapted as a radio drama by Ernest Kinoy in 1952 as a part of the series. Full audio from the January 4 broadcast can be found at the Internet Archive: "NBC Short Story". On March 16, 1952, "CBS Television Workshop" aired a television adaptation of "The Rocket" starring Martin