diff --git a/gapstring/gapstring.go b/gapstring/gapstring.go
index 722eea1..d8548b1 100644
--- a/gapstring/gapstring.go
+++ b/gapstring/gapstring.go
@@ -280,7 +280,14 @@ func (g GapString) Hexdump() string {
 	return out.String()
 }
 
-// XXX: These should probably move to Packet
+func (g GapString) Uint32LE() (uint32, GapString) {
+	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(g.Slice(0, 4).Bytes()), g.Slice(4, g.Length())
+}
+
+func (g GapString) Uint16LE() (uint16, GapString) {
+	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(g.Slice(0, 2).Bytes()), g.Slice(2, g.Length())
+}
+
 func (g GapString) Utf16(order binary.ByteOrder, fill string) string {
 	in := g.Bytes([]byte(fill)...)
 	ints := make([]uint16, len(in)/2)
diff --git a/stream.go b/stream.go
index 12c418e..12b063b 100644
--- a/stream.go
+++ b/stream.go
@@ -85,16 +85,21 @@ func (stream *Stream) Read(length int) (Utterance, error) {
 		stream.pending.When = u.When
 	}
 
+	pendingLen := stream.pending.Data.Length()
 	// If we got nothing, it's the end of the stream
-	if stream.pending.Data.Length() == 0 {
+	if pendingLen == 0 {
 		return Utterance{}, io.EOF
 	}
 	
+	sliceLen := length
+	if sliceLen > pendingLen {
+		sliceLen = pendingLen
+	}
 	ret := Utterance{
-		Data: stream.pending.Data.Slice(0, length),
+		Data: stream.pending.Data.Slice(0, sliceLen),
 		When: stream.pending.When,
 	}
-	stream.pending.Data = stream.pending.Data.Slice(length, stream.pending.Data.Length())
+	stream.pending.Data = stream.pending.Data.Slice(sliceLen, pendingLen)
 	return ret, nil
 }