“_‘Tommy, you seem to be getting enormously tall’_” 94 “_His height had increased some three inches_” 96 “_‘We look like a family of Robinson Crusoes’_” 98 “_‘Let me think,’ said Chee-Chee_” 101 “_Leaning back munching a piece of yellow yam_” 103 “_A terrible explosion followed_” 106 “_It was a rocky gulch_” 109 “_There was no doubt that they were on the watch_” 112 “_Proceeded with his conversation with the vines_” 113 “_A species of big lizard overran the Moon_” 115 “_where the globe of the Earth glowed dimly_” 118 “_Every single seed was carefully dug up by long-billed birds_” 121 “_Still more birds left the concealment of the creepers_” 123 “_With a very serious look on her old face_” 126 “_Others were unbelievably large_” 128 “It was human!” 131 “_‘Look!--the right wrist--look!’_” 133 “_‘Stubbins!--I say, Stubbins!’_” 137 “_‘Very poor hospitality, I call it’_” 139 “_I watched Chee-Chee’s head nodding sleepily_” 141 “_‘I lived on roots’_” 147 “_‘The piece fell into one of our lakes’_” 149 “_The bird was introduced to the Doctor_” 152 “_‘I had the birds bring me reports of your movements’_” 155 “_‘I set the pile off with a live ember’_” 157 “_‘I could whistle short conversations’_” 161 “_This history had been carved in pictures on the face of a rock_” 163 “_‘But_ grasshoppers!’” 165 “_Grasshoppers with crude bandages on their gawky joints_” 168 “_Then he lectured his big friend_” 170 “_‘Watch out, Tommy!’_” 172 “_‘Don’t worry, Tommy, he’ll come back’_” 185 THE FIRST CHAPTER We Land Upon a New World