The new arrivals speak a different language than any we have
previously heard, yet the pilots from Jupiter understand it, as also
does our chieftain friend, who tells us that these men are Venetians,
pilots of the big ship.
Being thus introduced, the Venetians shake our hands warmly. They are
very friendly. In appearance they look more like men out of a dream
than humans like ourselves. Their body structure is like ours, yet the
texture of their skin is almost like that of a baby. Their hands are
long and slender, rather delicate in structure, more like a woman's
than a man's, yet their grasp is firm and strong. They are blondes
with a very, very rosy complexion. Their eyes are blue with a cast of
purple in them, very penetrating while at the same time expressing a
sparkle of joyous enthusiasm. Their forms as a whole are exquisite for
males. They really are more beautiful, if we may use this word, than
the average beautiful woman on Earth. This is an out of the ordinary
conception of a male. From what we can get of the conversation they are
carrying on with the Jupiter pilots, they seem to be very alert and
brilliant.
If all the men on Venus are like these, we find ourselves wondering
what their women folks are like. So we ask them if they have any
photographs of their women folks, for we would like to see what they
are like.
They said, "no. We have nothing like that. But if you would like, we
will take you to our ship and let you see what it looks like."
This was a rather surprising turnoff and we must admit to a certain
amount of disappointment, for we surely would have liked to have seen
what the women on Venus looked like, after meeting these men from
there. But anyway, they are going to show us this giant ship of theirs,
and that is something.
Here the pilots from Jupiter shake our hands again and leave, while the
Venetians take us to their ship. It is really a marvel. It seems to
have three skins, or bodies, a body upon a body, with a space of four
inches between them, from what we would judge. All around the ship,
they have what looks to us like little ventilators. We asked, what was
the purpose of the three bodies and the ventilators?
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