There! The doors open and here come out the pilots. There are about
forty men coming out of it, seems to be the whole crew. On their caps
is the same insignia of their planet as is on their ship, while on
their uniforms they have a sort of balances with wings, or what to us
represented a scale in balance.
They are looking us over. Our ship is not very far from here. They are
looking that way, too. Our ship looks like a baby in comparison to
these others and looks like an antique. We are almost becoming ashamed
of it.
These men are seven feet tall, or better. MMhmm, there is one who looks
like a nine footer. If we are to judge them from the weight on Earth,
they would weigh about two hundred fifty pounds each.
They are all going to this tower for some sort of a report, I believe.
The Venetian pilots are telling us that this is a cargo ship. It has
brought in the cargo they have been waiting for. They are going to load
their ship with it and take it to Venus. They also said they would
introduce us to the pilots from Saturn as soon as they completed their
reports.
So here come the Saturn men out of the tower and heading straight for
our group. Our Venetian friends are greeting them, and now they are
introducing us. The Saturn men give us a hearty laugh, saying that they
knew who we were long before they landed. And they said it was about
time for the Earth people to explore their solar system.
We immediately answered that they didn't do any too well either, since
they haven't visited the Earth themselves.
They said right away, "we knew you were going to give us that reply.
That is why we said what we did, so that we could give you a reason why
we haven't. There is really nothing to learn by going to the Earth.
We surely do not want to learn how to fight one another or to become
greedy, as the Earth people are, and that is about all you have to
offer. Do not forget, we know what is going on on your Earth planet all
of the time, for we have so developed our Creator's given talents that
we cannot be parted from any distance or any place. We can and do know
what is going on in any part of the vastness of the Creator's system.
We had an expedition at one time that wanted to come to Earth, but all
the people of Saturn forbade them on these grounds, that they might
accumulate some of the Earthly habits and then cause trouble among our
people after they returned."
They told us that we are considered among our neighbors as savage
people. We live off the miseries of each other. And it was a lot better
for us to venture out and learn something than it was for them to come
to Earth. Until the Earth's people could learn to live for each other,
instead of off of one another, by having pure faith in their Creator,
that no one of the other planets would care to come to visit them.
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