"Many have come to our brothers on Earth to show them the way the
Father wanted them to live. Each time they, too, met with disaster by
the hands of those whose burdens they had come to lessen."
"This time the Earthly ones have come to us to learn from us the way we
have been taught to live, and they will take this eternal truth back to
their brothers on Earth."
"I, as the one scientist representing the many, shall take these
brothers on a journey after the feast and show them the marvels of our
Creator as He has given unto us the understanding to bring them forth.
So, again we say, 'glory be unto the Father of all creation. In the
most humble way we do give thanks for the privilege of having these
among us.'"
When this speech was ended the feasting continued, but after hearing
that talk from a great scientist, we did not know whether we were
eating or dreaming for it had caused something to happen within us
which made us feel very humble. At the same time we felt quite small,
for within ourselves we knew that we had come to the Moon with only one
purpose in mind; to find out what we could about the Moon towards the
possibility of future exploration. Now we realized that we as Earthly
men understood but little in the channel of life and for the first
time, we felt guilty of warring against the Infinite Creator by warring
against His creations.
So when we were asked to get up and say something, the best we could do
was to bow in a humble manner and thank the audience and the speakers
for the great love they have shown us and ask forgiveness for our
wrong thoughts. It seemed like something melted within us which is
indescribable.
The head of the state and our scientist host have come around the table
to us and have laid their hands upon our shoulders, making us feel like
little children, comforted by a great understanding Father.
The feasting has now ended and we are told we are to be taken on a
tour of the city. This is the capital and largest city of Mars, with a
population of twenty-two million. The total population of the planet is
one and a half billion.
With the head of the state, the officials of the city, and our host we
have left the banquet hall and have re-entered the gliding vehicle that
brought us here from the airfield.
We are riding through the business section of the city first. Here the
streets are about five hundred feet wide, paved with white coral and
very smooth. Down the center of the street is a six foot strip planted
with beautiful flowers of delicate shades and quite fine in texture.
These are planted in designs depicting various forms of nature found on
planet Mars as well as many within the universal vastness. This strip
acts as a dividing lane for traffic travelling in opposite directions.
Greyish blue coral curbings frame this flowering strip and similar ones
two feet wide between the sidewalks and the street.
The sidewalks, like the streets, are made of white coral. They are ten
feet wide.
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