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, 0 5 sal r , N I QW GEORGE PORTER, '53 Five billion miles from the planet Earth, a strange object sped through the void. It was a black metallic ball, three-feet in diameter. Inside the spaceship, for that's what it was, were a set of controls, a video screen, and complete living quarters for one, with provisions for two years. In the small circular net which served as a bed laythe sole occupant of the ship, sleeping soundly. It was a strange animal, only six inches high and vaguely resembling a mouse. On its head was a. pair of antennae tipped with small discs. Its tail was split in two and curled around, making a pin- cerlike arrangement. It stirred and awoke. Immediately its whole body turned a bril- liant glowing green. This was a Pfftion Fu-tt from a solar system of the fourth galaxy. The office was crowded as the five men sat discussing the launching of a new rocket to another galaxy. Earth had al- ready flown to and colonized every planet in their solar system, and now they were going to try to reach the fourth galaxy. One of the men suddenly stood up and said, Fools! Don 't you realize that we 're not ready for this project yet? Can't you see that we will only run into trouble? I Paul didn't believe in any such phenomenon The Invader say let's abandon this whole thing until we settle some of our own problems. For example, take the--. He was inter- rupted by a messenger, who walked over to him and handed him a tele-dispatch. He read it quickly, then exclaimed, Great Scott! It says that a strange black sphere has landed near Arlington Memorial Cemetery not three miles from here ! The men hurried to a waiting black sedan and were quickly driven to the ceme- tery. When they reached their destination, an orderly greeted them and rushed them over to General Carson, who was in com- mand of a squadron of marines covering the mysterious ball with rifles and two light cannon. Suddenly the sphere began to glow, and a bubble appeared on one side. The bubble became thinner and thin- ner until i't finally popped. There stood the Pfftion Futt, its anten- nae slightly swaying in the breeze. It held a strange device between the two parts of its pincer-like tail. After placing a Weird helmet on its head, it pointed to the screen of the device with its antennae, which pro- truded through the helmet. The officials stood amazed as the Futt's thoughts were written in English on the screen. Even more amazing was the following message which appeared there: I am an in- habitant of the planet Pfft, sent to inform you that we of Pfft do not want you to send any device into or near the fourth galaxy. We have the power to stop any re- sistance which we may encounter from you. Watch. The Futt placed the discs on its antennae together, and a strange beam of blue light shot out and melted

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cost only five dollars. It was made by a small, unknown company. Every boy on the block had one or was getting one for Christmas, and I was no exception. Almost all the conversation was about The Man, and all of us could hardly wait to own one. Finally Christmas came, and I feverish- ly hunted for the box in which The Man rested. At last I found it and hurriedly put the robot together with almost super- human speed. When it was finished, I spoke my Hrst command, Walk, and it walked. Completely enthralled, I gave it other simple directions, which it followed. All afternoon I played with it, stopping just long enough for dinner. I telephoned my friends, and they all had a Man and were just as excited as I. Only too soon night came, and at ten I drowsily went to bed and immediately fell asleep, dreaming of The Man. Suddenly there were screams from every direction. Instinctively I held my hands over my ears. My first thought was, It's a nightmare, but as the screams increased, I looked out of the window. There my eyes saw what my mind did not believe. There, there in the streets were hundreds of Men, all armed with guns, against which the peo- ple were powerless. Then, a wild' thought struck my mind-invasion. Yes, our teacher had said the Martians might look like this. And we had laughed! But there was no laughing now, just stark, naked terror. Only later was I to know the truth of my guess. The Martians, who looked exactly like The Men, had used The Men as decoys, later mingling with them in their invasion of the earth. But now, I dressed and, rushed wildly toward the door-and stopped, for the door slowly opened and two Men, Martians now, stood there. ' -I J' V S IZA X 5 1385 I i ' 'N ' J . I 4 . 4.3 .i 1 f'afE.' 1 ' ' ' ...Uv- 1 .y L: lt ,, ., ,Ly-11 2 pg, 1 W, -,M i-,v,.,.iT V, I . h -1', .'i-1'L1- ' .qt QW 1 vs' ,V 1.,-rg.,--N m.f':t....:f I I of Y t I rf. ':-up-'W' fy- ' ' IW .- fyg-Lf 2-A-v,':'f1 ' .zz . H 'fee .f- W's:?- .2-.rr AM. 1.1 .nw . - e- - -f fm - -- Ai? 7.1 2 ,., ,L A pw- YF: ' fx.. .bah -U.: .J H.. . ,.,,. 4 -N , 3: my-,-, - -. Sui-,s--, ' '- ' 1 , -.af 'I-:. -- ' if a. ,X igijmfl I 2 Ilarlgigig. if W A . ,ia 21 ' 5, ' 'I ,,X,-'79,-ff' igfeeihi- ' f-1: 'e. ,. is I nfl., .gg-ii, X xy 1f 52',5' 1 21Qll'r1'- ybfij., 1 vwa, ' E .s:t.ff!:'i fS3i'iE?1:11 1.1.5.-'1F.. ., ' 'fr f'w.,rg:-gr lwjl-Q A 1- f- -- 4- A- ' 4. is 55:-1:11 ir , Taj- ,,5-.e,, . 1 , ii ,Q v,,3,'1 5.221-J 1:31, , b, V .why I an H ...-g,g.f1 ' :nb ' .Q 5 GEORGE WOODWARD, '52 Then they spoke, not through the mouth, but by mental telepathy., They ordered me to go, and I went, too shaken to do anything else. Now we were the robots, and the Martians' were our captors. As we reached the street, I took a wild look around, and despair flew into my heart. Everywhere there were chaos and ruin. There was no hope for Earth. As the two strongest countries on Earth fell, so did Earth. Now, after five years, I am the only person left of what was the teeming, throbbing millions of New York City. I am a slave now, working in the far bowels of Mars, digging, ever digging, and get- ting weaker and weaker every day. And there is no hope-or is there? As we made our mistake, perhaps some one, someday, might learn from Earth's ex- perience. Perhaps they will. TYKE TAMU RA, '53