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You're traveling
through another dimension-

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a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,

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a journey into a wondrous land

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whose boundaries
are that of imagination.

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Your next stop,
the twilight zone.

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Mr. Chambers? Mr. Chambers?

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It is the mealtime.

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Kindly state
your preference, please.

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Mr. Chambers?

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It is the mealtime.

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Kindly state your preference.

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Please deposit cigarettes
in appropriate receptacle.

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This is a safety measure.

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Why don't you take
a flying jump at the moon?

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Kindly repeat request.

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Aw, knock it off,
leave me alone.

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You do not care
for food at this time?

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Yes, i do not care
for food at this time.

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Very well.

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Very well... very, very well.

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Please conserve water.

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What time is it?

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There is no time in space.

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This is to say

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there is no chronology
that can be calibrated.

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I said what time is it,
what time is it on earth?

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Can you tell me that

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without an exercise
in euclidean geometry?

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Now, just tell me
what time it is on earth.

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On earth it would be 12:00 noon.

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12:00 noon, 12:00 noon.

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This is the way
nightmares begin...

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or, perhaps, end.

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Very simple, direct, unadorned.

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Incredible,
and yet so terribly real

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that even
while they're happening

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we live with them
and digest them

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and assimilate them.

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And if it's 12:00 noon

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that's what you
preoccupy yourself with.

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You don't think
about 12:00 noon

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on the next day
or the day after that.

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But that's what we should
have been thinking about-

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tomorrow
and the day after tomorrow.

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We were preoccupied
with the hands on a clock

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when we should have been
checking off a calendar.

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It was an april day,
and it was noon then, too.

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And people walked and drove

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and bought and sold
and fretted and laughed.

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The world went on
much as it had been going on

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with a tentative tiptoeing

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alongside a precipice
of crisis.

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There was berlin to worry about

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and indochina, and algeria

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and all the other myriad
problems, major and minor

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that somehow had lost
their incisive edge of horror

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because we were
so familiar with them.

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And then...

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and that's when it happened.

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That's when we first heard
that they had come.

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That's when we should
have prepared ourselves

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for any eventuality,
but we didn't.

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Instead, we milled around
like frightened farm animals

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looking for formulas
and father images,

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while the secretary general
of the united nations

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made the first
official announcement

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of the arrival of creatures
from outer space.

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They called themselves kanamits

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and announced
over the short wave

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that on that given afternoon,
they would arrive on earth.

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At 11:00 this morning,
eastern standard time

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the first of these landings

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took place in an area just
outside of newark, new jersey.

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Subsequently, we have had
reports of other landings

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in the soviet union, in norway,
the southern coast of france

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just outside of rio de janeiro
and several others.

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Speaking on behalf
of the united nations,

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i can only tell you
that at this moment

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it would be premature
to assume hostile intent

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on the part of these...
these kanamits.

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And so, it is the position
of the united nations

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that the world population
remain calm,

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to make no hostile move,

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to keep in mind

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that all governments
are being apprised

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of the events as they happen

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and have the situation
well in hand.

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What do they look like?
Yeah, what do they look like?

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Please, gentlemen,
please...

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who are they, mr.Secretary general?
Can't we get

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a more specific statement?
We do not know what they look like.

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We only know that several
of their craft have landed

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and that they...

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what's the secret?

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Why can't we have
a statement?

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What's going on?
What's happening here?

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Please,
mr. Secretary general...

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it appears... it appears
that one of the craft

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has landed just
a few blocks away.

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That close?
Does the defense department know...?

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One of their representatives
is on his way to this building.

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Fantastic!
Unbelievable!

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Respectfully submitted
for your perusal... a kanamit.

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A little over nine feet.

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Weight:In the neighborhood
of 350 pounds.

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Origin: Unknown.

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Motives?

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Therein hangs the tale,
for in just a moment

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we're going to ask you
to shake hands, figuratively,

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with a christopher columbus

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from another galaxy
and another time.

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This is the twilight zone.

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Ladies and gentlemen
of the earth,

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we greet you
in peace and friendship.

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We come from a planet
far beyond this galaxy,

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a planet far more developed
than earth,

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but we come as friends.

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Although we know your language,

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our own methods of communication
are mental rather than verbal.

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Hence, the voice you hear me
speaking with

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is totally mechanical.

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Our intentions are honorable.

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We desire above all things
to help the people of earth...

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...to establish embassies here,

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and, in the near future,
to set up reciprocal visits

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between earth people
and kanamits.

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Perhaps you watched
this initial questioning-

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most people on earth did

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on television sets,
radios, shortwave.

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Surely, some of the questions
asked by your representatives

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must have been identical
to a few of your own

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because as a race,
we're unaccustomed to charity.

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Brutality is a far more
universal language to us

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than an expression of friendship
from outer space.

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Would you be willing to
be interrogated here

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and at this time?

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There are u.n.
Delegates present

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from most of the
important countries

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and the television cameras

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are carrying our meeting
throughout the world.

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I will be glad to.

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Senor valdes of argentina
is recognized.

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Thank you, mr. Secretary.

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Senor, could you
please inform us

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precisely why have you chosen
this planet for your visit?

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It has come to our attention

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that earth has
been plagued

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by both natural and
unnatural catastrophes

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all of which could easily
be acted upon and prevented.

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We are here to help you.

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Recognizing dr. Denis leveque,
the representative of france.

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Monsieur, my government
wishes me to ask you

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the nature of your help.

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What forms will it take?

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Indeed, if we should prefer
not to avail ourselves

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of the various aids
that you mentioned,

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your reply would be what?

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We will not force
anything on you.

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You will take only that
which you choose to take.

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For example, tomorrow
we will demonstrate

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to all interested parties

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a new and extremely
interesting power source

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which is atomic
in nature

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and which can supply
a form of electric power

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for entire countries

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for the cost
of a few dollars.

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It's extremely economical.

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Mr. Gregori,
the representative

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of the soviet union,
is recognized.

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The soviet people would
like to ask the kanamits

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precisely-
i repeat that to him-

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precisely what
are your motives

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in coming here
quite uninvited?

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Are we to assume
that there is no ulterior motive

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beyond this vast humanity
you speak of?

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There is nothing ulterior
in our motives.

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Nothing at all.

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You will discover this
for yourselves before too long

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simply by testing
the various devices

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which we will make
available to you.

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We can show you,
for example,

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how to add a certain very
cheap nitrate to the soil

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and end famine on earth
for good and all.

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We can demonstrate
to you quite practically

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the principles
of the force field

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in which you may
cloak each nation

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with an invisible wall

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absolutely impenetrable
by bombs, missiles,

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or anything else.

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We ask only
that you trust us.

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Only that you simply trust us.

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That was what we all thought.

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It was the age of santa claus.

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Only these kriss kringles
came without white whiskers

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and rosy cheeks
and twinkling eyes.

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They were nine-feet tall enigmas

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who descended on us
like locusts.

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But nobody was counting
or worrying.

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Except perhaps
a few professionals

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whose job it was
to second guess.

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In a sense, i was one of these-

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a decoding specialist for
the united states government,

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and this is where
i got into the act.

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Well, chambers,
what have you got?

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A corker of a migraine headache
and eye strain.

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You can't lick it?

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No, not in eight hours, i can't.

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Colonel,
it took us almost a year

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to crack the japanese code-

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we had an army of men
working on that.

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But this is a language of people
from outer space,

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probably 500 times
as intelligent as we are

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and a thousand times
more complex.

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You need more help?

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All donations
gratefully accepted.

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I showed this
to every man on our staff.

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I've had a dozen people working
on it since late last night.

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We've tried
pretty much everything-

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single transposition,
double transposition.

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We've tried every known method
of cryptography there is,

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and i don't know
whether we're even close

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or a million miles away.

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Are you saying it's
indecipherable?

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No, we've just got
to keep trying, that's all.

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Standard, direct, reversed,
systematically mixed,

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keyword mixed, random mixed,

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reciprocal, conjugate.

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Every nature of sequence
of letters there is.

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I'll tell you something,
colonel, this is a tough nut.

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This is a real tough nut.

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How important is it?

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Hmm, i don't know.

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That... that kanamit,

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or whatever it is
he calls himself,

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walked off and left
this book yesterday at the u.n.

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The white house feels
if we can decipher this book

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we can find out
what they're up to.

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Well, obviously,
nothing but our good.

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He hasn't commented
on the loss of this book.

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Probably unconcerned.

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Why should we be so concerned?

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They've done all right
by us so far.

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Parlor tricks.

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They don't seem like
parlor tricks to me, colonel.

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That new nitrate use
they demonstrated

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in argentina this morning-

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that soil had more vitamins
in it six hours later

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than a drugstore chain.

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I know that country.

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That's as barren and fruitless
as any place on earth.

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Well...

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we might lick this,
we might not.

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But i got
a strange feeling.

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What?

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That we're looking

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a gift horse in the mouth.

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I got another
funny feeling, too.

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And that is?

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That if these kanamits

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are as helpful as
i think they are,

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you boys will be
out of a job.

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And probably, so will i.

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Am i to assume

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this is a scientific
analysis, mr. Chambers,

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or just some
kentucky windage?

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Well, i don't know
what it is, colonel,

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beyond an instinctive
feeling.

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When this earth
gets enough to eat

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and there are no more wars
or diseases or famines,

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this is going to be
a garden of eden.

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Your optimism is most
refreshing, mr. Chambers,

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but i suggest for the time being
you continue

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your process of deciphering

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until you can
tell us precisely-

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and i mean precisely-
what that book says.

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We've licked the title, anyway.

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What does it say?

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How much
does it tell us?

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Here it is.

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Well, that makes the cheese

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a little more binding,
wouldn't you say, colonel?

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I'd call that a reasonably
altruistic phrase,

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do you agree, patty?

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Well, i, uh...

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well, i want to
believe it, but...

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i don't know
what to think.

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"To serve man."

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I hope so.

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I fervently hope so.

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Gentlemen,
the purpose of this meeting

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is to acquaint you with certain
tests made over the past week.

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At the request
of several delegates

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and with the full consent

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of our guests, the kanamits,

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these tests were filmed,
cut together into one short film

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and you can watch them now.

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Kindly lower the screen.

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These are
the standard instruments used

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to determine
the truth of a statement.

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Our first object,

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since the physiology of the
kanamits is unknown to us,

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was to determine whether or not
they react to these tests

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as human beings do.

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We will now repeat one
of the many experiments made

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in an effort
to discover this fact.

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This instrument records
the subject's heartbeat.

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This one shows the electrical
conductivity of the skin

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in the palm of the hand-

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a measure of perspiration,
which increases under stress.

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This one shows the pattern

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and intensity
of the electrical waves

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emanating
from the subject's brain.

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Which of these is
longer than the other?

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The gray.

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I shall repeat
the question.

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Which of these is
longer than the other?

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The black.

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How did you get
to this planet?

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Walked.

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Once again, how did
you get to this planet?

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In a spaceship.

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Many such experiments were made

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and my colleagues and myself
are satisfied

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that the mechanisms
are effective.

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Now, i shall ask
our distinguished guest

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to reply to the question
put at the last session

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by several of the delegates.

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Namely, what is the motive
of the kanamit people

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in offering such great gifts

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to the people of the earth?

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I hope that the people of earth
will understand and believe

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when i tell you that our mission
upon this planet is simply this:

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To bring to you the peace and
plenty which we ourselves enjoy

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and which we have in the past

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brought to other races
throughout the galaxy.

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When your world
has no more hunger,

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no more war,
no more needless suffering,

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that will be our reward.

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And the machine
showed no deviation.

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According to it, the kanamit
was telling the truth.

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You and i and the rest of
this earth had a ringside seat

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to the rebirth of every dream
man had ever dreamed.

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Santa claus came through.

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Arid deserts became gardens

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with the devices the kanamits
showed us how to use.

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The force field that was
to end war did precisely that.

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Armies and navies
were practically disbanded.

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Please check your guest visas.

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This is flight number 267
from earth to our planet.

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They tell me they have
a mean temperature of 76 degrees

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on their planet,
and the sun never goes down.

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And there clothing-

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it's a metallic substance,
just beautiful.

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Kind of like a spun gold.

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My sister wrote me.

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She says the day you land,

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they take you on a conducted
tour of all their shops

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and you can pick out as
much of it as you want.

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But it's an entire planet.

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It's bigger than china.

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Besides it's an opportunity

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to spread peaceful coexistence
to an entire galaxy.

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Stand aside, please,
i have diplomatic visa.

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It's just one big holiday
when you get there.

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They've even got
a form of baseball.

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Leagues of everything,
just like we've got.

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And the whole trip,
billions of miles,

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only takes just a few days.

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Oh, man, i don't think
i'll want to come back

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once i do get there.

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I'm going home, boss.

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Need me for anything?

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Need you for anything?
Like what?

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This isn't exactly what you call
a beehive of activity.

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Well, this is
the new story of man.

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Nobody needs to decipher
much of anything anymore

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because there aren't
any more codes

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simply because there aren't
any more secret messages.

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Odd.

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Huh?

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Well, i mean,

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we're not reading
about the hydrogen bomb

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or war scares or insurrections

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or anything like that anymore.

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Millennium.

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Yeah, close to it.

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How many of them
are around now?

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Anybody ever
figure it out?

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A few thousand, i guess.

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They've got embassies
in every country now.

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And for every one
of them that comes,

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a few thousand of us
take off in one of their ships

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to live with them.

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Yeah, that's
the odd thing:

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The fantastic ease
with which

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human beings make adjustments.

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One day, they watch
with bated breath

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while a single individual
orbits the earth

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in a rinky-dink
little cubicle

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and they think this is
the most historic moment

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that's ever happened in
the history of mankind.

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And then, one year later,

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they stand in line

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waiting to take off
in a spaceship

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to go 100 billion miles
off into space

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and they act and react

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as if this were
a weekend picnic in the country.

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Oh, strange
and complex sanity of man.

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Nothing fazes him.

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Are you going?

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Well, as a matter of fact

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i'm on a ten-year
exchange group waiting list.

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And what about you, patty?

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I'm on the list, too.

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The trouble is,
their quotas fill

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just as soon as they make
the announcement of a new trip.

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While i'm waiting,

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i think i'll do the
next best thing.

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I'm still working
on that book.

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Deciphering that title
has been of no help

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because their capital
letters are different

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than the other signs they use,

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just as ours are.

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But it's starting
to fall into place.

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I think i'll get
the answer eventually.

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Well, i gave up
trying a month ago.

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This is flight number 914

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from earth to our planet.

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We will be taking off
in three minutes.

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Mr. Chambers!

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Mr. Chambers!

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Don't get on that ship!

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The rest of the book,
to serve man-it's...

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it's a cookbook!

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No! No!

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No, no, no!

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Hey! No!

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You have not eaten enough,
mr. Chambers.

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Please, enjoy.

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Eat hearty.

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Please, mr. Chambers, eat.

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We wouldn't want you
to lose weight.

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How about you?

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You still on earth
or on the ship with me?

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Well, it doesn't make
very much difference

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because sooner or later
we'll all of us be on the menu-

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all of us.

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The recollections
of one michael chambers

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with appropriate flashbacks
and soliloquy.

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Or more simply stated,
the evolution of man,

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the cycle of going
from dust to dessert...

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the metamorphosis from being
the ruler of a planet

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to an ingredient
in someone's soup.

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It's tonight's bill of fare
on the twilight zone.