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There is no hair on their warty heads. Their eyes have no lids, and have a peculiar dead, staring look when they sleep. And they carry a peculiar, fishy odor with them at all times. THERE IS NO HAIR ON THEIR WATY HEADS THEIR EYES HAVE NO LIDS AND HAVE A PECULIAR DEAD STARING LOOK WHEN THEY SLEEP AND THEY CARRY A PECULIAR FISHY ODOUR WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES
jungle roof. The vastness of nature dwarfed man's puny work. One horizon flashed incessantly with livid lightning, the other was one blinding blaze of the nearby sun. And almost lost below in the savage landscape was man's symbol of possession, a few metal sheds in a clear, fenced space of a few acres. Olear cautiously checked speed, skimmed over the turbid surface of the great river, and set her down on the ground within the compound. With his pencil-like ray-tube in his hand he stepped out of the hatchway. * * * * * A Mercurian native came out of the residence, presently, his hands together in the peace sign. For the benefit of Earthlubbers whose only knowledge of Mercury is derived from the teleview screen, it should be explained that Mercurians are _not_ human, even if they do slightly resemble us. They hatch from eggs, pass one life-phase as frog-like creatures in their rivers, and in the adult stage turn more human in appearance. But their skin remains green and fish-belly white. RRESISTIBLE RIVER THE RIOTOUSLY COLOURED JUNGLE ROOF THE VASTNESS OF NATURE DWARFED MAN'S PUNY WORK ONE HORIZON FLASHED INCESSANTLY WITH LIVID LIGHTNING THE OTHER WAS ONE BLINDING BLAZE OF THE NEARBY SUN AND ALMOST LOST BELOW IN THE SAVAGE LANDSCAPE WAS MAN'S SYMBOL OF POSSESSION A FEW METAL SHEDS IN A CLEAR FENCE SPACE OF A FEW ACRES A LEE CAUTIOUSLY CHECKED SPEED SKIMMED OVER THE TURBID SURFACE OF THE GREAT RIVER AND SET IT DOWN ON THE GROUND WITHIN THE COMPOUND WITH HIS PENCIL LIKE RAY TUBE IN HIS HAND HE STEPPED OUT OF THE HATCHWAY A MERCURIAN NATIVE CAME OUT OF THE RESIDENCE PRESENTLY HIS HANDS TOGETHER IN THE PEA SIGN FOR THE BENEFIT OF EARTH LOVERS WHOSE ONLY KNOWLEDGE OF MERCURY IS DERIVED FROM THE TELLY VIEW SCREEN IT SHALL BE EXPLAINED THAT MERCURIANS ARE NOT HUMAN EVEN IF THEY DO SLIGHTLY RESEMBLE US THEY HATCH FROM EGGS PAST ONE LIE PHASES FROG LIKE CREATURES IN THE RIVERS AND IN THE ADULT STAGE TURN MORE HUMAN IN APPEARANCE BUT THEIR SKIN REMAINS GREEN AND FISH BELLY WHITE
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