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"Fallen? In an--an--"

"No matter We've fallen from the surface From the world where there's a sky, and sun, and stars, and all the rest of it So far as we know, this woinal kind of people, I hty hard to explain!"

"I understand You are the only t living of our fore!"

"You bet it is! I mean, verily And noe re here, your people have thrown us into this prison, or whatever it is And we don't like the look of those skeletons on the iron rods outside a little bit! We--"

"Oh, I pray! I pray!" exclai out both hands "Speak not of those! Not yet!"

"All right, father What ant to ask is for so to eat and drink, so, and a place to sleep--a house, you knoe've got to rest! We mean no harm to your people Wouldn't hurt a hair of their heads! Overjoyed to find 'eet us out of this, and s so that we shall have a chance to explain?

"I'll give you the whole story, once we've recuperated You can translate it to your people I ask some consideration for myself, and I demand it for this woht a moment Plain to see, his distress was very keen His face wrinkled still more, and on his breast he bowed hisdisappoint him narrowly, played his trump-card

"Father," said he, "I don't knohy you were sent here to talk with us, or how they knew you could talk with us even I don't knohat any of this treatirl and I are froo--the world in which your ancient forefathers used to dwell!

"She and I know all about that world We know the language which to you is only a preciousfact We can tell you hundreds, thousands of things! We can teach you everything you want to know! For a year--if you people have years down here--we can sit and talk to you, and instruct you, and make you far, far wiser than any of your Folk!

"More, we can teach your Folk the arts of peace and war--a s We can raise theain! We can save them--save the world! And I appeal to you, in the nahty past which to you is still a memory, if not to them--save us now!"