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"But that's not the way Martian cities are----"

"We got to have color, kid Color Let your pappy fix this Anyway, there are all the Martians doing a dance around a fire----"

"We don't dance around fires----"

"Inthis filot a fire and you dance," declared Van Plank, eyes shut, proud of his certainty He nodded, dreaot a beautiful Martian woman, tall and blond"

"Martian women are dark----"

"Look, I don't see hoe're going to be happy, EV By the way, son, you ought to change your naain?"

"Ettil"

"That's a woive you a better one Call you Joe Okay, Joe As I was saying, our Martian woonna be blond, because, see, just because Or else your poppa won't be happy You got any suggestions?"

"I thought that----"

"And another thing we gotta have is a scene, very tearful, where the Martian wo when ahits the ship That'll lad I found you, Joe You're going to have a good deal with us, I tell you"

Ettil reached out and held theI want to ask you"

"Sure, Joe, shoot"

"Why are you being so nice to us? We invade your planet, and you welco-lost children Why?"

"They sure grow 'euy--I can see from way over here Mac, look at it this way We're all Little People, ain't we?" He waved a sarnished with emeralds

"We're all common as dirt, ain't we? Well, here on Earth, we're proud of that This is the century of the Common Man, Bill, and we're proud we're s at a planet full of Saroyans Yes, sir A great big fat fa everybody We understand you Martians, Joe, and we knohy you invaded Earth We kno lonely you were up on that little cold planet Mars, how you envied us our cities----"