Vol - II - IT@School

Notes
2nd Astronaut: Are the other millions as small as
you are?
Venu: (Giggling) Yes, It is a good thing that
we are not bigger. We are using up
our resources too quickly as it is.
2nd Astronaut: By resources, do you mean
minerals?
Venu: Yes, and energy sources arid water
and oxygen. If you were to land on
our planet, you would crush
thousands of us with your ship, and
you are so big that you would scare us.
2nd Astronaut: And use up all your resources.
Venu: That’s right. You two would use as
much water and oxygen in one day
as one of our biggest cities does.
1st Astronaut: That makes sense.
Venu: Good. Now you know why you have
to stay out here in space. So, turn
on your music.
2nd Astronaut: But, Venu, we can’t stay out here
too
much longer. Our computer is
down. We will run out of energy
and die.
Venu: I thought you could produce all the
energy you need.
1st Astronaut: Venu, can you turn all of our
systems on?
Venu: Yes, I can - but I won’t. If I do, you
would land on our planet.
1st Astronaut: No, we promise you we won’t land.
We understand about your
resources. On our planet we are
exhausting our resources, too.
2nd Astronaut: We would like to go back home,
and
we can do that if you would turn
our power on.
Venu: Will you send back others like
yourself.
1st Astronaut: No, not if it will hurt you. But our
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