1952 Magnet Yearbook

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REALIZA TlON
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the rockets ha d tom up t he ground
a nd blasted the vegetutlon . T he shi p
was totally al ien ill appearance : tape r ­
ing to a point at o ne end. a nd open
to t he rocket exhaust a t t he other,
Slowl y a door in th e side of t he
ship opened. a nd the fig ure of a tall.
slender gir-l appeared , her Kolden hair
casca di ng OWl' her shoulders a nd
down her back.
T he man wa tch ed , fuscinated. una
ble to bel ieve his own eves. T hen,
slowly he t urned to his f r-iend. " which
planet did you :,ay the ship carne
It-om ?"
·· Ea rth."
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Surveying the painting in mild di s­
g ust . th e ma n stepped back. He tu rned
to hi:, wife. his model. a nd said di s­
pl r-ited ly, " lt's finished. You can r ela x
now,"
His wife studied the pai nt illJt of th e
~dr l 1'\ t e P I J i n K f rom t he space 1'\hip, Sh e
was ta ll. slender a nd pink-skinned.
und her golden hair tumbl ed over her
shoulders and spilled hltlf-wa ," down
her back, It Wil1'\ his best effort vet.
she thoug ht. Surely it would In:in g
him fume.
Il l' sa t down ami thought moodily,
I sup pose it will do. But I'm tired of
doi ng imagina r y pict ures of life from
ot her pla nets . If only I could see what
t hey really look like.
Th e s udden arr-ival of a friend
abruptly interr upted his train of
tho ug ht. " A strange :,IHH'e s hip has
j ust la nded ou tside the cit y." he
sho uted , "Let's co:"
They stood breathlessly a t the edge
of th e open field and sta red at th e
bright . silve r cylin de r- which lay there.
Th e a ir WK 1'\ still wa r m and beavv wit h
the odo ur of sco rc hed ea rth whe re
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