<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=381474" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The First Men on Mercury</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">– We come in peace from the third planet. <br>Would you take us to your leader?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Bawr stretter! Bawr. Bawr. Stretterhawl?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– This is a little plastic model<br>of the solar system, with working parts.<br>You are here and we are there and we<br>are now here with you, is this clear?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Gawl horrop. Bawr Abawrhannahanna!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Where we come from is blue and white<br>with brown, you see we call the brown<br>here 'land', the blue is 'sea', and the white<br>is 'clouds' over land and sea, we live<br>on the surface of the brown land,<br>all round is sea and clouds. We are 'men'.<br>Men come – </div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Glawp men! Gawrbenner menko. Menhawl?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Men come in peace from the third planet<br>which we call 'earth'. We are earthmen.<br>Take us earthmen to your leader.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Thmen? Thmen? Bawr. Bawrhossop.<br>Yuleeda tan hanna. Harrabost yuleeda.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– I am the yuleeda. You see my hands,<br>we carry no benner, we come in peace.<br>The spaceways are all stretterhawn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Glawn peacemen all horrabhanna tantko!<br>Tan come at'mstrossop. Glawp yuleeda!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Atoms are peacegawl in our harraban.<br>Menbat worrabost from tan hannahanna.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– You men we know bawrhossoptant. Bawr.<br>We know yuleeda. Go strawg backspetter quick.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– We cantantabawr, tantingko backspetter now!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Banghapper now! Yes, third planet back.<br>Yuleeda will go back blue, white, brown<br>nowhanna! There is no more talk.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Gawl han fasthapper?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– No. You must go back to your planet.<br>Go back in peace, take what you have gained<br>but quickly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Stretterworra gawl, gawl…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">– Of course, but nothing is ever the same,<br>now is it? You'll remember Mercury.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edwin+Morgan">Edwin Morgan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=381474" data-title="The First Men on Mercury de Edwin Morgan" data-description="– We come in peace from the third planet. Would you take us to your leader? – Bawr stretter! Bawr. Bawr. Stretterhawl? – This is a little plastic model of the solar system, with working parts. You are here and we are there and we are now ..."></div> </div> </div>

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