SHADES OF GRAY
The sounds of leaves softly rustling could be heard, as well as the sound of soft footfalls upon pebbles, as a small gray form moved among a clutch of fern-like plants, that were growing near the entrance to a small cave.
Finally, the small gray form emerged... a lone being... about three feet tall, and basically humanoid, but different. This being appeared slightly hunched over, and had almost no body or facial hair, beyond a slight "peach fuzz". The being's head was somewhat large, in comparison to its body, but not by much. It had a very small nose, and only holes for ears. Finally, it had a pair of very large black eyes, that were like two large black almonds, on their sides.
The being looked around rapidly, as if wary of some unseen predator, as it sniffed the air around it, as it brought one hand up, which held a small shelled water creature, much like an oyster, on Earth. Its hands had only three fingers. The being brought the shelled creature up to its nose, and sniffed at it, before letting out a quick chirping sound, as it sat the shelled creature on the top of a large rock.
The creature then looked down, and produced another rock, and prepared to attempt to crack the shell of the creature, so that it could get to the meat inside. The being began to pound at the shell with the rock, at times having to keep the shelled creature from slipping off the rock it was on, and at times emitting quick chirps of frustration, as the stubborn shell refused to break open.
Suddenly, something drew the being's attention away from the shelled creature, and the being looked up, and hunched behind the ferns, as if for protection, as it gazed with absolute curiosity and fascination at what it was seeing...
Off in the distance, before the being, was a group of four other beings... aliens. They were very large... perhaps seven feet tall, and they were very different-looking. These new beings were a dirty greenish color, and looked almost like reptiles. And they appeared to have some sort of white covering over most of their bodies. The new reptile-things were all standing outside what looked like a small cave or hut made out of metal, and they were holding metal things in their hands, and making sounds as they spoke.
Finally, as the silent and curious being watched, the new reptile-things walked back into their metal hut, and the entrance closed on itself. A second later, a loud whooshing noise was heard, and a cloud of dust was kicked up from underneath the metal hut, and the entire hut began to rise up into the air, flying high into the sky, until finally, with the blink of an eye, it shot ahead, vanishing from view.
The little gray being was beside itself with awe, as it very slowly and cautiously emerged from its cover of ferns, and hastily rushed inside its cave, coming to a fast stop in front of the cave wall, and reached down, to pick up yet another small rock, now having forgotten about the shelled creature it had caught for food.
It brought the new rock up to the cave wall, and began to drag it hard along the surface, as it "drew" a very simple and crude representation of what it had just seen... a group of different-looking beings, beside a strange-looking hut, as it "dotted" the sky with stars, by banging the rock on the wall in various places. Finally, the little gray being had finished its work of cave art, and stood back, regarding it for a moment, as it then moved to the entrance to its cave again, this time poking its head out, as it looked up.
The being gazed intently into the sky, with a look of total wonder, as now the sun began to set, and the growing darkness of twilight began to reveal the endless expanse of stars in the sky, as those millions upon millions of stars filled the being's large black eyes, reflecting upon them, as the being continued its gaze into the heavens above.
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The sounds of leaves softly rustling could be heard, as well as the sound of soft footfalls upon pebbles, as a small gray form moved among a clutch of fern-like plants, that were growing near the entrance to a small cave.
Finally, the small gray form emerged... a lone being... about three feet tall, and basically humanoid, but different. This being appeared slightly hunched over, and had almost no body or facial hair, beyond a slight "peach fuzz". The being's head was somewhat large, in comparison to its body, but not by much. It had a very small nose, and only holes for ears. Finally, it had a pair of very large black eyes, that were like two large black almonds, on their sides.
The being looked around rapidly, as if wary of some unseen predator, as it sniffed the air around it, as it brought one hand up, which held a small shelled water creature, much like an oyster, on Earth. Its hands had only three fingers. The being brought the shelled creature up to its nose, and sniffed at it, before letting out a quick chirping sound, as it sat the shelled creature on the top of a large rock.
The creature then looked down, and produced another rock, and prepared to attempt to crack the shell of the creature, so that it could get to the meat inside. The being began to pound at the shell with the rock, at times having to keep the shelled creature from slipping off the rock it was on, and at times emitting quick chirps of frustration, as the stubborn shell refused to break open.
Suddenly, something drew the being's attention away from the shelled creature, and the being looked up, and hunched behind the ferns, as if for protection, as it gazed with absolute curiosity and fascination at what it was seeing...
Off in the distance, before the being, was a group of four other beings... aliens. They were very large... perhaps seven feet tall, and they were very different-looking. These new beings were a dirty greenish color, and looked almost like reptiles. And they appeared to have some sort of white covering over most of their bodies. The new reptile-things were all standing outside what looked like a small cave or hut made out of metal, and they were holding metal things in their hands, and making sounds as they spoke.
Finally, as the silent and curious being watched, the new reptile-things walked back into their metal hut, and the entrance closed on itself. A second later, a loud whooshing noise was heard, and a cloud of dust was kicked up from underneath the metal hut, and the entire hut began to rise up into the air, flying high into the sky, until finally, with the blink of an eye, it shot ahead, vanishing from view.
The little gray being was beside itself with awe, as it very slowly and cautiously emerged from its cover of ferns, and hastily rushed inside its cave, coming to a fast stop in front of the cave wall, and reached down, to pick up yet another small rock, now having forgotten about the shelled creature it had caught for food.
It brought the new rock up to the cave wall, and began to drag it hard along the surface, as it "drew" a very simple and crude representation of what it had just seen... a group of different-looking beings, beside a strange-looking hut, as it "dotted" the sky with stars, by banging the rock on the wall in various places. Finally, the little gray being had finished its work of cave art, and stood back, regarding it for a moment, as it then moved to the entrance to its cave again, this time poking its head out, as it looked up.
The being gazed intently into the sky, with a look of total wonder, as now the sun began to set, and the growing darkness of twilight began to reveal the endless expanse of stars in the sky, as those millions upon millions of stars filled the being's large black eyes, reflecting upon them, as the being continued its gaze into the heavens above.
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