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- The Story about Martians
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- Still today, many young Martians are told the strange story about Qh'Xzic%. It
- is a very old story and some Martians even doubt if it is true.
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- Once upon a time, there was a famous land in Mars named the Land of Illusions.
- There lived the happy king Pr'Zsud/. He had a beautiful daughter, princess
- Oj'Lwer@. All the Martians in the Land of Illusions were happy.
- But one gwook (a Martian day, approximately 37.643 Earth hours) Oj'-Lwer@
- decided to leave her father and go to the neighbouring land, the Land of
- Mirages. At this point, when the princess had left, all the happy Martians in
- the Land of Illusions turned sad.
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- In his great castle, king Pr'Zsud/ was feeling lonely. He couldn't even demand
- her daughter back from the Land of Mirages's king, Ig'Tkad&, because Oj'Lwer@
- had left there all by herself. He went to the zoo to become happier. There he
- stared at the humans, the Saturnians, the Venusian pigs, the Jupiterians, the
- Earth flies, the Uranian eagles...
- At this point, Pr'Zsud/ thought "Hmm. Those behimols (Martian for animals)
- must be sad, because they are so lonely. I am lonely too, but why should they
- be lonely?" Having thought this, king Pr'Zsud/ released all the behimols. They
- were wild and jumped all around the castle. (Some elder Martians have told us
- that they still can hear all the buzzing, ringing, mooing, talking, whispering,
- clanging etc.)
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- A couple of gwooks later, Qh'Xzic% appeared (because the king had announced a
- telepatery annoucement) and offered to get Oj'Lwer@ back. The king agreed, and
- so Qh'Xzic% set off on a journey in his poor spacecraft.
- Suddenly, a dragon appeared and swallowed Qh'Xzic%'s spacecraft. After
- floating down with his fiorasyte (Martian for parachute) Qh'Xzic% thought "Aah,
- it doesn't matter, that spacecraft wasn't so expensive anyway."
- All by coincidence, he saw Oj'Lwer@ nearby. A helpful peasant from the Land
- of Mirages, whose name was Tr'Mduh$, had brought her here. She said to Qh'Xzic%
- "I was so bored. Ig'Tkad& didn't do anything to interest me. So I decided to
- leave."
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- So, with a mere press of a button, Tr'Mduh$'s cart was mutated into a
- spacecraft. Qh'Xzic% thought that it wasn't clean enough for the princess, but
- it didn't matter. And, just as they got back, all the sad Martians in the Land
- of Illusions turned happy.
- (Although some Martians believe that there was a difference of about 2.074
- Earth minutes.)
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- But, to their surprise, Qh'Xzic% and Oj'Lwer@ found all the behimols jumping in
- the castle. They, together with Pr'Zsud/ decided to leave the castle to the
- behimols and find another castle. They are still looking for it.
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- That was all, and now may you Earthlings go to sleep. The Martians liked this
- story, and you shall like it too.
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