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00000150: 45 4E 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 52 45 44 44 49 53 48 |EN THEIR REDDISH|
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000001E0: 55 4C 46 55 52 2C 0D 41 42 4F 55 54 20 54 48 45 |ULFUR,.ABOUT THE|
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00000220: 20 4F 55 52 20 43 48 49 4C 44 52 45 4E 0D 57 4F | OUR CHILDREN.WO|
00000230: 55 4C 44 20 47 4F 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 53 54 |ULD GO TO THE ST|
00000240: 41 52 53 20 57 48 49 4C 45 20 57 45 20 57 4F 55 |ARS WHILE WE WOU|
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.. O V E R L O R D. FROM
ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S. "CHILDHOOD
'S END".. WHEN THE OVERLORDS CAME TO
EARTH.IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY THEY.NEU
TRALIZED ALL ATOMIC WEAPONS,.STOPPED ALL
WARS, AND GENERALLY MADE.OUR PLANET A D
ECENT PLACE TO RAISE.KIDS, BUT THEY WOUL
D NOT SHOW.THEMSELVES FOR FIFTY YEARS.
COULD IT.HAVE BEEN THEIR REDDISH COLOR,.
CRANIAL HORNS, LEATHERY WINGS AND.LONG,
PADDLE-TIPPED TAIL?. THERE WAS AN AIR
OF SYMPATHY,.TINGED WITH THE SMELL OF S
ULFUR,.ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS FOR US. IT
WAS.AS IF THEY KNEW THAT OUR CHILDREN.WO
ULD GO TO THE STARS WHILE WE WOULD.FOREV
ER STAY BEHIND..
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