Music plays, drums beat, horns blow, flags fly, women dress up and preen, men rejoice, children laugh, everyone dances and sings - in short, everyone is waiting for the rocket to land....

To force the authorities to end the war, the farmers agreed to stop work. After all, the war is being fought by soldiers who are fed by farmers, and if there is no food, then the soldiers will stop fighting....

The climate was perfect, the sky was always blue, and, most importantly, no one was supposed to work. What more could you want?...

“Why don't you find yourself a pretty American,” his father often repeated. But George was on Venus ... and he loved the pale green skin ... and spherical heads, and most of all George loved Gistla....