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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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They
were
men
such
as
the
two
fliers
had
never
seen
before,
like
humans
except
that
their
skins
were
a
light
green
instead
of
the
normal
white
and
pink.
They
were
dressed
in
dark
short
tunics,
and
kept
talking
to
each
other
in
a
tongue
quite
unintelligible
to
Norman
and
Hackett.
They
came
closer,
flocking
curiously
around
the
two
men,
with
a
babel
of
voices
quite
meaningless
to
the
two.
Then
one
of
the
men
uttered
an
exclamation,
and
all
turned.
The
barred
door
had
swung
open
and
a
half-dozen
frog-guards
entered,
followed
by
two
frog-men
carrying
a
square
little
mechanism
from
which
tubing
led
back
out
through
the
door.
"Norman--these
men--"
Hackett
was
whispering
rapidly.
"If
there
are
men
in
this
world
too,
it
may
be
that--"
"Quiet,
Hackett--look
at
what
they're
doing."
The
two
frog-men
had
set
their
mechanism
in
place
and
then
croaked
out
a
brief
word
or
order.
Slowly,
reluctantly,
one
of
the
green
men
moved
toward
them.
Quickly
they
removed
a
metal
disk
fastened
to
his
arm,
exposing
a
small
orifice
like
an
unhealed
wound.
Onto
this
they
fastened
a
suckerlike
object
from
which
a
transparent
tube
led
back
through
the
mechanism.
The
machine
hummed
and
at
once
a
red
stream
pulsed
through
the
tube
and
back
through
the
mechanism.
The
man
to
whom
it
was
attached
was
growing
rapidly
pale!
Norman,
sick
with
horror,
clutched
his
companion.
"Hackett--these
frog-men
are
sucking
his
blood
from
him!"
"Good
God!
And
look--they're
doing
it
with
another!"
"All
of
these
men--kept
prisoners
to
furnish
them
with
blood.
It
must
be
the
damned
creatures'
food!
And
we
here
with
the
others--"
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