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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Astonishment
held
them
as
they
saw
who
spoke.
It
was
one
of
the
green
men
in
the
room,
who
had
settled
down
by
their
side.
A
tall
figure
with
superb
muscles
and
frank,
clean
countenance,
his
dark
eyes
afire
with
eagerness.
"English?"
Norman
exclaimed.
"You
know
English--you
understand
me?"
The
other
showed
his
teeth
in
a
smile.
"I
know,
yes.
I'm
Sarja,
and
I
learned
to
speak
it
from
Fallas,
in
my
city,
before
the
Ralas
caught
me."
"Fallas--"
Norman
repeated,
puzzled;
then
suddenly
he
flamed.
"By
God,
he
means
Fellows!"
"Fallas,
yes,"
said
the
other.
"From
the
sky
he
fell
into
our
city
in
a
strange
flying-boat
that
was
smashed.
He
was
hurt
but
we
cared
for
him,
and
he
taught
me
his
speech,
which
I
heard
you
talking
now."
"Then
Fellows
is
in
your
city
now?"
asked
Hackett
eagerly.
"Where
is
that?"
"Across
this
sea--back
in
the
hills,"
the
other
waved.
"It
is
far
from
the
sea
but
I
was
rash
one
day
and
came
too
near
the
water
in
my
flying-boat.
The
Ralas
were
out
raiding
and
they
saw
me,
caught
me,
and
brought
me
here.
No
escape
now,
until
I
die."
"The
Ralas--you
mean
these
frog-men?"
Norman
asked.
Sarja
nodded.
"Of
course.
They
are
the
tyrants
and
oppressors
of
this
world.
Our
little
world
is
but
a
tenth
or
less
the
size
of
your
great
Earth
which
it
circles,
but
it
has
its
lands
and
rivers,
and
this
one
great
fresh-water
sea
into
which
the
latter
empty.
In
this
sea
long
ago
developed
the
Ralas,
the
great
frog-men
who
acquired
such
intelligence
and
arts
that
they
became
lords
of
this
world.
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