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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Fellows
rose
and
spoke
briefly
in
a
clear
voice
to
the
assembled
green
men
on
their
craft,
and
another
great
shout
roared
from
them,
and
from
these
who
watched
in
the
city
below.
Then
as
he
spoke
a
word,
Sarja
sent
their
craft
flying
out
over
the
city,
and
the
great
mass
of
boats,
fully
a
thousand
in
number,
were
hurtling
in
a
compact
column
after
them.
Fellows
leaned
to
Norman
as
the
great
column
of
purring
craft
shot
on
over
the
silver-lit
jungles.
"We'll
make
straight
for
the
Rala
city
and
try
setting
into
it
before
they
understand
what's
happening."
"Won't
they
have
guards
out?"
"Probably,
but
we
can
beat
them
back
into
the
city
before
their
whole
forces
can
come
out
on
us.
That's
the
only
way
in
which
we
can
get
inside
and
reach
Hackett.
And
while
we're
attacking
the
force-bombs
can
be
placed,
though
I
don't
rely
too
much
on
them."
"If
the
attack
only
succeeds
in
getting
us
inside,"
Norman
said,
grim-lipped,
"we'll
have
a
chance--"
"It's
on
the
knees
of
the
gods.
These
green
men
are
doing
an
unprecedented
thing
in
attacking
the
Ralas,
the
masters
of
this
world,
remember.
But
they've
got
ages
of
oppression
to
avenge;
they'll
fight."
The
fleet
flew
on,
hills
and
rivers
a
silver-lit
panorama
unreeling
beneath
them.
Earth's
crescent
sank
behind
them,
and
by
the
time
they
flashed
out
over
the
great
fresh-water
sea,
the
sun
was
rising
like
a
flaming
eye
from
behind
it.
Land
sank
from
sight
behind
and
the
green
men
were
silent,
tense,
as
they
saw
stretching
beneath
only
the
gray
waters
that
for
ages
had
been
the
base
of
the
dread
frog-men.
But
still
the
fleet's
column
raced
on.
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