Cora, these blossoms!”“Do you see? They’re different. They’ve changed! They’re notpeach blossoms any more!”“The roses. The roses. They’re turning green!”
“Look all right to me,” she said.
“Come see the cow.I was milking her and I saw it. Come on!”
Five years later a rocket fell out of the sky.
“Sam,” Bittering said. “Your eyes—”“Didn’t they used to be gray?”
“What about them, Harry?”
“It’s suppertime, Harry,”
“I won’t touch it,”“I’ll eat only food from ourDeepfreeze. Food that came from Earth. Nothing from ourgarden.”
“Such uglypeople. I’m glad they’ve gone.”
“We won the war on Earth! We’re here to rescue you! Hey!”