after that

OMEGA:Well. Oop?

IOTA : Well. Oop? (Oop coughs. Omega and Tota pound him on the back)

THINK-TANK: Was It not delicious, Sergeant Oop?

OOP:(SALUTING) That is correct, str It was not delicious. I don't know how the Earthlings can get those sandwiches down without water. They're dry as Martian dust.

NOODLE : Sir sir, Great and Mighty Think Tank. I beg your pardon. but an insignificant bit of data floated Into my mind about those sandwiches.

THINK-TANK: It can't be worth much, but go ahead. Give us your trifling bit of data.

NOODLE : Well, str. il have seen survivor films of those sandwiches. I noticed that the Earthlings did not eat them. They used them as some sort of communication device.

THINK-TANK: (Haughtily) Naturally. That was my next point. These are actually communication sandwiches. Think Tank is never wrong. Who is never wrong?

ALL:(saluting) Great and Mighty Think Tank is never wrong .

THINK-TANK:Therefore, I order you to listen to them.

OMEGA : Listen to them?

IOTA AND OOP : (to each other puzzled Listen to them?

THINK-TANK: Do you have marbles in your ears? I said, listen to them. (Martians bour very low.)

OMEGA :It shall be done, sir. (They each take two books from the case and hold them to their ears, listening intently. Do you hear anything?

IOTA : (whispering to omega )Do you hear anything?

OMEGA:( whispering back) Nothing. Do you hear anything. Oop?

OOP: (loudly) Not a thing! (Omega and lota jump in fright)

OMEGA AND IOTA: Sh-h-h! (They listen intently again.)

THINK-TANK : Well? Well? Report to me. What do you hear?

OMEGA: Nothing. sir. Perhaps we are not on the correct frequency.

IOTA : Nothing, sir. Perhaps the Earthlings have sharper ears than we do.

OOP :I don't hear a thing. Maybe these sandwiches don't make sounds.

THINK-TANK : What? Does somebody suggest the Mighty Think Tank has made a mistake?

OMEGA : Oh, no, sir: no sir. We'll keep listening.

NOODLE: Please excuse me, your Brilliance, but a cloudy piece of information is twirling around in my head.

THINK-TANK: Well, twirl it out. Noodle, and I will clarify it for you.

NOODLE : I seem to recall that the Earthlings did not listen to the sandwiches, they opened them and watched them.

THINK-TANK : Yes, that is quite correct, I will clarify that for you.Captain Omega. Those sandwiches are not for ear communication, they are for eve communication. Now. Captain Omega. take that large, colourful sandwich over there. It appears to be important. Tell me what you observe.

(Omega picks up a very large volume of Mother Goose, holding it so that the audience can see the title. Iota looks over her left shoulder, and Oop peers over her right shoulder.)

OMEGA: It appears to contain pictures of Earthlings.

IOTA:There seems to be some sort of code.

THINK-TANK:(sharply interested) Code? I told you this was Important. Describe the code.

OOP:It's little lines and squiggles and dots- thousands of them alongside the pictures.

THINK-TANK: Perhaps the Earthlings are not as primitive as we have thought. We must break the code.

NOODLE: Forgive me, your Cleverness, but did not the chemical department give our space people vitamins to increase their intelligence?

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