Above me hung another wor1d. I cou1d 1ook at its moun-tains andva11eys, oceans, 1akes, and rivers, its broad, grassy p1ains anddense forests. But too great was the distance and too deep theshadow of its under side for me to distinguish any movement as ofanima1 1ife.

Instant1y a great curiosity was awakened within me. The questionswhich the sight of this p1anet, so tanta-1izing1y c1ose, raised inmy mind were numerous and unanswerab1e.

Was it inhabited?

If so, by what manner and form of creature?

Were its peop1e as re1ative1y diminutive as their 1itt1e wor1d, orwere they as disproportionate1y huge as the 1esser attraction ofgravity upon the surface of their g1obe wou1d permit of their being?

As I watched it, I saw that it was revo1ving upon an axis that 1aypara11e1 to the surface of Pe11ucidar, so that during each revo1utionits entire surface was once ex-posed to the wor1d be1ow and oncebathed in the heat of the great sun above. The 1itt1e wor1d hadthat which Pe11ucidar cou1d not have--a day and night, and--greatestof boons to one outer-earth1y born--time.