The chairman, looking with increasing curiosity at my strangely shaped face and head, interrogated me thus: 

“Are you an angel of light, or one of darkness?”

“I am neither.”

“What then can you be?”

“I am a created being from a far-off region of space.  I was born on a world which revolves around a star untold millions of miles distant.”

“If you are not a spirit, how could you have traveled such incredible distances?”

“That is yet a mystery to me,” I admitted.  “The power of my flight is much like the mode of your communication, for each is alike mysterious to me.”

By this time the excitement was intense.  No one attempted to grasp me or even approach toward me.  I saw by the perplexing mental atmosphere of the chairman that he was being besieged by a host of questions and suggestions; so I relieved the situation by continuing my words: 

“No one need consider my appearance as an evil omen.  I am not empowered to curse or bless your world except by what may flow from my immediate conversation with you.”

In these sentences I thoughtlessly gestured with my arms; this set my audience wild with mingled merriment and curiosity.

“Are all as small as you whence you came?” queried the chairman.

“They are all after my pattern with some variations.”

“Pray, tell me, what are those gummy flabs at the sides of your head?”

“Those are my ears,” I said with grinning face.  “They grew there for a purpose.”

“And what can that purpose be?” further questioned the puzzled chairman.

“They are for the purpose of hearing,” I quickly replied.

Then followed a curious scientific dialogue in which I endeavored to explain the sense of hearing.  From this I described the manner of conversation in our world, and showed what an important part hearing played.  But all this was beyond the comprehension of my auditors.

After a lengthy and most interesting discussion upon the philosophy of sound, the next point of interest centered on my mouth and vocal organs.  It was pleasing to consider these subjects because my listeners were such eager questioners and surprised hearers.  No wonder that they were unable to grasp such a crude system of conversation as ours!

Then the chairman verily begged me to explain the mystery of my mission and of my unprecedented itinerary.  How could I have fully satisfied his mind, even if I had endeavored to do so!

After all this came the most pleasing communion thus far of all my journey.  I learned much by the interchange of ideas.  Nature’s vast book opened to me some new and charming pages.

Toward the close of my stay the affinity between us grew to a marked degree.  Although we were widely apart in physical aspect, yet we were supping from the same bowl of affection and, with this happy turn, we talked of our permanent companionship.