In the spirit of cooperation, we invited the aliens to dinner.
"What is a joke?" asked the largest one, their leader I presumed.
"It's when you tell a story that makes people laugh."
"Oh, I understand. Like when our chef asks us to guess how many ways can a human be quartered, and we answer, 'none, because we like to eat ours whole.'"
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Maria A. Perez
Author of the romantic space opera trilogy, The Curse of Sotkari Ta, its prequel, Song of the Caged Warrior, and a poetry book. As a diehard “Trekkie” and Star Wars fan, I'm fascinated by what lies beyond the unexplored reaches of space.
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