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Aliens Surprise Offer To Leave Earth After 50,000 Years

Earth’s survival is threatened by war-mad White House generals

Lesley Dewar There's always another story to tell

3 min readMar 18, 2024

Random Word Drabble Challenge Day 77 Word is LUCKY

Image of two penguins talking with an alien creature, outside the cavern. The spaceship is still hovering above them. They have stopped glowing because they are not exposed to the radioactivity inside the cave at present. There is no sign of their submarine. — Image created by author using Bing and ChatGPT

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The Aliens cannot believe how lucky they are! Rather than men, whom they dread because of constant wars, they have been set free by two intrepid and pioneering Penguins.

It’s 50,000 years since they arrived and began teaching humans the ultimate advances in science, astronomy, time travel, and longevity. A cataclysmic series of meteors plunged the planet into several ice ages, trapping them behind their damaged security door.

Percival’s love of algebra was what they needed — to trigger the emergency escape sequence. Jethro has his eyes on the money.

War mad Generals with nuclear bombs threaten to destroy the planet.

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Image of two penguins dressed as members of the queen’s household band, ready to march in a parade with the the rest of the band. They are both wearing big black bear helmets, red coats, gloves and have medals on their chests. They are followed by a group of soldiers in their household band uniforms.

The penguins, Percival and Jethro, are confronted by the image of the Alien. It shows itself simply as a head and is able to communicate with them using mental telepathy. Not just words, but sounds and images as well. It relates that it has adopted the name Condo, short for Condere, after an Irish warrior and storyteller of legend. The penguins are standing outside the cavern on the ice and there are other penguins to be seen. But Condo speaks only to Percival and Jethro.

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