The Construction Job
by Denny E.
Marshall
Neno is sitting on a barstool at the Logbook Bar
enjoying a bottle of Wormhole
Dark, when he spots his good friend Ripal sitting at a
booth a few rows down.
He walks over to the booth and joins his friend. Neno is from planet 88
and Ripal is from the planet Dor. Both planets are two of a few that
study planet Earth and make some of the footage available to citizens.
“Did your people really build that crude structure on Earth?” Neno
asks. It is obvious to Ripal that Neno has seen the footage of Earth
that has been broadcast the last few weeks on both planets. Ripal
replies, “No my people did not build that in a sense, Dorians would not
build something like that on purpose. Besides Neno I have thought you
would have seen the broadcast that explains it all by now.” Neno looks
surprised and said, “No I have not seen it, why don’t you just tell me
the story.”
“Once upon a time--just kidding,” said Ripal and then continues, “It
all began long ago when the Nunni ambassador to Dor at the time, wanted
a large house and garden built. Some of the building materials were
imported from the planet Nasho. Earth lies between Nasho and Dor. Long
story short the construction supply ship returning from Nasho had to
make an emergency landing on Earth. The problem with the engines could
only be partially fixed. Too be able to leave the atmosphere the ship
had to lose weight. A large amount of the cargo was dumped out, all the
heavy materials. The ship crew had only a few hours to dump the
material. They did want too just dump it out, so they arraigned it in a
shape that left a message. Before they finish, the ship’s captain
orders them to leave. It would have only taken only another hour to
finish the message. The partial message is classified.”
“I wonder why Earthlings call it what they do.” Asks Neno. “I have no idea why they call it Stonehenge.” Ripal answers.
THE END
© 2017 Denny E. Marshall
Bio: Denny E. Marshall has had art, poetry, and
fiction published. One recent credit is fiction at Dime Show
Review.
E-mail: Author
Website: www.dennymarshall.com
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