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What
had
it
come
for
?
What
was
going
to
happen
to
the
world
now
this
monstrosity
had
arrived
?
Everybody
waited
.
The
newspapers
spoke
about
nothing
else
.
Aircraft
flew
near
this
space-bat-angel-dragon
,
taking
photographs
.
It
lay
over
Australia
higher
than
any
mountains
,
higher
than
the
Hindu
Kush
in
Asia
,
and
its
head
alone
was
the
size
of
Italy
.
For
a
whole
day
,
while
the
people
of
the
earth
trembled
and
wept
and
prayed
to
God
to
save
them
,
the
space-bat-angel-dragon
lay
resting
,
its
chin
sunk
in
the
Indian
Ocean
,
the
sea
coming
not
quite
up
to
its
bottom
lip
.
But
the
next
morning
,
early
,
its
giant
voice
came
rumbling
round
the
world
.
The
space-bat-angel-dragon
was
speaking
.
It
wanted
to
be
fed
.
And
what
it
wanted
to
eat
was
--
living
things
.
People
,
animals
,
forests
,
it
did
n't
care
which
,
so
long
as
the
food
was
alive
.
But
it
had
better
be
fed
quickly
,
otherwise
it
would
roll
out
its
tongue
longer
than
the
Trans-Siberian
railway
,
and
lick
huge
swathes
of
life
off
the
surface
of
the
earth
--
cities
,
forests
,
farmlands
,
whatever
there
was
.
It
would
leave
the
world
looking
like
a
charred
pebble
--
unless
it
were
fed
and
fed
quickly
.
Its
voice
shook
and
rumbled
around
the
earth
for
a
whole
hour
as
it
delivered
its
message
.
Finally
it
ended
,
and
lay
waiting
.
The
peoples
of
the
world
got
together
.
If
they
fed
it
,
how
could
they
ever
satisfy
it
?
It
would
never
be
full
,
and
every
new
day
it
would
be
as
hungry
as
ever
.
How
can
you
feed
a
beast
the
size
of
Australia
?
Australia
is
a
vast
land
,
all
the
countries
of
Europe
will
fit
easily
into
Australia
.
The
monster
's
stomach
alone
must
be
the
size
of
Germany
.
No
,
they
would
not
feed
it
.
The
people
of
the
world
decided
they
would
not
feed
this
space-bat-angel-dragon
or
whatever
it
was
--
they
would
fight
it
.
They
would
declare
war
on
it
,
and
all
get
together
to
blast
it
off
the
face
of
the
earth
.
And
so
it
was
that
all
the
peoples
of
earth
declared
war
on
the
monster
,
and
sent
out
their
armed
forces
in
a
grand
combined
operation
.
What
a
terrific
attack
!
