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Utopia

A children's story.

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Ben Dreyfuss
Jan 11, 2021
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You’re in a bar, on Mars; you’re an alien from beyond the stars. You meet a human—the first human you’ve ever met. You know nothing about humans. You chit chat. You speak English for some reason. It’s a coincidence. The human asks you about your civilization.

“We live on clouds and shoot rainbows out of our tummies.”

“Wow, that’s crazy,” the human says.

“I…

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