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.'"
About the Creator
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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