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tknowwheretheywere．

　　Itdidn'

tmatter．Iwasdancinginthemiddleofthecrowd．Ourfamilywouldmeettogetherintherobotplaneafterwards．

　　Therewereaboutathousandpeopleroundthefire．Toomanypeopletocount．NearlyeverybodyonJustLikeHomewasthere．

　　Everybody，onplanetsallovertheGalaxy，wasdancingroundfiresatthesametime．Whatawonderfulthing！

　　Thelastdancebegan．Youholdhandsinabigcircleroundthefire—everybodytogether．Youdanceroundandroundinacircleuntil…

　　Well，everybodyknowswhathappensintheend．

　　Iwasholdinghandswithsomeoneonmyrightandsomeoneonmyleft．Wewereallshouting，'

BURNBURNBURNBURNBURNBURNBURN…'

　　Thelastdancewentonforalongtime．Intheendsomebodyfelldown．Hepulleddownthepeopleonbothsidesofhim．Thenpeopleonbothsidesofthemfelldown．Everybodywastootiredtostayontheirfeet．

　　Peoplefelldownallroundthecircle．Falling．Dying．

　　Wewearblackclothestoremember．WeremembertheBurning．

　　WerememberthatwehaveaGalaxy，butwearealone．Weareemptyinourhearts．WearetheonlylivingthingsintheGalaxy．

　　Sad．Lonelyandsad．

　　Ilayontheground，very，verytired．Iwashappyandsadatthesametime．Happytobewitheverybody，sadthatwewerealone．

　　Thentheworstthinginmylifehappened．Somebodycameuptomeandsaid，'

Hello．'

Ididn'

tknowwhoitwas．Icouldonlyseehiseyesshininginthelightofthefire．Butitwasthevoiceofamanwhowasmucholderthanme．

　　'

Hello？

'

Ianswered．Ididn'

twanttotalktohim．

Isawyouinthedance，'

hesaid．'

Iknowyou'

reayounggirlbecauseyouweredancinglikeayounggirl．Ithinkyou'

reseventeenyearsold．'

No，I'

monlysixteen，'

Isaid．

Wonderful．JustwhatIwant，'

saidtheman．'

Iwillmarryyou．Youmustmarryme．'

　　Icouldn'

tbelievewhathewassaying．Thiswasterrible．Andverybadluck．

　　Yes，itwastrueawomanmustmarryanymanwhoasksheronRememberingNight—byorderoftheStarCouncil．I'

msixteensoI'

mawoman，notachild．Icouldn'

tsaynotothisman．Iwassickinmyheart．

Myname'

sBuff，'

themansaid．'

What'

syourname，sweetheart？

Er，myname'

s，er…Caterpillar，'

Ilied．'

I'

musuallycalledKate．'

Well，Kate，'

Buffsaid，'

willyoumarryme？

msorry，Buff．IknowI'

msixteenandoldenoughtogetmarriedbutmyparentsdon'

twantmetogetmarriedyet．I'

mtheironlydaughter．'

　　Bufflaughed．ItwasahorribleIaugh．HeenjoyedknowingIdidn'

twanthim．Whatamonster！

　　Oh，thankEarth－and－animalsIhadn'

ttoldhimmyrealname！

　　Ijumpedupsuddenlyandranintothecrowdsofpeopleinthedark．Iwassafe．Hecouldn'

tfindme．Iwenttoourrobotplaneandsatinsideuntilmyparentscame．

　　Ididn'

ttellmyparentsanything．Iwasafraid．TheStarCouncilsaidBuffwasrightandIwaswrong，andIdidn'

tknowwhatmyparentswoulddo．

　　NextmorningIforgotaboutit．HowcouldBufffindme？

Therewerehundredsofgirlsonourplanet．Hedidn'

tknowmyname．Hehadonlyseenmyeyes．

　　Suddenlymyfathercameintomyroom．'

Hummingbird，'

hesaidsadly．

sthematter？

Iasked．'

WhyareyoucallingmeHummingbird，notHummy？

Hummingbird，askyourrobotforaweddingdress．'

Why？

ButIknewtheanswer．

YouwillmarryagentlemancalledBuffalo．'

No，father，Ican'

t．'

Istartedcrying．'

Idon'

twantto．I'

mtooyoung．Idon'

twanttoleaveyou．Ihatehim！

　　Myfathershookhishead．'

Please，Hummy，it'

sonlyforoneyear．Youcan'

tbeachildforever．Lotsofgirlsdon'

twanttogetmarriedatfirst．TheStarCouncilsayswemustgetmarriedasoftenaspossibleandhavechildren．Youknowwhy．'

Ispokelikeasmallchild．

Becausewearelonely．BecausethereisnothingintheGalaxyexceptus．Youknowallthat，Hummy．'

　　Thedressing-robotmademeaweddingdress—wehaverobotsforeverythinglikethat．Thedresswaswhiteandcoveredmealloverexceptformyeyes．

　　Myfathertookmyarm．

　　Buffwaswaitingwithmymother．Isawhiseyesthroughtheeye-holesofhisweddingsuit．Theyweresmallmeaneyes．

Hello，Kate，'

hesaid．

　　Myfathersaid，'

HernameisHummingbird．'

Iknow，Iknow，'

Buffsaid．

Howdidyoufindme？

IaskedBuff．

Ihadasmallcamera，'

heanswered．'

Itookaphotoofyoureyes．Didyouknowthateverybody'

seyesaredifferent？

Nobodyhaseyeslikeyours．'

　　Iturnedtomyfather．'

Listentohim！

Can'

tyouseehowhorribleheis？

Pleasedon'

tmakememarryhim．'

　　Myfatherdidn'

tsayanything．Hecouldn'

thelpme．

　　YoucansaynoifamanasksyoutomarryhimonRememberingNight．Butyoumusthaveaveryspecialreason．AreasonthattheStarCouncilwillaccept．IfyouaredoingworkthatisimportantfortheGalaxy，theCouncilwillusuallyacceptthatasagoodreason．

tthinkofanythinglikethat．Butitwassomethingtohopefor…ifIcouldescape．

　　Iwasafraid．Ididn'

twanttorunawayandneverseemyfamilyagain．

　　Someneighboursarrived，andtheweddingbeganimmediately．

　　Buffstoodnexttomeandheldmyhand．Hishandwaslargeandalittlewet．HowIhatedhim！

　　MyfatherpickeduptheBookofRemembering．Heread，'

InthebeginningthereweremillionsofplanetsintheGalaxybuttherewasonlylifeonone．ThatwastheplanetEarth．Peopleandanimalslivedtogether．ButpeoplepollutedEarth．Itbecametoohotforanimalstolive．Theydied．Alltheanimalsdied．SopeopleleftEarthandneverreturnedtothatplanet．TheirheartswereemptywhentheyleftEarth，emptytoday，emptyforever…'

　　Buffwasstillholdingmyhand．

　　Myfatherspokeagain．'

Buffalo，willyoutakemydaughterHummingbirdtobeyourwifeforoneyear，inthenameofEarthandtheanimals？

　　Buffanswered，'

Iwill．'

　　Myfatherturnedtome．'

Hummingbird，willyoutakethismanBuffalotobeyourhusbandforoneyear，inthenameofEarthandtheanimals？

　　That'

swhenIran．

　　Ilettheweddingdressfalloffme．Iranfast．TheyranaftermebutIcouldrunmuchfasterwithouttheweddingdress．Igottoourrobotspaceship，jumpedintoitandsaid，'

Takeoff．'

Whyarepeoplerunningtowardsus？

thespaceshipasked．

Takeoffnow！

Ishouted．'

It'

slifeordeath！

　　Thespaceshipcouldn'

targue．Ittookoff．

　　JustLikeHomewasgreenallover—fieldsofwheateverywhere．Iwasoutinspacelookingbackatmyplanet．Allaroundmewerestars．

　　ThemillionsofstarsintheGalaxy—that'

swhereIcouldhide！

2Aspaceshipmadeofplastic

tbelievewhatI'

ddone．I'

drunaway—me！

　　I'

mnotverybraveandIlovemyparentsverymuch．IneverthoughtIcouldeverdisobeythem．

　　Iwasafraid．AndIfeltsadformyparents．Poormotherandfather！

　　ButIhadtolivemyownlife．Icouldn'

tgetmarriedtoahorribleoldmanlikeBuffalo！

　　IknewtheywouldfollowmequicklysoItoldthespaceshiptotakemetoaveryquietpartoftheGalaxy，alongwayfromanyplanetswithpeopleon．

　　Thespaceshipwent．

　　HowcanaspaceshiptravelacrosstheGalaxyinnotimeatall？

　　Well，Ilearnttheanswertothatinschool．Therearealotoflittleblackholesinspace．Theyareaboutasbigasapotato．AspaceshipgoesintooneblackholeandcomesoutofanotherblackholeontheothersideoftheGalaxy．

　　Don'

taskmehowabigthinglikeaspaceshipcangointoathingassmallasapotato．Iwasprobablyasleepwhentherobotteachertoldmetheanswertothat！

　　Nobodycouldfindmenow．IwasinthemiddleoftheGalaxyinemptyspace．

　　Therewerestarsabovemyhead，starsbelowmyfeet，starsonmylefthand，starsonmyrighthand．

　　Strange．Iknewallthesestarswerealong，longwayawaybuttheydidn'

tlookfaraway．Theylookedveryclose；

Iwantedtoreachoutmyhandandtouchthem．

　　Andthesilence．Sovery，very，veryquiet．

　　TheBookofRememberingsayshowIfelt：

Theirheartswereempty．'

　　Myheartwasempty．IsawmillionsofstarsbuttherewasnolifeintheGalaxyexceptushumans．Well，therearepotatoesandwheatandricebutyoucan'

ttalktovegetables．

　　Wearealone．

　　TheBookofRememberingsayswedidit．WepollutedEarthandsokilledalltheanimals．WeranawayfromEarthandwe'

restillrunning．Thatwastwentythousandyearsagoandwestillcan'

tforget．

　　TheBookofRememberinggivesnamesforthousandsofanimals．Fantastic！

Couldtherereallybethousandsofanimals？

Theideaofanimalsissostrange．Whatdidtheylooklike？

TheBookofRememberinghasnopictures，butsaystherearebirdsthatfly，andfishthatswim．Thereareanimalswithnolegs，andanimalswithlotsoflegs—ugh！

Whatahorribleidea！

　　Cananybodybelievestorieslikethat？

　　AndnowIwasrunningawaytoo．PerhapsIwaswrongtorun