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1、t know where they wereIt didnt matterI was dancing in the middle of the crowdOur family would meet together in the robot plane afterwardsThere were about a thousand people round the fireToo many people to countNearly everybody on Just Like Home was thereEverybody，on planets all over the Galaxy，was d

2、ancing round fires at the same timeWhat a wonderful thing！The last dance beganYou hold hands in a big circle round the fireeverybody togetherYou dance round and round in a circle untilWell，everybody knows what happens in the endI was holding hands with someone on my right and someone on my leftWe we

3、re all shouting，BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN BURNThe last dance went on for a long timeIn the end somebody fell downHe pulled down the people on both sides of himThen people on both sides of them fell downEverybody was too tired to stay on their feetPeople fell down all round the circleFallingDying

4、We wear black clothes to rememberWe remember the BurningWe remember that we have a Galaxy，but we are aloneWe are empty in our heartsWe are the only living things in the GalaxySadLonely and sadI lay on the ground，very，very tiredI was happy and sad at the same timeHappy to be with everybody，sad that w

5、e were aloneThen the worst thing in my life happenedSomebody came up to me and said，HelloI didnt know who it wasI could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fireBut it was the voice of a man who was much older than meHello？I answeredI didnt want to talk to himI saw you in the dance，he saidI

6、 know youre a young girl because you were dancing like a young girlI think youre seventeen years oldNo，Im only sixteen，I saidWonderfulJust what I want，said the manI will marry youYou must marry meI couldnt believe what he was sayingThis was terribleAnd very bad luckYes，it was true a woman must marry

7、 any man who asks her on Remembering Nightby order of the Star CouncilIm sixteen so Im a woman，not a childI couldnt say no to this manI was sick in my heartMy names Buff，the man saidWhats your name，sweetheart？Er，my names，erCaterpillar，I liedIm usually called KateWell，Kate，Buff said，will you marry me

8、？m sorry，BuffI know Im sixteen and old enough to get married but my parents dont want me to get married yetIm their only daughterBuff laughedIt was a horrible IaughHe enjoyed knowing I didnt want himWhat a monster！Oh，thank Earthandanimals I hadnt told him my real name！I jumped up suddenly and ran in

9、to the crowds of people in the darkI was safeHe couldnt find meI went to our robot plane and sat inside until my parents cameI didnt tell my parents anythingI was afraidThe Star Council said Buff was right and I was wrong，and I didnt know what my parents would doNext morning I forgot about itHow cou

10、ld Buff find me？There were hundreds of girls on our planetHe didnt know my nameHe had only seen my eyesSuddenly my father came into my roomHummingbird，he said sadlys the matter？I askedWhy are you calling me Hummingbird，not Hummy？Hummingbird，ask your robot for a wedding dressWhy？But I knew the answer

11、You will marry a gentleman called BuffaloNo，father，I cantI started cryingI dont want toIm too youngI dont want to leave youI hate him！My father shook his headPlease，Hummy，its only for one yearYou cant be a child foreverLots of girls dont want to get married at firstThe Star Council says we must get

12、married as often as possible and have childrenYou know whyI spoke like a small childBecause we are lonelyBecause there is nothing in the Galaxy except usYou know all that，HummyThe dressing-robot made me a wedding dresswe have robots for everything like thatThe dress was white and covered me all over

13、 except for my eyesMy father took my armBuff was waiting with my motherI saw his eyes through the eye-holes of his wedding suitThey were small mean eyesHello，Kate，he saidMy father said，Her name is HummingbirdI know，I know，Buff saidHow did you find me？I asked BuffI had a small camera，he answeredI too

14、k a photo of your eyesDid you know that everybodys eyes are different？Nobody has eyes like yoursI turned to my fatherListen to him！Cant you see how horrible he is？Please dont make me marry himMy father didnt say anythingHe couldnt help meYou can say no if a man asks you to marry him on Remembering N

15、ightBut you must have a very special reasonA reason that the Star Council will acceptIf you are doing work that is important for the Galaxy，the Council will usually accept that as a good reasont think of anything like thatBut it was something to hope forif I could escapeI was afraidI didnt want to r

16、un away and never see my family againSome neighbours arrived，and the wedding began immediatelyBuff stood next to me and held my handHis hand was large and a little wetHow I hated him！My father picked up the Book of RememberingHe read，In the beginning there were millions of planets in the Galaxy but

17、there was only life on oneThat was the planet EarthPeople and animals lived togetherBut people polluted EarthIt became too hot for animals to liveThey diedAll the animals diedSo people left Earth and never returned to that planetTheir hearts were empty when they left Earth，empty today，empty foreverB

18、uff was still holding my handMy father spoke againBuffalo，will you take my daughter Hummingbird to be your wife for one year，in the name of Earth and the animals？Buff answered，I willMy father turned to meHummingbird，will you take this man Buffalo to be your husband for one year，in the name of Earth

19、and the animals？Thats when I ranI let the wedding dress fall off meI ran fastThey ran afterme but I could run much faster without the wedding dressI got to our robot spaceship，jumped into it and said，Take offWhy are people running towards us？the spaceship askedTake off now！I shoutedIts life or death

20、！The spaceship couldnt argueIt took offJust Like Home was green all overfields of wheat everywhereI was out in space looking back at my planetAll around me were starsThe millions of stars in the Galaxythats where I could hide！2 A spaceship made of plastict believe what Id doneId run awayme！Im not ve

21、ry brave and I love my parents very muchI never thought I could ever disobey themI was afraidAnd I felt sad for my parentsPoor mother and father！But I had to live my own lifeI couldnt get married to a horrible old man like Buffalo！I knew they would follow me quickly so I told the spaceship to take m

22、e to a very quiet part of the Galaxy，a long way from any planets with people onThe spaceship wentHow can a spaceship travel across the Galaxy in no time at all？Well，I learnt the answer to that in schoolThere are a lot of little black holes in spaceThey are about as big as a potatoA spaceship goes in

23、to one black hole and comes out of another black hole on the other side of the GalaxyDont ask me how a big thing like a spaceship can go into a thing as small as a potatoI was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that！Nobody could find me nowI was in the middle of the Galaxy

24、in empty spaceThere were stars above my head，stars below my feet，starson my left hand，stars on my right handStrangeI knew all these stars were a long，long way away but they didnt look far awayThey looked very close；I wanted to reach out my hand and touch themAnd the silenceSo very，very， very quietTh

25、e Book of Remembering says how I felt：Their hearts were emptyMy heart was emptyI saw millions of stars but there was no life in the Galaxy except us humansWell，there are potatoes and wheat and rice but you cant talk to vegetablesWe are aloneThe Book of Remembering says we did itWe polluted Earth and

26、 so killed all the animals We ran away from Earth and were still runningThat was twenty thousand years ago and we still cant forgetThe Book of Remembering gives names for thousands of animalsFantastic！Could there really be thousands of animals？The idea of animals is so strangeWhat did they look like？The Book of Remembering has no pictures， but says there are birds that fly，and fish that swimThere are animals with no legs，and animals with lots of legsugh！What a horrible idea！Can anybody believe stories like that？And now I was running away tooPerhaps I was wrong to run