Trauts from Uranus

Hello, my name is Trauts. It is a name given to me by my earthling friend Stuart Wechsler. I have come here from a far, distant planet, Uranus, to report back to my fellow Uranians about life on the planet Earth. Since my arrival here about a year ago, I've been observing the Earth and its creatures. It took me some time to be able to speak the language of the earthlings, so please forgive my errors. I saw many strange things. Creatures known as humans put on something they call clothes. They cover themselves in fabrics even when it is hot. They cover many parts of their bodies for reasons I cannot understand. None of the other animals on earth do this.

Humans have apparently taken over the earth, and the changes they have made have not been good. They fight amongst themselves even though they are not in danger. They have destroyed the topography of the planet. They have destroyed many other types of animals on earth and are very vicious predators. They seem to be the only creatures who kill for reasons other than obtaining food to keep them alive.

I noticed something very strange; they take little pieces of paper and seem to exchange them for houses and what they call automobiles, which doesn't make sense to me.

Many of the earthlings have become especially powerful, consuming vast amounts of the natural resources on earth for themselves, while at the same time millions of earthlings are starving. They treat the other creatures on earth in a terrible manner. They slaughter innocent animals called chickens and cows in a terrible way and then eat them instead of eating fruits and vegetables. This does not seem sensible, especially since the eating of animals is very unhealthy and kills many earthlings.

They do not understand the language of many of the other creatures on earth, and they assume that such creatures are stupid. They are beginning to know, of course, that all of the other creatures on earth have their own languages, and they are just beginning to understand that they these other creatures have the same emotions as earthlings.

Unlike other creatures who seem to learn much from their parents, they leave their parents and go to universities which seem dedicated to throwing balls, hitting and tackling each other. They are not doing these things at universities everywhere in the world; only in a part of the world called the United States. In a place called Europe, for example, universities and colleges seem to be devoted instead to something called teaching. The United States does not seem to make any attempt at learning at these gathering places called college, but they appear to be dedicated to fun and games.

They are reproducing at an unsustainable rate thereby polluting the atmosphere. The earthlings, I predict, will eliminate themselves by choking the atmosphere among other self-destructive actions.

They come in all shapes sizes and colors, and they cannot seem to agree on single language to communicate with each other.

They lock up other creatures on earth in cages, and they call these places prisons. They take away from these creatures freedom and leave them to a terrible life.

To be continued….