100 words to know before reading The First Men in the Moon

1. Used to emphasize a statement or response.
2. Truly or certainly (often expressing agreement).

towns that are following Lemanus now towards extinction. That outlook on the marsh was, indeed, one of the finest views I have ever seen. I suppose Dungeness was fifteen miles away; it lay

1. A single-story house, often with a veranda.
2. A small, cozy cottage, typically with a low-pitched roof.

in the most formal way, then abruptly he came to business. He wanted to buy me out of my bungalow. “You see,” he said, “I don’t blame you in the least, but you’ve destroyed a habit, and it

1. A set of equipment or tools for a specific purpose.
2. A complex structure within an organization or system.

it will contain a proper store of solidified air, concentrated food, water-distilling apparatus, and so forth. And enamelled, as it were, on the outer steel—” “Cavorite?” “Yes.” “But how will

1. With enthusiasm or sincerity.
2. In a hearty or robust manner.

self took me in some absurd way as pathetic. I watched him out of sight. Then wishing very heartily I had kept to my own business, I returned to my bungalow and my play. The next evening I saw

1. A roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor.
2. An open-air gallery or porch, often partly enclosed.

stand it no longer, and so soon as he appeared I opened the French window, crossed the verandah, and directed myself to the point where he invariably stopped. He had his watch out as I came up

1. Not transparent or translucent; not allowing light to pass through.
2. Hard or impossible to understand; unclear or obscure.

it for this story that he believed he might be able to manufacture this possible substance opaque to gravitation out of a complicated alloy of metals and something new—a new element, I

1. Emitting light or heat brightly.
2. Filled with happiness or joy.

used some other word I have forgotten, but “opaque” conveys the idea—to “all forms of radiant energy.” “Radiant energy,” he made me understand, was anything like light or heat, or those

1. A structure for heating materials at high temperatures.
2. An enclosed space for burning fuel to produce heat.

than able, and this premature event must be largely due to their joint neglect of the furnace. If they have not perished, I doubt if they have the intelligence to explain the affair. They

1. Vertical structures for venting smoke or gases from fireplaces or furnaces.
2. Narrow openings in rock formations resembling man-made chimneys.

His active little figure was black against the autumnal sunset, and to the right the chimneys of his house just rose above a gloriously tinted group of trees. Remoter rose the Wealden Hills,

1. A vertical structure for venting smoke from a fireplace or furnace.
2. A narrow opening or passage, often in rock formations.

in the atmosphere. And if the Cavorite itself hadn’t been loose and so got sucked up the chimney, does it occur to you what would have happened?” I thought. “I suppose,” I said, “the air would

1. Died or was destroyed.
2. Suffered greatly or was in extreme distress.

never get a chance of working in peace again. My three assistants may or may not have perished. That is a detail. If they have, it is no great loss; they were more zealous than able, and this

1. A large-scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure.
2. A violent tropical storm with high-speed winds and heavy rains, also known as a hurricane or typhoon in different regions.

in the present unsatisfactory state of meteorological science, will ascribe all this to a cyclone; there might be a public subscription, and as my house has collapsed and been burnt, I should in

1. Forced out in a thin, fast stream (e.g., liquid).
2. Ejected or expelled suddenly.

he said. “A huge fountain—” “Spouting into space! Good heavens! Why, it would have squirted all the atmosphere of the earth away! It would have robbed the world of air! It would have been

1. The act of taking action to prevent something from happening.
2. The right to purchase or acquire something before others.

spheres deluxe. “Rights of preemption,” came floating into my head—planetary rights of preemption. I recalled the old Spanish monopoly in American gold. It wasn’t as though it was just this

1. A historic city in southeast England, known for its cathedral.
2. The seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England.

and accosting Cavor, and in his shirt sleeves working at the sphere, and walking out to Canterbury because he was afraid to come! Me? I did not believe it. I still reasoned that all this was

1. Soft, warm fabric made of wool or cotton, often used for shirts or pajamas.
2. Casual shirts or clothing items made from flannel fabric.

little old man in a green apron appeared, and further two of the young men in flannels. I made a dash at them and commandeered their services. As soon as the gold was in my room I felt

1. Disappeared suddenly or completely.
2. Ceased to exist or be present.

“But do you really think—?” he said. “And your play! How about that play?” “It’s vanished!” I cried. “My dear sir, don’t you see what you’ve got? Don’t you see what you’re going to do?”

1. Not welcoming or friendly to visitors or guests.
2. Unfavorable or harsh for living or growing (e.g., climate or environment).

on subsidies from Cavor—but after all, would it be as cold as the infinite zero, as inhospitable as empty space? If it had not been for the appearance of cowardice, I believe that even then I

1. Emitting or reflecting light; shining brightly.
2. Easily understood; clear and enlightening.

announced the commencing day. Only the Corona, the Zodiacal light, a huge cone-shaped, luminous haze, pointing up towards the splendour of the morning star, warned us of the imminent nearness

1. Magnificent and impressive beauty or grandeur.
2. Brilliant or radiant light.

I staggered and covered my eyes, drenched and scorched and blinded by the unaccustomed splendour of the sun beneath my feet. Then again the shutters snapped, leaving my brain spinning in a

1. An optical instrument for viewing distant objects.
2. To become compressed or shortened lengthwise.

to me that it would be rather odd if—my friend—chanced to be looking through some telescope.” “It would need the most powerful telescope on earth even now to see us as the minutest speck.”

1. Optical instruments that magnify distant objects for observation.
2. Devices used in astronomy to study celestial bodies.

and cracks and gulfs. Nothing happens. Men have watched this planet systematically with telescopes for over two hundred years. How much change do you think they have seen?” “None.” “They have

1. Movable covers for windows to control light or provide privacy.
2. Devices on cameras that open and close to expose film or sensor to light.

VI The Landing on the Moon I remember how one day Cavor suddenly opened six of our shutters and blinded me so that I cried aloud at him. The whole area was moon, a stupendous scimitar of

1. The highest point or peak of a mountain or hill.
2. A tall, pointed formation of rock.

of darkness, the crescent shore of an ebbing tide of darkness, out of which peaks and pinnacles came climbing into the blaze of the sun. I take it the reader has seen pictures or photographs of

1. A bright, strong flame or fire.
2. A mark made on a tree to indicate a trail.

in conditions! Life must fit itself to a day as long as fourteen earthly days, a cloudless sun-blaze of fourteen days, and then a night of equal length, growing ever colder and colder under these

1. A bowl-shaped depression formed by volcanic activity or meteorite impact.
2. A large pit or hole in the ground.

that under the blaze of the day the harsh outlines of the rocks and ravines of the plains and crater floor grew grey and indistinct under a thickening haze, that the white of their lit surfaces

1. Continuously or indefinitely without interruption.
2. In a way that lasts forever or seems endless.

from point to point with an agility that would have been impossible on earth. He was perpetually opening and closing the Cavorite windows, making calculations, consulting his chronometer by

1. Suitcases, bags, or other containers used to carry personal belongings while traveling.
2. The collective term for a traveler's packed items.

we were rolling over and over, bumping against the glass and against the big bale of our luggage, and clutching at each other, and outside some white substance splashed as if we were rolling

1. A large bundle of goods tightly wrapped and bound for storage or transport.
2. A unit of measurement for paper, typically 500 sheets.

Over, clutch, bump, clutch, bump, over. … Came a thud, and I was half buried under the bale of our possessions, and for a space everything was still. Then I could hear Cavor puffing and

1. A slight obscuration of the atmosphere caused by fine particles, dust, or smoke.
2. A state of confusion or vagueness in thought or perception.

to the west of us but a bank of surging fog, the tumultuous advance and ascent of cloudy haze. The distant cliff had receded further and further, had loomed and changed through the whirl, and

1. The highest point or top of something, like a hill or wave.
2. A distinctive emblem or symbol, often on a coat of arms.

Innumerable rounded grey summits, ghostly hummocks, billows of snowy substance, stretching crest beyond crest into the remote obscurity, gave us our first inkling of the distance of the crater

1. Relating to the moon.
2. Measured by the moon's cycles.

and masses of frozen air! So it was at first, and then, sudden, swift, and amazing, came the lunar day. The sunlight had crept down the cliff, it touched the drifted masses at its base and

1. A substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical point.
2. Tiny droplets of liquid suspended in air, often visible as mist or steam.

men what the moon could do with us. I caught a second glimpse of things without, puffs of vapour, half-liquid slush, excavated, sliding, falling, sliding. We dropped into darkness. I went down

1. A strong, dazzling light that causes discomfort or difficulty in seeing.
2. A fierce or angry stare.

“Lord!” I gasped. “But this—!” I craned my neck to see. I perceived there was a blinding glare outside, an utter change from the gloomy darkness of our first impressions. “Have I been

1. Sharp or severe in effect (e.g., pain).
2. Highly perceptive or sensitive.

we saw it all through a thick bent glass, distorting it as things are distorted by a lens, acute only in the centre of the picture, and very bright there, and towards the edges magnified and

1. A color or shade.
2. The attribute of a color by which it is perceived as red, blue, green, etc.

snow upon their shady sides, were shapes like sticks, dry twisted sticks of the same rusty hue as the rock upon which they lay. That caught one’s thoughts sharply. Sticks! On a lifeless world?

1. Bright and intense in color or light.
2. Producing clear and detailed mental images.

hard work of it, and naturally enough he arrested my attention. The sun had set, the sky was a vivid tranquillity of green and yellow, and against that he came out black—the oddest little figure.

1. Made to appear larger than actual size, often using a lens or microscope.
2. Exaggerated or emphasized in importance or effect.

acute only in the centre of the picture, and very bright there, and towards the edges magnified and unreal.

1. An abnormal enlargement of a body part, often due to injury or inflammation.
2. The process of becoming larger or puffier, typically due to fluid accumulation.

sun. Every moment more of these seed coats ruptured, and even as they did so the swelling pioneers overflowed their rent-distended seedcases, and passed into the second stage of growth.

1. A spiral or circular pattern, such as in fingerprints or plant leaves.
2. A complete turn in a spiral shell.

more forward of these plants had lengthened into a stem and were even putting forth a second whorl of leaves, and all the slope that had seemed so recently a lifeless stretch of litter was now

1. Standing stiffly upright, like hair or fur in anger or fear.
2. Showing irritation or defensiveness.

with breathless laughter. I became aware of Cavor’s little round face peering over a bristling hedge. He shouted some faded inquiry. “Eh?” I tried to shout, but could not do so for want of

1. Shaking or trembling slightly and uncontrollably.
2. A rapid, slight movement or vibration.

edge for a space on all fours, then staggered up and ran after him across the thundering, quivering sheet of metal. It seemed to be swinging open with a steadily accelerated velocity, and the

1. A narrow channel or ravine formed by running water.
2. A small valley or ditch.

to the learner of cycling on earth. It suddenly occurred to Cavor that the cold air in the gully, after the brightness of the sun, might give me a fever. So we clambered back into the sunlight.

1. Covered with or resembling lichens.
2. Infested with or affected by lichens.

to be very greatly afraid. We were bitten by a spirit of enterprise. We selected a lichenous kopje perhaps fifteen yards away, and landed neatly on its summit one after the other. “Good!” we

1. Moving suddenly or quickly in a particular direction.
2. Throwing or shooting something swiftly.

or engine, but everywhere one looked spread the tumbled rocks in peaks and crests, and the darting scrub and those bulging cacti that swelled and swelled, a flat negation as it seemed of all such

1. Symbiotic organisms composed of fungi and algae or cyanobacteria.
2. Often found growing on rocks, trees, or soil.

the sunlit slopes frothed and swayed the darting shrubs, the swelling cactus, the creeping lichens, and wherever the shade remained the snowdrifts lingered. North, south, east, and west spread an

1. Lacking strength or clarity; barely perceptible.
2. A sudden loss of consciousness.

labourers about brick-making, and motor cars, and the cricket of last year. And in the sky a faint new crescent, blue and vague as a distant Alp, sank westward over the sun. The next day I

1. Spoken very softly using one's breath without vocal cords.
2. Communicated in a quiet, secretive, or confidential manner.

steps. We stood gaping helplessly. Then Cavor stole towards me. “I do not understand!” he whispered close to my face. He waved his hand vaguely skyward, the vague suggestion of still vaguer

1. A dull, heavy sound, like something falling or hitting a surface.
2. To make or cause to make such a sound.

thin in one’s throat, the blood flowed through one’s ears in a throbbing tide—thud, thud, thud, thud. … And ever and again came gusts of turmoil, hammering, the clanging and throb of

1. A foolish or dreamy person, often lost in thought.
2. A mythical creature or deformed animal, sometimes associated with the moon.

XI The Mooncalf Pastures So we two poor terrestrial castaways, lost in that wild-growing moon jungle, crawled in

1. A crystalline form of gypsum, often transparent or translucent.
2. A resident or inhabitant of the Moon (rare or poetic usage).

at the sight of them, peering out at them and looking round for a second glimpse of a Selenite. They lay against their food like stupendous slugs, huge, greasy hulls, eating greedily and

1. Making a deep, loud roar, like a bull or large animal.
2. Shouting loudly and angrily.

came gusts of turmoil, hammering, the clanging and throb of machinery, and presently—the bellowing of great beasts!

1. In the middle of; surrounded by.
2. During; at a time when something else is happening.

I Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine-leaves under the blue sky of southern Italy, it comes to me with a certain

1. A term for foolish or simple-minded people.
2. Mythical creatures or deformed animals born under a full moon.

And ever more hopelessly our eyes sought for our abandoned sphere. The noise of the mooncalves would at times be a vast flat calf-like sound, at times it rose to an amazed and wrathy

1. A group of spore-producing organisms that feed on organic matter.
2. Includes molds, yeasts, and mushrooms.

to C’lumbus,” to fill up time. From that point my memory of the action of that abominable fungus becomes confused. I remember vaguely that we declared our intention of standing no nonsense from

1. Inhabitants or natives of the Moon.
2. A term used in science fiction for moon-dwelling beings.

scrub, we started forth into the sunshine. Almost immediately we must have come upon the Selenites. There were six of them, and they were marching in single file over a rocky place, making the

1. A difficult or dangerous situation.
2. A solemn pledge or promise.

dark, his lips and the drying blood upon my hands seemed black. If possible I was in a worse plight than he, on account of the yellow fungus into which I had jumped. Our jackets were unbuttoned,

1. The reflexive form of "we," referring to the speaker and others.
2. Used for emphasis to indicate "we" and no one else.

And if anything goes wrong there are relief parties. But this—it’s just firing ourselves off the world for nothing.” “Call it prospecting.” “You’ll have to call it that. … One might

1. Chains or shackles for the feet, used to restrain prisoners.
2. Anything that restricts freedom or progress.

They may meet us. And this apartment and the glimpses we had of its guardian. These fetters! A high degree of intelligence. …” “I wish to heaven,” cried I, “I’d thought even twice! Plunge

1. To dive or jump quickly into water.
2. To fall or drop suddenly.

it came from below. Instinctively we crouched as flat as we could, ready for a prompt plunge into the thicket beside us. Each knock and throb seemed to vibrate through our bodies. Louder

1. Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
2. A style of decorative art with bizarre or fantastical elements.

slope of snow a good twenty yards and more beyond. I stood for a moment struck by the grotesque effect of his soaring figure—his dirty cricket cap, and spiky hair, his little round body, his

1. To copy or mimic someone's actions, speech, or behavior.
2. To resemble or simulate something in appearance or function.

is speech. The sounds they make, a sort of fluting and piping. I don’t see how we are to imitate that. Is it their speech, that sort of thing? They may have different senses, different means of

1. A pointed stick used to urge animals forward.
2. To provoke or annoy someone into action.

loudly, and leaped six feet or more! One of the four armed moon-men had pricked him with a goad! I turned on the goad-bearer behind me with a swift threatening gesture, and he started back.

1. A loud, resonant metallic sound or series of sounds.
2. A programming language compiler front end for C, C++, and Objective-C.

and yet it was neither warmer nor colder than anything else in the cavern. Clang, clang, clang, we passed right under the thumping levers of another vast machine, and so came at last to a wide

1. A long, flat piece of timber used in construction or flooring.
2. A fundamental principle or policy of a political party.

And then our guide was pulling at my arm. Then he left me, and walked to the end of that plank and stepped upon it, looking back. Then when he perceived we watched him, he turned about and

1. A narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall or cliff.
2. A ridge or shelf of rock.

it down to you?” I wedged myself between the sides of the cleft, rested knee and foot on the ledge, and extended a hand. I could not see Cavor, but I could hear the rustle of his movements as he

1. A natural split or opening in a rock or surface.
2. A division or gap, often used metaphorically.

Lord!” cried Cavor, as though that was horrible. I shied another luminous fungus down the cleft. “Look here, Cavor,” I said, “I’ve half the voting power anyhow in this affair, and this is a

1. Organisms that include mushrooms, yeasts, and molds.
2. Decomposers that break down organic matter.

But everywhere was a confusing sameness, everywhere the aspiring bushes, the distending fungi, the dwindling snow banks, steadily and inevitably changed. The sun scorched and stung, the

1. A pointed stick used to urge livestock forward.
2. Something that urges or stimulates into action.

of it. Above, below, in every direction, was the unknown, and these inhuman creatures, with goads and gestures, confronting us, and we two unsupported men!

1. A framework of parallel or crossed bars, typically used as a screen or cover.
2. A harsh, irritating sound or noise.

Chid, chid, chid went the chopping, and the shadows moved to and fro. I looked at the grating. “It’s flimsy,” I said. “We might bend two of the bars and crawl through.” We wasted a little

1. (verb) To scold or rebuke someone sharply.
2. (noun) A sharp reprimand or scolding.

that I identified as their footfalls. There was also a succession of regularly repeated sounds—chid, chid, chid—which began and ceased, suggestive of a knife or spade hacking at some soft

1. The dead bodies of animals, especially those slaughtered for food.
2. The remains or framework of something, like a vehicle or building.

and coming to meet me, more running away, some bolting sideways into the avenue of carcasses, then presently others came in sight carrying spears, and then others. I saw a most extraordinary

1. Small, handheld axes with a short handle.
2. To cut or shape with a hatchet.

on trestle-supported planks,2 and then I saw that the planks and supports and their hatchets were really of the same leaden hue as my fetters had seemed before white light came to bear on

1. Not straight or level; at an angle.
2. Presenting information from a biased perspective.

too, to have the light coming up to one. On earth light falls from above, or comes slanting down sideways, but here it came from beneath our feet, and to see our shadows we had to look up.

1. To thrust or dive quickly into something (e.g., water).
2. To fall or drop suddenly.

different from the beings about us. As each of the three dangling arms of the machine plunged down, there was a clank and then a roaring, and out of the top of the vertical cylinder came

1. A small square of cloth used for wiping the nose or face.
2. A decorative piece of fabric carried as an accessory.

with your shadow on your right until it is at right angles with the direction of your handkerchief, and then with your shadow on your left. And I will do the same to the east. We will look into

1. Not bright or clear; lacking light.
2. Having faint or indistinct vision.

our sphere. In time, as we grew more accustomed to the darkness, we could make out very small, dim, elusive shapes moving about among those needlepoint illuminations. We peered amazed and

1. Decorative metal pieces on clothing or accessories.
2. Small, protruding fasteners used in construction.

they are intelligent and inquisitive. They will examine it—get inside it—trifle with the studs. Off! … That would mean the moon for us for all the rest of our lives. Strange creatures,

1. Lacking strength or solidity; easily broken or damaged.
2. Weak or unconvincing, as an argument or excuse.

it! He broke right in! He squelched and splashed. It was like hitting a damp toadstool. The flimsy body went spinning a dozen yards, and fell with a flabby impact. I was astonished. I was

1. A curved shape resembling a segment of a ring, tapering to points at the ends.
2. The figure of the moon in its first or last quarter.

a stupendous scimitar of white dawn with its edge hacked out by notches of darkness, the crescent shore of an ebbing tide of darkness, out of which peaks and pinnacles came climbing into the

1. A period of time between two events or points.
2. The difference in pitch between two musical notes.

the sense of my utter loneliness had been an agony. … Incredible as it will seem, this interval of time that I spent in space has no sort of proportion to any other interval of time in my life.

1. Walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
2. Arrange events or payments so they occur at different times.

the gale. I glanced back to see if my bungalow was still in a general way standing, then staggered forward towards the trees amongst which Cavor had vanished, and through whose tall and

1. A type of jacket resembling a suit jacket but more casual.
2. Sports teams, especially in basketball, often called "Trail Blazers."

well leave about.” I became aware of three other pleasant-looking young men with towels, blazers, and straw hats, coming down the sands towards me. Evidently the early bathing section of this

1. Most prominent in rank or importance.
2. Located at the front or leading position.

suddenly my sense of disagreeable strangeness changed to interest. I perceived that the foremost and second carried bowls. One elemental need at least our minds could understand in common. They

1. Bent forward and downward, as from fatigue or weakness.
2. Lowered oneself morally or in dignity.

The sense of solitude and desolation became the sense of an overwhelming presence that stooped towards me, that almost touched me. “No,” I cried. “No! Not yet! not yet! Wait! Wait! Oh wait!”

1. To cause surprise or confusion.
2. To mix up or mistake one thing for another.

and all we could see was the grey and streaming wall of the bubble in which we had come. “Confound it!” I said, “but at this rate we might have stopped at home;” and I squatted on the bale and

1. A small part broken off from something larger.
2. An incomplete piece of a whole.

undertone. He glanced at me with his face screwed up. “Don’t,” he said. I put down the fragment, and we crawled on through this tempting fleshiness for a space. “Cavor,” I asked, “why not?”

1. Impossible to imagine or believe.
2. Beyond understanding or comprehension.

to the moon. Cavor, we learnt, was not only alive but free, in the midst of an almost inconceivable community of these ant-like beings, these ant-men, in the blue darkness of the lunar caves. He

1. A small insect, often living in colonies, known for strength and teamwork.
2. (Informal) Short for "antenna," a device for receiving signals.

but free, in the midst of an almost inconceivable community of these ant-like beings, these ant-men, in the blue darkness of the lunar caves. He was lamed, it seemed, but otherwise in quite

1. Relating to the interaction of electric and magnetic fields.
2. Pertaining to electromagnetic waves, such as light or radio waves.

Mr. Wendigee’s contrivances for detecting and recording any disturbances in the electromagnetic conditions of space are singularly original and ingenious. And by a happy combination of

1. Italian inventor and engineer, known for pioneering long-distance radio transmission.
2. A type of wireless telegraphy system developed by Guglielmo Marconi.

and it would seem he rigged up—perhaps furtively—a transmitting arrangement of the Marconi type. This he was able to operate at irregular intervals: sometimes for only half-an-hour or so,

1. Small, broken pieces of something.
2. Incomplete parts of a whole.

we have fragments of his communication even from the beginning. Unhappily, they are only fragments, and the most momentous of all the things that he had to tell humanity—the instructions, that

1. The outer surface or part of something.
2. Relating to the outside or external appearance.

what had happened, but that did not prevent my being afraid. We were cut off from all exterior gravitation, only the attraction of objects within our sphere had effect. Consequently everything

1. Scientists who study celestial objects, space, and the universe.
2. Experts in observing and interpreting astronomical phenomena.

again presently to the topic of this sponge caught lunar atmosphere. I am told by astronomers and physicists that all he tells is in absolute accordance with what was already known of the

1. Small, six-legged arthropods with segmented bodies.
2. Often have wings and undergo metamorphosis.

motionless, like animals, with their faces turned towards us. For a moment I was sobered. “Insects,” murmured Cavor, “insects! And they think I’m going to crawl about on my stomach—on my

1. A small arthropod with six legs and typically one or two pairs of wings.
2. Any similar invertebrate, often considered a pest.

“but here, against the lesser gravitation of the moon, a creature certainly as much an insect as vertebrate seems to have been able to attain to human and ultrahuman dimensions.” He does not

1. Difficult or impossible to read due to poor handwriting or print quality.
2. Not clear enough to be easily understood or deciphered.

of a week. The first message begins: “At last I am able to resume this—” it then becomes illegible for a space, and after a time resumes in mid-sentence. The missing words of the following

1. People who guide or escort others to their seats in a venue.
2. To introduce or mark the beginning of something.

There were also litter-carriers, lopsided beings with enormous shoulders, very spidery ushers, and a squat foot attendant in Cavor’s retinue. The manner in which Phi-oo and Tsi-puff attacked

1. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
2. In mathematics, the golden ratio (~1.618).

with Cavor by means of terrestrial speech. Cavor speaks of them as Phi-oo and Tsi-puff. Phi-oo, he says, was about 5 ft. high; he had small, slender legs about 18 in. long, and slight feet

1. A short, quick burst of air or smoke.
2. A soft, round piece of pastry filled with cream or jam.

In another passage Cavor compares the back view of him to Atlas supporting the world. Tsi-puff, it seems, was a very similar insect, but his “face” was drawn out to a considerable length, and