Creative Writing: The Vogon

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Several minutes ago, a rather shabby bearded man came running into my living room. I do not know how he found access to the house or even what caused him to come running into my living room in the first place. He seemed frantic wearing a bathrobe, holding in one hand a towel, in the other, a book that had in large cheerful font the words: Don’t Panic. He claimed to be Arthur Dent a man from England trying to warn Earth about the coming Vogon attack. Normally I would not be enthused about some random man entering private property to alert me of Earth’s annihilation. In this case though I was strangely fascinated by what he had to tell me. I offered to make some tea and to listen to his story. I asked him first what a Vogon was. He replied with “Vogons are aliens that are slug-like. They are the most unpleasant race in the entire galaxy.” . Just trying to visualize his description made me shudder. He continued “They aren’t evil, just bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They compose the third worst poetry in the universe.”. Then the thought struck me, ‘Why would vogons destroy Earth?’. Although I did not mutter this out loud Arthur must have assumed I would ask him this. He replied “The Vogons want to destroy Earth, in order to facilitate an intergalactic highway construction …show more content…

Why would some entity want to destroy a planet just because it was “in the way”? One could argue by saying that progress can only be achieved by change. Then again I am not the one who is the one. I was just a little upset. Just a little. I asked Arthur what the human race should do? He sighed and responded reluctantly “Well you only have until tomorrow, perhaps call up your grandmother and tell her you love her? Maybe invest in the stocks? I hear they spiked 20 minutes before Earth’s demolition. Basically, whatever you want.”. I was shocked. I didn’t have much time left

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