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The cylinder opens

           Ifoundmyselfalone,andsawthepeopleontheothersideofthepitrunningoff,Stentamongthem. Ilookedagainatthecylinder,andungovernableterrorgrippedme. Istoodpetrifiedandstaring. 

           Abiggreyishroundedbulk,thesize,perhaps,ofabear,wasrisingslowlyandpainfullyoutofthecylinder. Asitbulgedupandcaughtthelight,itglistenedlikewetleather. 

           Twolargedark-colouredeyeswereregardingmesteadfastly. Themassthatframedthem,theheadofthething,wasrounded,andhad,onemightsay,aface. Therewasamouthundertheeyes,theliplessbrimofwhichquiveredandpanted,anddroppedsaliva. Thewholecreatureheavedandpulsatedconvulsively. Alanktentacularappendagegrippedtheedgeofthecylinder,anotherswayedintheair. 

           ThosewhohaveneverseenalivingMartiancanscarcelyimaginethestrangehorrorofitsappearance. ThepeculiarV-shapedmouthwithitspointedupperlip,theabsenceofbrowridges,theabsenceofachinbeneaththewedgelikelowerlip, theincessantquiveringofthismouth,theGorgongroupsoftentacles,thetumultuousbreathingofthelungsinastrangeatmosphere,theevidentheavinessandpainfulnessofmovementduetothegreatergravitationalenergyoftheearth aboveall,theextraordinaryintensityoftheimmenseeyeswereatoncevital,intense,inhuman,crippledandmonstrous. Therewassomethingfungoidintheoilybrownskin,somethingintheclumsydeliberationofthetediousmovementsunspeakablynasty. Evenatthisfirstencounter,thisfirstglimpse,Iwasovercomewithdisgustanddread. 

           Suddenlythemonstervanished. 

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