“I see life forms,” said one of the beings. “We must approach them slowly and carefully so as not to frighten them.” As they moved closer to the life forms, the life forms did not move or run away in panic.
Once in front of the first one, the elder being said, “We come in peace, earthling. We wish to bestow upon you our friendship and our wisdom.”
The earthling did not move. “Do you have your translator set to the right language?” one of the other beings asked the elder.
“Yes,” the elder responded. “According to the navigation program, we are in the land of Iowa and the language is English.”
“Why is this life form unresponsive?” asked another being.
“I don’t know.” He then reached out a long, thin tentacle and poked the life form, which toppled to the ground.
“We must go back to the ship,” said the other being. “We have already terminated life form. “The Dear Leader will not be pleased.”
(167 words)
Another twofer written for this week’s Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers from Priceless Joy and for today’s one-word prompt, “bestow.” Photo Credit: Ellespeth
This, That, and the Other 
The hey people were spared from the anal probing ritual.
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The benefits of playing possum.
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Hahahahahaha! What a cute story! The alien beings thought the scarecrows were real earthling beings. LOL!!
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These are good aliens, not like the ones which always land in Washington DC? A truly fine story, Fandango. 🙂
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Thanks so much!
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Ever since Roswell, E.T. Has been very careful in dealing with earthlings 👽
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So dealt with any extraterrestrial experience on your own?
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Not that I know of.
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Ha ha ha, their intelligence is out of this world 🙂
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Nice story, Fandango! 🙂
Luckily the aliens buzzed off
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You made good use of scare-crows here.
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Thanks.
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Terminated indeed! Great story.
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Thanks.
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