In my entire life, it was the first time I was visiting Mars. I was excited and everybody was in a jolly mood.

I seated myself in the space ship and I soared higher and higher. Looking out of the window, I could see the earth miles below. Then I watched the wonderful spectacle of stars that wheeled round me. I do not know how long I was on the spaceship.

We finally landed on Mars.

As soon as I came out of my cabin, I was surrounded by many people. They were very tall. They had a light, green complexion. Their language was totally different from our language.

They took me around the city and I was treated like an honored guest. It was simply astonishing to see the great progress the Martians had made. I could not help feeling that regarding technological progress, we were hundreds of years behind them.

Their life was highly sophisticated. They had little work to do, and most of their work was done by automated machines. This gave the Martians ample time for amusement and recreation. I saw a telephone and a television combined into one. It enabled one to talk face to face with another person sitting hundreds of miles away.

I was also astonished to see the vehicles without drivers. There were neither traffic signals nor traffic policemen. The vehicles would automatically move sideways to avoid a collision. Since there was no danger of accidents, the traffic moved at tremendous speed.

I was amazed to see many beautiful things. Mars was a wonderful place. There was no pollution and everybody looked happy.

I became sad and I did not wish to come back to earth. But I knew I had to because earth is the planet where I was born and my father and mother live.