BLUE PLANET

THE UNIVERSE AND ITS CONTENTS

Venera repeated the words of Queen Ishtar in her heart.

The universe? Whatisit?

"The universe is a vast, limitless place" Queen Ishtar explained as if hearing a question inside Venera's head just now.

"Sorry, Your Honor, is that 'limitless' is some kind of open space?" ask Venera.

"Yes and no, Venera. Because of its vastness" Queen Ishtar stretched her arms wide to describe how vast the universe was, "so until now there has not been a single creature that can ascertain whether this universe is a very large closed space that has a boundary far away there, he said, or is it a completely limitless open space. Therefore in the meantime we refer to it as 'infinite broad'."

Venera was silent for a moment.

"Emmm. Once again apologize, Your Majesty," Venera said softly, fearing that her behavior would be considered impolite and anger Queen Ishtar. "But, how could there be something truly.... without limits?" asked Venera while frowning. "Did not everything necessarily border on... everything else? For example, the legs of this chair border the floor, then the floor borders the wall there, then the wall borders with..."

Venera stopped talking and decided to look at Queen Ishtar's facial expression first. He was afraid of being scolded for daring to speak at length.

"Ah, good thoughts, Venera," Queen Ishtar said with a smile. "The same thing is also questioned by many beings in this universe. But since none of us have yet reached that limit to get the answer, in the meantime we have agreed to call it 'unlimited'."

"Then if... someday find the limit?" ask Venera carefully.

"Means we'll be able to measure its breadth and provide a satisfactory answer to an intelligent Venusian like you." Queen Ishtar smiled again.

"I'm sorry for my indecision in asking, Your Majesty," Venera hurriedly said, bowing over the glass table in front of her.

Queen Ishtar laughed. "It's okay, Venera. Asking questions is not a mistake, because knowledge will always develop. Which we do not know the answer at this time, one day we will get. And then will arise the next questions that are the impact of the questions that have been answered before. So on, like the wave effect."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Venera nodded deeply, though did not understand what the wave effect meant.

"But, for the time being let's put aside the unanswered question of the universe. And now we will start slowly from the smallest thing first" said the queen as she approached the glass plate.

"Okay, Your Majesty," Venera said, then silently looked ahead.

"This, is a small part of the universe in which we live.” Queen Ishtar repeated again, pointing at the vast dark plane on the glass plate filled with slowly moving dots.

Then he moved his finger closer to the glass slab.

Instantly the picture grew.

"In this universe, there are so many galaxies" explained the queen, pointing to a collection of colorful dots in various forms that Venera had noticed earlier.

Queen Ishtar moved her hand back in front of one of the clusters of dots called galaxies; it was like ordering the image to enlarge.

"In each galaxy, there are different types of star systems and clusters of stars" Queen Ishtar explained, pointing out some smaller formations, it consists of only a few points in a group.

And after the formation of the dots was raised again by the movement of the queen's hand, then it was seen by Venera that the dots were actually colorful circles of different sizes.

The Queen extended her arm to stop the magnification of the image on the glass plate. And pointed to a simple formation that contained only a few circles with a giant orange circle in the middle.

"And this is our solar system, a star system in which all the planets that exist, revolve around this most massive star." Queen Ishtar pointed right at the orange-colored giant circle.

"This is what we call the sun" said the queen.

The sun, which always looked dazzling white, turned out to be shaped like a bright orange glass ball that was burned by the blazing fire.

Then Queen Ishtar pointed her index finger at a small yellow circle, not far from the sun.

“And this is the Planet Venus, where we live,” said the Queen.

Venera was getting more and more stunned.  

That... Venus? That round, glass-ball-like thing that was in that skill class, was my residence?

"Sorry, Your Majesty," Venera interrupted. "So.. all this time, we've all been living in.... inside that big yellow ball?"

"Planet, Venera." Queen Ishtar smiled. "And not inside, but outside. We all live on the surface of the planet Venus. Well, at least, for now."

"We... didn't fall...? Or thrown into the darkness of the universe?" asked Venera while shivering in horror.

"No, my son." Queen Ishtar smiled. "We have a gravitational force that keeps us grounded to the ground below us, even though we spin every time."

"Gra... gravity...? Ber.... spinning...?" Venera asked confusedly.

"Yes, Venera. Gravitational force is the force of attraction between objects that have a particle mass. And, yes, the planet Venus spins along its axis. Therefore you can experience day and night. But on this, it will be explained in more detail in a special lesson on the universe and planets" explained Queen Ishtar.

"Okay, Your Majesty," replied Venera. Although in his heart was confused, because all this time he had never heard of any lessons on Venus that taught about the universe and the planets.

Maybe the lesson is only given to members of the Board of Supervisors who have been appointed, Inner Venera.

Then Queen Ishtar shifted her finger to a red circle not far from the yellow circle.

”Then this, is Planet Mars.  The residence of Marxists and other martians."

Venera was again astonished to see the planet where Marxists live. A dark reddish-colored planet.

And for some reason his face was hot when he heard Queen Ishtar mention the Marxist name. Perhaps because he was still anxious to think about the punishment he would receive for all his actions, including his interaction with Marxists.

“And the garden you found that, Venera, is a simulation, or imitation, of the actual natural conditions that exist on this planet.” Queen Ishtar pointed to a blue circle.  

Venera squinted her eyes.

Queen Ishtar moved her hand. And the blue circle began to grow and grow and grow.

And it continued to grow until finally Venera could see an amazingly beautiful scenery in front of his eyes.

“This is, Planet Blue,” Queen Ishtar said.

 

 

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