A family and other passengers are transported from the Earth to Mars in a rocket. The family consists of a man, wife and three children. As soon as they come out of the rocket, they face unusual conditions. The man feels his hair flutter. The tissues of his body draw tight. His wife seems to whirl away in smoke. The children look like small seeds that can be sown to Martian climes. The wind blows as if to destroy their identities. The air might draw his soul from him. He feels he is submerged in a chemical that will dissolve his mind and cause oblivion of the past.
The Martian hills are worn and old cities have become ruins. The family builds a small cottage and enjoys good breakfasts there. But they have a constant fear of the new planet. The man is highly upset. He can't adjust here on the Mars. He wishes to go back to Earth. Cora, his wife, thinks differently. She says, "One day the atom bomb will fix Earth." They are safe here. Laura listens to radio news. It is appealing. Atom bombs have hit New York! All the space rockets are blown up. He perspires from head to foot. He decides to raise crops and children and wait till war is over. Their house is destroyed and burned by wind. The boards are all twisted out of shape.
He goes to the town. There he meets idle and gossiping fellows. He wants to build a rocket for his return journey. Nobody is ready to help him. He notices some wonderful physical changes in them. Sam's eyes have turned from grey to yellow. His wife is golden and slender as his daughter. Harry seems almost as young as their eldest son. He has given up the idea of return to the Earth. Summer is extremely hot. It has burnt meadows and houses. Harry and Cora are now acclimatized. They go to clear-running spring water for a swim.
The war on earth lasted five years. Americans reach the Mars in a rocket to rescue the stranded people. But they find that people have changed and forgotten about Earth and its ways.
The Martian hills are worn and old cities have become ruins. The family builds a small cottage and enjoys good breakfasts there. But they have a constant fear of the new planet. The man is highly upset. He can't adjust here on the Mars. He wishes to go back to Earth. Cora, his wife, thinks differently. She says, "One day the atom bomb will fix Earth." They are safe here. Laura listens to radio news. It is appealing. Atom bombs have hit New York! All the space rockets are blown up. He perspires from head to foot. He decides to raise crops and children and wait till war is over. Their house is destroyed and burned by wind. The boards are all twisted out of shape.
He goes to the town. There he meets idle and gossiping fellows. He wants to build a rocket for his return journey. Nobody is ready to help him. He notices some wonderful physical changes in them. Sam's eyes have turned from grey to yellow. His wife is golden and slender as his daughter. Harry seems almost as young as their eldest son. He has given up the idea of return to the Earth. Summer is extremely hot. It has burnt meadows and houses. Harry and Cora are now acclimatized. They go to clear-running spring water for a swim.
The war on earth lasted five years. Americans reach the Mars in a rocket to rescue the stranded people. But they find that people have changed and forgotten about Earth and its ways.
