Project Gutenberg 2016-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 80 Smith, Evelyn E. 1922 2000 Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. Not Fit for Children Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Not Fit for Children" by Evelyn E. Smith is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. The narrative centers on an alien culture observed by young characters who interact with human tourists that have arrived in their space environment. The story explores themes of innocence, misunderstanding, and the contrast between the perceptions of adults and children in an imaginative extraterrestrial setting. The plot follows young aliens, including the protagonist Qan, who engage in a playful subterfuge as they welcome human tourists to their asteroid home, deceiving them into believing they are the "natives." The children take advantage of the humans' misconceptions, creating artifacts and getting paid in metal, which they consider valuable. As the story unfolds, the tension between maintaining their façades and the adults' skepticism grows, leading to amusing interactions and misunderstandings about their culture and ways of life. Ultimately, Qan's grandfather becomes intrigued by the existence of humans and considers visiting their planet, while the children's innocent game faces the potential harshness of adult perceptions, culminating in the assertion that the human world is not "fit for children." (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Telepathy -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 49378 49383 2024-09-21T09:45:08.423891 2023-09-22T07:02:05.809640 text/html text/html 45558 2016-01-07T12:21:22 text/html; charset=us-ascii 156784 2016-01-07T12:21:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 173808 2024-09-21T09:45:10.301884 application/epub+zip 172720 2024-09-21T09:45:08.812961 application/epub+zip 80082 2024-09-21T09:45:08.602919 application/epub+zip 209437 2024-09-21T09:45:11.568923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202570 2024-09-21T09:45:10.085966 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110266 2022-09-23T06:36:31.917591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42392 42297 2024-09-21T09:45:08.273914 2023-09-22T07:02:05.618669 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 42300 2016-01-07T12:21:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16600 2016-01-07T12:21:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19811 2024-09-21T09:45:11.733877 application/rdf+xml 24662 2024-09-21T09:45:08.668914 image/jpeg 4332 2024-09-21T09:45:08.635909 image/jpeg 157788 2024-09-21T09:45:08.434924 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia