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    Once Upon A Planet
    Once Upon A Planet
    Once Upon A Planet
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    Once Upon A Planet

    By J. J. Allerton

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Once Upon A Planet - J. J. Allerton

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      Title: Once Upon A Planet

      Author: J. J. Allerton

      Release Date: June 12, 2010 [EBook #32785]

      Language: English

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      ONCE UPON A PLANET

      By J. J. ALLERTON

      [Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from Amazing Stories December 1948. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      The mighty King Miotis came down to Earth to recapture his lost desire for war. But what he saw on this planet, caused him to feel differently.

      Once upon a planet there was a mighty warlord. The warlord's name was Miotis. Some might think it an odd name, but then it is entirely probable that the people of this planet would think the name of Smith or Jenkovitz odd. Be that as it may, however, the important thing is that Miotis was the name of this warlord, whatever one may feel about his name.

      Now, Miotis was not just a mighty warrior, he was the mightiest warrior on the planet. As such, he controlled the life of every person there. For isn't it a truism that war bends men's destiny in the strangest fashions? So Miotis, with his entire life devoted to the art of destruction, was able to direct the lives of his subjects.

      But one day, to his consternation and amazement, he found that the peoples of his planet had wearied of the sport of war. In the middle of his last campaign, his men as well as his enemies had laid down their arms and had refused to carry on as was their wont. And no amount of threat or punishment could make them change.

      On this particular day when our story starts, Miotis was in his palace, his massive head leaning against a muscular palm, and his gaze intent on the face of his vizier, Kannot. It was not the sort of face Miotis was especially fond of seeing, for it was old, wrinkled, full of cunning and wisdom.

      The vizier was, as always, full of words, and as he spoke one blunt finger tapped the side of his rather bulbous nose: "So you

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