The Book that Saved the Earth

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The play is set in the twenty-fifth century in the Museum of Ancient History, Department of the Twentieth Century, on Planet Earth.

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It was called the Era of the Book because books were widely used for learning, information, education, and even decoration. They taught people how to do many things and covered many subjects.

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The Historian narrates the play. She works in the Museum of Ancient History and introduces the story from the twenty-fifth century.

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Great and Mighty Think-Tank is the Commander-in-Chief and Ruler of Mars and her two moons. He has a huge egg-shaped head and wrongly believes he is extremely intelligent.

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Noodle is Think-Tank’s apprentice at Mars Space Control. He is subordinate during the invasion attempt and keeps giving small correcting bits of information.

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Captain Omega is the female leader of the three-member Martian space probe crew sent to Earth. She reports to Mars Space Control and reads the first nursery rhyme.

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Lieutenant Iota counts the books in the library and reads the second rhyme. Sergeant Oop handles a book like an object to eat, and later reads the Humpty Dumpty rhyme.

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Think-Tank wrongly calls books ‘sandwiches’. This misunderstanding makes the Martians bite and try to eat books instead of reading them.