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[00:01.06]Chapter 3 Earth Commander
[00:06.04]The next day in Kisangani,
[00:09.74]Kiah and Rilla waited quietly in an office in Gog's house．
[00:16.94]Suddenly, Commander Zadak came into the office
[00:21.91]and gave some letters to the man behind the table．
[00:27.58]He saw the two young people and stopped in front of them．
[00:33.69]'You again!'he said．'What are you doing here?'
[00:40.47]Kiah stood up．'Good morning,Commander．
[00:45.40]We're here because we want to see Earth Commander．'
[00:50.02]'I saw Earth Commander some minutes ago
[00:53.10]and talked to him about rain,'Zadak said quietly．
[00:59.31]'But he didn't listen．
[01:01.66]Your captain,Seru,was here earlier this morning
[01:06.03]and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL．
[01:11.16]But Gog doesn't want to hear about our planet．
[01:15.38]He's always talking about Mars．
[01:18.85]In the end,he's going to destroy Earth．'
[01:24.09]'Please help us!'Rilla cried．
[01:28.56]'Come and see Gog with us!'
[01:31.57]'No．'Zadak looked at Kiah and then at Rilla with his blue eyes．
[01:39.89]'I'm not talking to Gog again．
[01:42.82]And you-Gog isn't going to listen to you．
[01:47.71]Be careful-and good luck!'
[01:52.42]Commander Zadak opened the door and left the office．
[01:58.22]Rilla looked at Kiah．'Earth Commander is a difficult man．
[02:05.37]I don't understand him．'
[02:08.80]'Everyone is afraid of him,'Kiah said．
[02:12.92]'And Commander Zadak isn't going to help us．'
[02:17.80]Kiah and Rilla waited．
[02:20.62]They waited and waited．
[02:23.90]At nearly twelve o'clock,
[02:26.06]a guard came into the office．
[02:29.59]'Come!'he said．
[02:33.76]Kiah and Rilla went with the guard．
[02:37.78]The house was big and old,
[02:40.33]with big windows and many doors．
[02:44.41]The guard went downstairs and opened one of the doors．
[02:49.73]There was nobody in the room．
[02:53.26]'Wait here,'the guard said,and left．
[02:59.12]Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green
[03:03.91]and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables．
[03:09.80]There were no windows in this room．
[03:13.58]Suddenly,the door opened and a tall,fat woman came in．
[03:20.66]Her name was Bel,and she was Gog's wife．
[03:26.55]She had a lot of long red hair
[03:29.69]and she wore an expensive blue dress．
[03:33.96]Bel liked expensive things．
[03:37.41]She carried a cat．
[03:40.16]The cat was black and white：
[03:43.66]half its face was black and half was white；
[03:49.32]half its body was black and half was white．
[03:55.24]'Why are you here?
[03:57.41]Why do you want to see Earth Commander?'she asked．
[04:02.99]Rilla stood up．'How do you do?'she said．
[04:09.17]'We want to talk to Earth Commander about the AOL．
[04:13.91]We have new numbers from the satellite．'
[04:18.47]Bel's face was red．
[04:21.06]'The AOL!Earth Commander knows about the AOL,
[04:27.00]and he is the best man-'
[04:30.10]'Excuse me,'Kiah said quietly．
[04:34.92]'We want to help Earth Commander．'
[04:39.03]Bel began to laugh．'Help?You?'
[04:44.81]the cat jumped down and walked across the room．
[04:48.54]'How can you help?Why can't you understand?
[04:52.90]Listen．Earth Commander is working on the spaceship for Mars．
[04:58.08]It's difficult and expensive work．'
[05:02.26]the cat jumped on to Rilla's chair
[05:05.04]and looked at her with its yellow eyes．
[05:08.11]'Two years ago,Adai wanted more money for the AOL-
[05:13.38]and Earth Commander sent him to the colony under the Moon．
[05:18.26]Now you're talking about the AOL．
[05:21.65]Do you want to go to the Moon,too?'
[05:25.28]The door opened again and a different guard came in．
[05:30.50]'Excuse me．Earth Commander is ready now．'
[05:34.96]Bel stood up．'You can see Earth Commander now,'
[05:39.57]she said coldly．'But you're going to be sorry!'
[05:46.54]The guard opened a different door,
[05:49.46]and Bel and the cat went into
[05:51.58]a beautiful room with expensive,
[05:54.33]very old tables and chairs．
[05:57.72]Rilla and Kiah went in behind them．
[06:01.78]There were no windows in the room,
[06:04.09]but a lot of pictures．
[06:06.63]There was Gog!
[06:09.02]The richest man on Earth；
[06:11.42]and the worst man on Earth．
[06:15.03]He was tall and fat,and without much hair．
[06:19.90]He sat behind a big table with a television,
[06:23.45]three computers and five telephones．
[06:27.55]He watched the television and didn't look at Kiah or Rilla．
[06:33.59]Two guards with guns stood behind him
[06:36.64]and two more guards stood near the door．
[06:41.15]'Here they are!'Bel said．
[06:44.43]'They aren't friends,oh no!
[06:48.51]They want to talk about the AOL,of course．
[06:52.41]No one understands about Mars-'
[06:55.56]'That's all right,that's all right,'Gog said quickly．
[07:00.84]And then he looked up,
[07:03.07]first at Rilla and then at Kiah．
[07:06.97]His eyes were cold and green．
[07:10.42]'I know about you two,'he said．
[07:14.46]'Your captain told me about you．
[07:17.44]You're famous!Two children!
[07:22.33]You want to help planet Earth,is that right?'
[07:27.21]He waited．The cat jumped on to his table
[07:32.34]and sat down in front of the television．
[07:36.33]'Yes,Commander,'Kiah began．
[07:40.25]'The AOL is breaking up-'
[07:43.40]'When?Tonight?Tomorrow?'
[07:46.76]Gog said angrily．
[07:49.09]'I heard this old story two years ago,from Adai．
[07:53.92]Everyone comes here and wants money-money for the AOL,
[07:59.77]money for rain,money for the Moon colony．
[08:04.79]But I am Earth Commander,and you are nobody!
[08:10.70]I know about the AOL and the AOL is good for a hundred years!'
[08:18.70]'But the satellite-'Kiah began again．
[08:22.54]'Be quiet!'Gog cried．'I am Earth Commander!
[08:28.43]I'm not going to give money for the AOL!Or for rain!
[08:34.40]Or for the Moon!'Gog looked at the guards near the door．
[08:40.93]'Take them -take them away．
[08:44.30]I don't want to hear them．'
[08:49.17]The guards moved behind Kiah and Rilla,
[08:52.45]and Bel began to laugh．'Goodbye!'she said．
[08:58.48]'You're not going to the Moon,
[09:01.00]you're going to prison!
[09:04.36]You can talk about the holes in the AOL there!'