[00:01.16]TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE EARTH
[00:05.94]Leonard Nimoy
[00:11.01]I've been asked to say a few words to you
[00:13.11]earth-people about the stars. You see, I've been
[00:16.70]there. I came from the planet Vulcan.
[00:20.08]For centuries, you earthlings have been starstruck.
[00:24.41]You have your lucky star, you kiss when you see the
[00:27.75]first star at night, you have movie stars, and you
[00:31.33]wish upon a star.
[00:34.37]Have you considered the possibility that on a star,
[00:37.41]the star-people wish upon an earth?
[00:40.25]For example, "Earthlight, earth bright, first earth I
[00:44.83]see tonight", or "Twinkle, twinkle, little earth, how
[00:50.00]I wonder what you're worth".
[00:52.79]Sound strange? Well, on Sestus Omicron 3 the all-time
[00:57.43]hit song is Earthdust. Also people will sing "Catch a
[01:02.35]falling earth and put it in your pocket".
[01:05.64]And might you not have difficulty accepting the idea
[01:08.13]of a national anthem called The Earth-Spangled Banner?
[01:13.20]You see, it is after all, a question of point of view.
[01:17.68]If I were an emotional creature, I would be shocked by
[01:21.17]your Earth concept of stars falling on Alabama.
[01:25.70]Really, I find that most illogical.
[01:29.83]Now, as to the matter of space sanitation, will you
[01:32.47]take a moment to consider all the littering and debris
[01:35.15]my planet has to contend with?
[01:37.22]Old nose cones, cameras, and even a corned-beef
[01:41.30]sandwich. And those rocket fumes.
[01:44.36]On Vulcan, our leader's wife has started a "Let's Keep
[01:47.19]Space Beautiful Campaign".
[01:51.62]And now I must hurry off to a galactic convention of
[01:55.35]what you earth-people might call "those little green
[01:59.59]people".
[02:01.28]I leave you with the good advice my father gave me
[02:02.79]when I left my home planet of Vulcan: don't let the
[02:06.78]Earth get in your eyes.