Автостопом по галактике

Chapter 5

           Theybroughtforthscintillatingjewelledscuttlingcrabs,whichtheVogonsate,smashingtheirshellswithironmallets;tallaspiringtreeswithbreathtakingslendernessandcolourwhichtheVogonscutdownandburnedthecrabmeatwith;elegantgazelle-likecreatureswithsilkencoatsanddewyeyeswhichtheVogonswouldcatchandsiton.Theywerenouseastransportbecausetheirbackswouldsnapinstantly,buttheVogonssatonthemanyway.

           ThustheplanetVogspherewhiledawaytheunhappymillenniauntiltheVogonssuddenlydiscoveredtheprinciplesofinterstellartravel.WithinafewshortVogyearseverylastVogonhadmigratedtotheMegabrantiscluster,thepoliticalhuboftheGalaxyandnowformedtheimmenselypowerfulbackboneoftheGalacticCivilService.Theyhaveattemptedtoacquirelearning,theyhaveattemptedtoacquirestyleandsocialgrace,butinmostrespectsthemodernVogonislittledifferentfromhisprimitiveforebears.Everyyeartheyimporttwenty-seventhousandscintillatingjewelledscuttlingcrabsfromtheirnativeplanetandwhileawayahappydrunkennightsmashingthemtobitswithironmallets.

           ProstetnicVogonJeltzwasafairlytypicalVogoninthathewasthoroughlyvile.Also,hedidnotlikehitchhikers.

           SomewhereinasmalldarkcabinburieddeepintheintestinesofProstetnicVogonJeltz’sflagship,asmallmatchflarednervously.TheownerofthematchwasnotaVogon,butheknewallaboutthemandwasrighttobenervous.HisnamewasFordPrefect[2].

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