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Your next sensation is a dull electric shock in your head, then another, and another. You flail your arms as if trying to brush away a fly. You want desperately to go back to sleep. But there’s no chance of going back to sleep. The mild shocks persist for a few moments. Then you hear loud, lively music playing in your ears. When it stops, a voice speaks: //“You are awakening from hibernation. Your spacecraft has landed on the planet Sintra. Atmosphere and temperature are well suited fro human life. You may open the hatch whenever you like.”// As you slowly regain your senses your mind is flooded with questions. What sort of people live here? What kinds of animals and plants? Will there be kids your own age. You can’t wait to see! Turn to page 78.