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“The Spaceman” by Randy Cecil allows an alien to explore a new and different land. What he learns as he ventures into the unknown is that not everything is what you expect it to be, and that there is so much to make of what is right in front of you, often beyond what first meets the eye.

Since the spaceman’s job is to collect, label, and file soil samples from different planets before moving on, he has grown used to the monotony of his job, but he also yearns for more. When a bird snatches his spaceship and makes him follow in order to retrieve it, he literally stops to look at flowers, stare at the stars, and discover beautiful creatures that he has never seen before.

The story is one that has been told time and time again, but this time from the eyes of someone not from our planet, who is seeing it with eyes that have never viewed the land before, and a mind that is untouched by anyone telling him how he should think about it. Everyone has their own perceptions of new places, new people, new ideas, but the opportunity to see something fresh and new, to explore it uninhibited, is a gift, and we are granted that through the spaceman.