It is morally incorrect to invade another country/planet for one’s own benefit. The Martians did not understand the value of peaceful coexistence. How did the book of nursery rhymes save the Earth from the Martian invasion?
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The misinterpretation of the nursery rhyme by Think Tank led to the cancellation of Earth’s invasion by the Martians. He took the rhyme’s figurative and imaginative words literally.
He misinterpreted that the people of earth have discovered how to combine agriculture and mining. They can actually grow crops of rare metals such as silver. And cockle shells. They can grow high explosives, too.
The people of earth have reached a high level of civilization. They have trained their domesticated animals to launch an interplanetary attack; millions of cows could be on way to attack Mars. Even their dogs have a sense of humor.
Think Tank misinterpreted Humpty Dumpty to be his own self. He thought the people of had seen him, and they’re after him. He misinterpreted “Had a great fall!” meant they were planning to capture Mars Central Control and him. He got scared and ordered his crew to leave earth immediately. He also planned to escape without delay. He planned to go to Alpha Centauri, a hundred million miles away.
The Martians didn’t understand the value of co-existence. They wanted to invade earth and enjoy the benefit themselves. But the book of nursery rhymes named ‘The Mother Goose’ saved the earth for being invaded by the selfish Martians. The first poem that Omega read was about Mistress Mary. The poem spoke about the garden scenes of Mistress Mary. But Omega and the team thought that the earthlings have found a way out for growing rich minerals as crops on their gardens. They thought that the earthlings are not as foolish as they thought.
The next poem that they read was about the animals. On reading it they assumed that even the animals of the earth are very intelligent and the earth people have discovered a way of communicating with them too. So they can launch an inter-planetary fight anytime in near future. So it was alarming for them.
On reading the last Humpty-Dumpty poem, they thought that Humpty was none other than Think-Tank and the earthlings were planning to kill him. So without any further ado, they all left earth.