 What was determined to have created the bright light in the moon-town?
EVERYTHING IT HAD WAS IN THE GARDEN BY R. A. LAFFERTY [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, March 1961. Not only would there be life traces on that little moon, but it would be a lively place. Naturally they did not get results at once, nor did they expect to; it required a fine adjustment. As though there were but one city, if that is its form. There was one more test to run, one very tricky and difficult of analysis, that with the Extraordinary Perception Locator. But this might be so varied or so unfamiliar that often both the machine and the designer of it were puzzled as to how to read the results. On Earth it had read Positive on a number of crack-pots, including Waxey Sax, a jazz tootler who could not even read music. He then narrowed to a smaller area (apparently one individual, though this could not be certain) and got very definite action. Finally it signaled the result, the most exasperating result it ever produces: the single orange light. They called it the "You tell me light." So among the intelligences there was at least one that might be extraordinary, though possibly in a crackpot way. Dawn did not come to the moon-town. The Little Probe hovered stationary in the light and the moon-town came up under the dawn. "Not a building, not two sticks or stones placed together. And those two ... why, they could well be Earth-people.
 The shining paint that was applied to the bodies of Adam and Eve.
 The shining paint that was applied to the bodies of Adam and Eve.  Artificial lighting that helped the fruits to produce more.  The lights from the ship that were not turned off.  Constant moon-light that failed to dim in order to help the fruits grow