 Why was the Old Serpent satisfied that the crew would be returning to try and take their paradise?
But they were disappointed that they found nothing for several hours as they hovered high over the rotation. On Earth it had read Positive on a number of crack-pots, including Waxey Sax, a jazz tootler who could not even read music. The Little Probe hovered stationary in the light and the moon-town came up under the dawn. There was a man and a woman, and they were clothed either in very bright garments or in no garments at all, but only in a very bright light. But the crew all drank of the fountain to be sociable. "Pick from the trees," said Ha-Adamah, "and then it may be that you will want to sleep on the grass.
 They needed to acquire their equipment for forming their new world.
 He was happy to have new faces and needed the influx population to breed their new world.  He was hopeful for a portion of the sale money.  They needed to acquire their equipment for forming their new world.  They were hopeful for settlers as they needed someone to help them fertilize the land to keep the fruits plentiful.