 Why did the beings come to Earth?
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Planet Stories Fall 1954. Buildings were taller, men were healthier, most of the problems of humanity seemed licked, or nearly so. Within a year it was obvious to everyone that man was the only animal left on earth. Less than a month ago no more than a few thousand people remained in New York. Housed as it was in a huge metallic globe of a building, it contained computers which kept exact account of every human on earth. Once a year the Bureau issued The Index, an exact accounting of Earth's four billion inhabitants. On these screens could be graphed the population of any and every part of the globe.
 it was the next planet for them to destroy
 it was the next planet for them to destroy  they wanted all of Earth's resources  they wanted to take over Earth  they were curious about Earth's creatures