Project Gutenberg 2016-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 126 Smith, Evelyn E. 1922 2000 Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. Not Fit for Children Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Not Fit for Children" by Evelyn E. Smith is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. The narrative centers on an alien culture observed by young characters who interact with human tourists that have arrived in their space environment. The story explores themes of innocence, misunderstanding, and the contrast between the perceptions of adults and children in an imaginative extraterrestrial setting. The plot follows young aliens, including the protagonist Qan, who engage in a playful subterfuge as they welcome human tourists to their asteroid home, deceiving them into believing they are the "natives." The children take advantage of the humans' misconceptions, creating artifacts and getting paid in metal, which they consider valuable. As the story unfolds, the tension between maintaining their façades and the adults' skepticism grows, leading to amusing interactions and misunderstandings about their culture and ways of life. Ultimately, Qan's grandfather becomes intrigued by the existence of humans and considers visiting their planet, while the children's innocent game faces the potential harshness of adult perceptions, culminating in the assertion that the human world is not "fit for children." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Telepathy -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 49562 2025-07-20T11:27:22.262264 text/html 25685 2024-10-22T23:42:12 text/html 173907 2025-07-20T11:27:23.970058 application/epub+zip 172736 2025-07-20T11:27:22.616077 application/epub+zip 80097 2025-07-20T11:27:22.420105 application/epub+zip 209445 2025-07-20T11:27:25.134064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202626 2025-07-20T11:27:23.772083 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110266 2022-09-23T06:36:31.917591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42319 2025-07-20T11:27:22.131077 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22556 2024-10-22T23:42:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18177 2025-07-20T11:27:25.260046 application/rdf+xml 24662 2025-07-20T11:27:22.489089 image/jpeg 4332 2025-07-20T11:27:22.454074 image/jpeg 157852 2025-07-20T11:27:22.273176 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia