‘What we have here is an Obtomanious Faloome’, announced the professor.

He smiled at the rocket crew watching on the viewscreen.

‘It’s an inanimate hollow rock’, snapped the captain, ‘return to the rocket -we’ll resume our search for life elsewhere, professor.’

The professor lifted the object so it was visible to the remote camera, and the crew.

‘Listen’, he yelled.

‘Listen’, echoed the object.

‘See’, noted the professor, ‘it’s alive.’

‘See, it’s alive’, echoed the object.

‘Well, it’s a new form of life. One I just discovered.’

‘Well, it’s a new form of life. One I just discovered’, agreed the Obtomanious Faloome.