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THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MICROMEGAS AND THE INHABITANT OF SATURNHis excellency having laid himself down, and the secretary approached his nose: "It must be confessed," said Micromegas, "that nature is full of variety.""Yes," replied the Saturnian, "nature is like a parterre, whose flowers --""Pshaw " cried the other, "a truce with your parterres.""It is," resumed the secretary, "like an assembly of fair and brown women, whose dresses--""What a plague have I to do with your brunettes?" said our traveler."Then it is like a gallery of pictures, the strokes of which--""Not at all," answered Micromegas, "I tell you once for all, nature is like nature, and comparisons are odious."
