Starflower’s Space – Insectoid World

We left Irgon hopeful that the people there will be resilient and persistent enough to work through the problems that will inevitably come up for them.  We believe they will.  Several weeks later we spotted a medium sized planet in a five planet system.  The planet closest to the sun has sentient life.  We go in for a closer look.

This planet is filled with a grand abundance of plant life.  It is teeming with every type of plant, flower, tree, bush and shrub imaginable and they are in grand profusion.  It is difficult to make our way through the undergrowth.  The colors are extremely vibrant and rich looking.  After searching for about an hour and thinking we should head back to the shuttle, an insect lands on my shoulder.  It is a pale green color and looks somewhat like a grasshopper with four legs, round head and a short exoskeleton tail.  It does not have any visible wings, is about 18 inches long and 6-8 inches tall and he is talking to me. 

His name is Chirrup and he takes us to a clearing where a council meeting is being held with several mantis, beetle and wormkins.  They are as startled as we are as Chirrup tells them, “I told you they were capable of speech and thought.  They understood me and followed me here!”  Talking with those there, they agree to have Chirrup come and meet with me the next day.  Chirrup tells us we need to go back to our “shell” now before nightfall and feeding time.

In talking with Chirrup I learn that there are 30-40 species of insects on this planet.  They have been sentient for many generations and work to live in peace and harmony.  When asked how they came to this circumstance, Chirrup explains how their Spirits told them about how important it was to live in harmony and now they do.  What are these Spirits, Chirrup?  Chirrup explains how each species has its own primary spirit such as the Water Spirit for the Chirrups.  This Water Spirit guides them on events such as the fact that we were coming to the planet, storms, illness and such.  Other species commune with Air, Land, Plant or Tree Spirits as is appropriate to them.  Each species honors the birth of their young by taking them to their Spirit and the Spirit initiates the young in their history, why they came, and gives them their name.  They also honor their dead by covering them with certain flowers and carrying them to their Spirit and the Spirit accepts them and assists them to cross over to the next world.

Each species is very united with their family grouping and their own species but the various species remain somewhat separated.  They are just beginning to think about building structures rather than continuing to live in trees, bushes, etc.  They are also wondering about expanding out to the other planets in their system.  This is mostly to alleviate space problems. 

Now that they know for certain that other species; i.e., humans are intelligent and can communicate, they are curious about expanding and looking at other ways of being and living.  Chirrup tells us how happy he is that we came so he could learn about us and how happy he is that his Spirit has taught him how to sing and to add words and like a happy child he heads back home.