The kinky football was replaced by a picture of a teardrop-shaped craft, 
about the size of an almond, trailing a whip antenna, with an orifice at its 
nose protected by an incongruously beautiful iris. Judge Fang was not really
looking; at least three-quarters of the cases that came before him commenced 
with a summary almost exactly like this one. It was a credit to Miss Pao's 
seriousness and diligence that she was able to tell each story afresh. It was a 
challenge to Judge Fang's professionalism for him to listen to each one in the 
same spirit.