Green Lantern and

Planet Sargasso

 
 
 

Vocabulary

mystic	authority	guardian
planet	distant	far-distant
aspire	bid (2)	crusader (2)
evil	planetary	accomplish
grim	cosmic	apprentice
lone	rule (2)	unsuspecting
await	vicious	forbidding
fleet	range (2)	draw/drew/drawn (2)
trap	surface	bring down
weird	snare (2)	current (2)
swirl	craft (2)	experimental
burst	protect	accompany
rescue	ease off	lose control
peel	peel off	holy smoke
weird	emanate	caught/caught/caught (2)
tight	beware	stand/stood/stood (3)
beam	recharge	can’t stand it
streak	far out	cut that out
at last	Earthling	no matter
surely	over here	pull down
heat	escape	take/took/taken
bait	destroy	apparatus
loyal	blast off	electromagneto
creep	beg (2)	hold/held/held
stun	worship	welcome committee
follow	attune	brainwave
pet	lock (2)	powerless
guard	stand by	subject (3)
stellar	prisoner	fall/fell/fallen
blast	might (2)	Venusian
hall	approach	stand bywave (3)
way	helpless	find/found/found
hope	topmost	cut it out (2)
wilko	chamber	over and out
reach	squeeze	squeeze through
usher	release	sentence (2)
hop	galactic	hop aboard
wrap	intercept	lose/lost/lost
tight	bundle	tell/told/told
alarm	get back	knock them out
wipe	date (3)	wipe them out
troop	sound (2)	confinement
keep	mascot	think/thought/thought
		forget/forgot/forgotten

 
 
 
 
 

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Transcript

By authority of the mystic guardians of the universe, on the far-distant planet, Oa, Hal Jordan, test pilot becomes the Green Lantern, a cosmic crusader whose magical power ring at his bidding accomplishes the impossible.

His continued fight against planetary evil.

Green Lantern, guardian of the Galaxy.

 

Planetoid Sargasso, grim and forbidding. A lone stellar mystery that awaits the unsuspecting space traveler; ruled by a beautiful, but vicious queen, who aspires to rule the universe.

Sargasso Officer: “Queen Sirena, another fleet draws within range.”
Queen Sirena: “Ahh. Perhaps they shall draw Green Lantern into my trap.

Bring them down.”

 

Instantly, from the planetoid surface, weird emanations suddenly swirl out and snare the passing craft.

 

Not very far away, a powerful, experimental ship from Earth bursts through the atmosphere into space, an apprentice test pilot at its controls, accompanied by Cairo, Hal Jordan’s Venusian helper.

Hal Jordan, Test-Pilot: “Ease off Tom, you’re going too far out.”
Cairo, Venusian Help: “He’s going to make a first class test-pilot, boss.”
Hal Jordan, Test-Pilot: “Sure, Cairo. Now, I want you to peel off, Tom — You’re too close to the Sargasso Planetoid.”

Tom, Apprentice Test-Pilot: “Holy smokes, you’re right, Mr. Jordan.”
Cairo, Venusian Helper: “Eyaw! We’re caught in the Sargasso current!”
Tom, Apprentice Test-Pilot: “That weird sound: can’t stand it!”
Cairo, Venusian Helper: “Losing control.”

Hal Jordan, Test-Pilot: “No time to recharge my power ring. Got to get to them fast!

Let those who worship evil’s might beware of my power — Green Lantern’s Light.”

 

As Green Lantern streaks to the rescue, the young test pilot is ushered before the evil Queen Serena.

Sargasso Officer: “The boy who was with this Earthling escaped us, my Queen.”
Queen Sirena: “No matter. He can go nowhere.

Now, Green Lantern will surely come for these Earth men.”

 

Cairo: “Green Lantern! Over here!”
Green Lantern: “Cairo! How did you . . .”
Cairo: “Look! That’s what’s been pulling down all the ships.”
Green Lantern: “It won’t anymore, Cairo, after a bath in green heat!”

Queen Sirena: “So at last: the fish has taken the bait! Only Green Lantern could destroy my electromagneto wave apparatus.”

 

Green Lantern: “Hold tight, Cairo. This doesn’t look like a friendly welcoming committee.”
Cairo: “Hey! Cut that out you creeps!”
Green Lantern: “Watch me get them to stun themselves.”

Queen Sirena: “I shall do in Green Lantern myself!

The magno-beam attune to his brainwaves.

Now my pet go! Follow the beam!”

Queen Sirena: “His power ring! Quickly get his ring!”

Sargasso Officer: “We have it, Oh Queen.”

Queen Sirena: “Now he is powerless! Lock him up and guard him with your lives.”

Cairo: “Oh no! They’ve taken him prisoner!

Queen Sirena: “Now my loyal subjects, without Green Lantern to protect them, the Guardians of the Universe will fall before my might. Stand by to blast off.”

 

Sargasso Officer One: “Our fleet blasted off.”
Sargasso Officer Two: “This means the end for the mighty Guardians of the Universe.”

A short while later on Planet Oa, in the Great Hall that houses the Immortal Guardians of the Universe . . .

Immortal Guardian, One: “Sirena’s fleet approaches. We are helpless.
Immortal Guardian, Two: “We must find a way to return Green Lantern’s ring to him.”
Immortal Guardian, Three: “What about the Venusian boy, Cairo?”
Immortal Guardian, One: “Ah yes. He’s our only hope. I’ll contact him.”

 

Cairo: “Ah, cut it out, Biphi. This is no time for play. I’ve got to find Green Lantern, and . . .”
Immortal Guardian Leader: “Cairo?”
Cairo: “The Guardian.”
Immortal Guardian Leader: “Listen Cairo. Green Lantern and his ring are in the topmost chamber of the castle.

Go! Help him!”

Cairo: “Wilco. Over and out!”

 

Cairo: “This window is too small for me. There he is. But how am I going to reach him?

Got it! You can squeeze through, Biphi. Come on, please, in there. Look Biphi, through the window. Hurry, I’m begging you.”

Green Lantern: “Great work, Bestie.”

Officer One: “He’s escaping.”
Officer Two: “Sound the alarm.”

Green Lantern: “Thanks, Cairo. Hop aboard.”

 

Cairo: “Here come more troops boss.”
Green Lantern: “No time to lose. Gotta knock them out fast.”
Cairo: “That’s telling them boss.”
Green Lantern: “Now to wrap them up in a tight beam bundle.”

Now Cairo, you go and release all the prisoners, and get back to Earth in the test ship with Tom, while I go to Oa to intercept Sirena.”

Cairo: “Wilco boss. See you back home.”

Queen Sirena: “Green Lantern! He’s escaped! Destroy him quickly!”

Queen Sirena: “Destroy him with destructo bombs!”

Queen Sirena: “He’s wiped them all out. Now . . . ahhhh!”

Green Lantern: “You’ve got a date oh evil Queen, with the Guardians of the Universe!”

Hal Jordan (Green Lantern): “So the Guardians sentenced Sirena to a long term of galactic confinement, thanks to your quick thinking, Cairo.”
Cairo: “Don’t forget Bipi here boss.”
Green Lantern: “Right, thank you Bipi.”
Cairo: “Boss, can I . . .”
Green Lantern: “Sure, Cairo: keep him. I think he’ll make us a fine mascot.”

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Questions

1. In the beginning, Queen Sirena’s fleet of spaceships attacked the Earth. True or false?

2. Did Tom the pilot fly his spaceship to Planet Sargasso?

3. Green Lantern came from the Sun. Is this right or wrong?

4. What was the first thing that Green Lantern did when he came to Sargasso?

5. Did Queen Sirena’s men fight with and defeat Green Lantern? What had happened?

6. Green Lantern escaped by himself. Is this correct or incorrect?

7. In the end, did Queen Sirena defeat the Guardians of the Universe and conquer Planet Oa?

 

A. I have flown on airplanes. Yes or no? Where did you go?

B. Would you like to be a pilot? Would you like to fly or have superpowers?

C. Is there an evil king or queen who wants to fight?

D. Do you watch superhero cartoon or movies?

E. What might happen in the future?