Venus is the second __1__ in distance from the sun and nearest to the Earth of all the planets in the __2__system. Except for the sun and the moon, Venus is the __3___object in the sky. The planet is called “the morning star” when it appears in the east at ___4__, and “the evening star” when it is in the west at sunset. The surface __5___of Venus averages about 475 degrees centigrade and its atmosphere is about 95% __6__ dioxide. Oxygen is very rare. The high temperature and near __7__ of oxygen on Venus make it unlikely that life, as we know it, could exist there. It is satirically interesting that Art Buchwald has chosen the planet Venus as the __8__ for his story. His satire is most deeply felt when he has the Venusian __9__ say that if the Venusians can learn to breathe in an Earth __10__, then they can live anywhere else.