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"The Little People" is episode 93 of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone''. It originally aired on March 30, 1962 on CBS. ==Plot== Astronauts William Fletcher, the can-do captain, and Peter Craig, the malcontent co-pilot, set down in a canyon on an alien planet to repair their ship. While arguing, Fletcher asks Craig what he would want if he had things his way, and Craig responds that he'd like to be the one giving the orders. Shortly after saying that, Craig hears a sound, though Fletcher does not. Craig goes scouting over a period of days, leaving Fletcher to repair the ship. One day Craig returns, strutting a bit, and Fletcher asks why he does not seem to have drunk any water in the past two days. Fletcher discovers that Craig has found water and calls him a cheat. Pressed, Craig reveals that he found a city populated by people no bigger than ants, and takes Fletcher to see them, revealing that he used mathematics to teach them how to communicate with him. He says he loves having an entire population terrified of him, and refers to himself as a god, saying that they've "been created in his image." Fletcher says they are people, "no different than we are." Craig begins terrorizing the population by crushing three of their buildings. Fletcher knocks him out, apologizing to the tiny folk. Later, Fletcher goes looking for Craig to inform him the repairs are done and they can depart, and finds that Craig had forced the tiny people to build a life-size statue of him. Fletcher asks him what he gives in return, and Craig says he will not crush the life out of them. Fletcher tells Craig that they picked a "corker of a deity," and calls him a "sick, scared little man filled with delusions of grandeur." Craig pulls a gun on Fletcher and orders Fletcher to leave the planet without him. Fletcher does his best to talk Craig into coming along, telling him he'll be lonely, but Craig fires at the statue, blowing off the head, and again orders him to leave, saying "this is a monotheistic society; just room for one god." Fletcher leaves disgustedly, and Craig gloats over the city, throwing the broken-off head of the statue at the city, cackling maniacally and saying they must not anger him as tiny voices cry out in panic and tiny sirens begin to wail. Shortly after, another ship lands. Two spacemen, taller than the mountains, emerge (they're repairing ''their'' ship). One of them picks Craig up and accidentally crushes him. The Little People rejoice at the death of their bullying "god," pulling the statue of Craig down, on top of his lifeless body. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Little People (The Twilight Zone)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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