Baren Darl: "Where are the others?"
Earthling: "Oh, you mean Maw and Paw and Hank and Zeke. They're off looking for Martins."
(Your Omnipotence is of course aware that in the language of the Earthlings our glorious planet is known as Mars, and we as Martians, or, evidently, as this Earthling pronounced it, Martins.)
This information was, as you can well imagine, startling, since we had supposed that our landing had been made in the most complete secrecy. What means they had utilized to discover us is unknown.
Baren Darl: "Ahhhhh. And, er ... what made them suspect there were Martians in the vicinity?"
Earthling: "Huh?"
Baren Darl: "What made Maw and Paw and Hank and Zeke think there were Martians around?"
Earthling: "Oh."
Baren Darl: "What made them think there were Martians about?"