"The Monsters" is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1953 in F&SF and has appeared in various collections, including Untouched by Human Hands (1954) and The Starlit Corridor, edited by Roger Mansfield in 1967. The story deals with first contact between human beings and an alien species, as told from the point of view of the aliens. Source: Wikipedia (en)