The Gift Bearer

A conservative local censor who led a campaign to remove a nude statue awakens to a beautiful, unclothed visitor who claims to be from another planet and asks to be taken to the national leader. She proves her origin by transporting them to open countryside and back and by demonstrating powers such as summoning rain and accelerating plant growth, then offers technologies meant to solve food shortages and control natural forces. The encounter forces the official to confront his prudish instincts, family responsibilities, and the civic implications of accepting rapid, civilization-altering aid, leaving the moral and political questions unresolved.