Aliens for Breakfast (2011)
“All day Richard kept waiting for Aric to remember what the secret weapon was. But Aric didn’t remember. Instead, he complained. He whined about having to stay in Richard’s pocket. He made rude remarks about the classes he had to sit through. The only time he stopped complaining was during gym. Then he sat in the pocket of Richard’s shorts and didn’t make a sound. After gym he confessed that the smell of the basketball reminded him of Ingbar, his girlfriend on Ganoob.
But at last the school day ...was almost over. Only art was left—Richard’s favorite. He had been working for weeks on a drawing of the starship Enterprise. Now it was nearly finished. He settled down and got to work. Using a silver crayon, he drew in one last fin on the ship’s side. “Isn’t this great?” he asked Aric silently. Now that he knew he could send thoughts to the little alien, he was beginning to like it.
“Primitive,” answered Aric. “Besides, interspace beaming is much cheaper.”
“But what if you don’t know exactly where you’re going?MoreLess
But at last the school day ...was almost over. Only art was left—Richard’s favorite. He had been working for weeks on a drawing of the starship Enterprise. Now it was nearly finished. He settled down and got to work. Using a silver crayon, he drew in one last fin on the ship’s side. “Isn’t this great?” he asked Aric silently. Now that he knew he could send thoughts to the little alien, he was beginning to like it.
“Primitive,” answered Aric. “Besides, interspace beaming is much cheaper.”
“But what if you don’t know exactly where you’re going?MoreLess
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