A Space Ship Landed

Midge and Booker-T walked along the sidewalk to Jake's house. When they turned the corner, they saw something very big sitting in the yard across the street from Jake's house.

“Do you think the space aliens have landed?” whispered Midge. “Lets get Jake.”

They hurried through the gate and ran to the porch. Midge couldn't control herself. She was jumping up and down and very excited.

“Jake, Jake!” screamed Midge. “The aliens have landed from space.”

“I haven't seen any of them,” said Jake. “have you seen any Booker-T?”

“I haven't seen any either, Jake,” said Booker-T. “But Midge might be right. I saw their space ship.”

“Where?” asked Jake.

“Over there,” said Booker-T, pointing to the house across the street.

“All right,” said Jake. “Lets go see what you saw.”

The three started walking across the yard from the porch to the gate. “Come on Midge,” said Jake. “I think you saw something, but I don't think it was a space ship.”

“But I saw it too,” said Booker-T. “I don't know what it is, so maybe it is a space ship.”

Jake hurried across the street and ran around the house to the back yard with Midge and Booker-T running behind him.

“Look there, Jake,” said Midge. “There it is.”

“Wow,” said Jake. “It does look like a space ship.”

“Do you think it is real?” asked Booker-T.

“I don't know,” said Jake as he walked around the big object in the back yard. “Let me try and check it out.”

Jake walked slowly around the object starring at everything.

“What do you think?” asked Midge.

“I think it is too small for a space ship,” said Jake. “The space aliens would have to be two feet tall to fit inside.”

“Maybe they are,” said Midge. “We never met one before.”

“Can you see in that window?” asked Booker-T.

Jake stood on his hind feet and put his front paws on the side of the space ship . He pressed his nose against the window. Inside he saw two seats that looked like car seats. He also saw what looked like a lot of buttons and levers and some gauges of some kind.

“What do you see Jake?” asked Booker-T.

“I see two seats in front of a long table and many switches and levers,” said Jake. “Maybe it really is a space alien ship.”

“Where are the two little space aliens who sit in the seats?” asked Booker-T.

“Maybe roaming the neighborhood check it out,” said Jake.

“Do you think they will hurt someone?” asked Midge. “Maybe we should try and find them, Jake.”

“We don't know what direction they went,” said Jake. “And we don't even know what they look like. How would we find them.”

“Maybe they look like the purple people eater,” laughed Booker-T.

“That is just a song,” laughed Jake.

“We just have to look for someone strange looking and only two feet tall,” said Midge.

“If they look like regular humans,” said Jake. “We will never find them.”

“Maybe if we just wait here,” said Booker-T. “They will come back soon.”

“Jake,” said Midge. “You live right over there so you can watch all the time and maybe you will see them.”

“If I watch all the time,” said Jake. “When do I get to sleep?”

“Lets go sit on your front porch and watch Jake,” Booker-T.

“Okay,” said Jake as they started to walk across the street. “Look Midge!”

Midge looked up the street and saw two little people walking along the sidewalk with silver helmets and red suits. “Do you think they are the space aliens?”

“Maybe Midge,” said Jake.

They watched as the two little men went into the back yard. They went inside the space ship but they didn't take off into the sky.

“Maybe their space ship is broken,” suggested Midge.

The two little men came back outside and took off their helmets.

“Look Jake,” said Booker-T. “They look like little humans.”

“Maybe they took over the bodies of the human kids, Jake,” said Midge.

“I don't think so,” laughed Jake. “Those two little boys live in that house. I have seen them playing in the yard sometimes.”

“Look over there near the curb,” said Booker-T. “It is a big box and there is a picture on the side of it that looks like that space ship.”

“Lets go check it out,” said Midge.

They hurried to the street to check out the box.

“What does it say on the box?” asked Booker-T.

“It says, “Fantasy Toys,” said Jake. “Alien Space Ship for little boys who want to play space alien.”

“It's a play house that looks like a space ship,” said Booker-T.

“I guess no space aliens are here again,” said Midge. “Just kids playing like space men.”

“Sorry Midge,” said Jake.

“One of these days, they will come,” said Midge. “I really think they are out there in space somewhere.”

“Keep dreaming Midge,” said Jake. “One day, maybe they will come.”