By 6th Grade Students at Buchser Middle School
November, 2011
The alien stood by his spaceship. The ancient man, Bob, watched. The alien was very tall, at least double Bob’s height. The alien had ridiculously long feet and he was barefoot. Strangely, he had six short arms, like insect arms. The alien’s head was huge, so large that Bob wondered how he could support all that weight. The alien also had a big, fat belly, just like Santa Claus, but without the red suit. The alien looked as if he would feel very cold and slimy to the touch.
Bob was frozen looking at the amazing spaceship behind the alien. It looked like an upside down “U.” It was about the size of his childhood classroom. The ship looked slimy too, almost as if slimy gunk was dripping down its sides.
Lovely stench came from the direction of the alien and his ship. It smelled like the dump Bob had grown up next to. It reminded him of home. Loud farting noises were coming from the spaceship. He guessed the noise was at least 5,000 decibels.
The alien was snacking on green banana peels. Bob loved the taste of banana peels. They tasted just like garbage, something he always liked to eat.
Without seeing Bob, the alien started to walk toward the famous Eduardo City in Puerto Rico. Why? What did the alien want there? Bob began to follow him.
Along the road to Eduardo, people started to notice the alien. Cars careened off the road and people ran away. As they got closer to the city, Bob saw a mass exodus—people everywhere were running from the alien.
Poor alien, he thought. Everyone was running. Soon the military might step in and the alien could get hurt. Bob wished he could help, but he was a little scared. So he continued to follow Bob from a safe distance.
Bob saw the alien go toward a sign that said, “Water Plant.” Why did the alien want to go there?
Suddenly, the alien whipped around on his long bare feet. The alien started to scream at Bob. Bob didn’t know what the alien was screaming. It sounded like gibberish.
Bob spoke angrily to the alien. He said, “What are you saying?!” But inside, Bob was freaking out. He was scared to death! He was even picking his nose, a nervous habit from his childhood.
The alien pulled out a strange device and looked at it for a few seconds. Then he said, “Where’s the water?” Oddly the alien sounded German. Bob thought the device was a translator.
Bob realized the alien might be trying to steal the water. In his gruffest voice, he said, “We’re not giving away any of our water!”
The alien rushed at Bob with his big feet and punched him with his six stubby-armed fists. Bob fell back a little, but he didn’t get hurt.
The alien firmly said, “Where is the water?!
Bob decided to try to trick the alien. He said, “I’m sorry, we just don’t have any water.”
The alien looked at Bob and yelled, “Oh, you Earthling!” He pulled out a device that looked dangerous. He shot Bob with it. Bob could not move. Bob realized it must be a paralyzing stunner.
All of a sudden, the floor rumbled with the pounding of feet. The door burst open and in came all of the people. Some had pitchforks and others had torches. They came to defend Puerto Rico!
The people rushed the alien and many hands grabbed him. Poking and flaming the alien, they dragged him to the water and threw him in.
The last thing Bob saw of the alien was his large toes sinking into the water.
Bob wondered, Is this really over or will he be back? Bob also wondered what the 5,000 decibel farting noises came from.
He figured out that the man whose name badge read, “Solomon,” must be in charge of the Puerto Rican army. He called out, “I know where the spaceship is.”
Solomon followed Bob to the ship and began to search around…
The End.
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