By 6th Grade Students at Kennedy Middle School, Village B
May 2012
The alien stood by its spaceship. Justin B. watched. Why was the alien there? Justin felt completely freaked out. He’d just arrived in Delhi for a big concert and had not expected to see an alien. This one was as fat as Jabba the Hut and was covered in neon green hair. The alien’s ship looked a lot like a dirty old yellow sponge – only really big. Justin thought the ship would feel super squishy. Strangely, all of the alien’s hair looked rock hard. Justin really didn’t want to touch it.
The smell of mango wafted toward Justin. He thought the alien was giving off this wonderful scent. Wow for such an ugly dude it smelled awesome. This was strange because the creature seemed to be burping every few seconds. In addition there was a lovely aroma of poop – possibly coming from the alien ship.
From within the ship came a very high-pitched scream. Another reason to freak out. Was the alien capturing and torturing humans?
The alien was munching on a bag of Hot Cheetos. They were bright red. They weren’t a favorite of Justin’s. He always thought they tasted like gasoline.
Justin was so scared that he wet his pants. He was so embarrassed. He had to escape. He tip-toed away.
Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice yell, “Justin!” He looked over his shoulder. The alien ship had gone as clear as glass. Inside he saw Selena tied up. She was the one screaming.
It was too much The world spun and he fell. He realized he had temporarily fainted. He jumped back up to his feet. He decided to do what he did best—sing. He flipped his hair, spun and began singing in his highest falsetto voice.
The alien looked at Justin in horror. It covered all seventeen ears using every single one of its arms. There had to be at least three hundred arms. The alien ran. Justin had no idea how to open the spaceship.
“Selena I’m going to find someone to help,” he yelled.
He ran to the nearest curry house and asked the nice Indian proprietor to help. The man grabbed his twenty pet mice and followed Justin. Fortunately, the mice could speak English and they knew how to break into the alien ship. They told Justin and the Indian man what to do.
Justin and Selena were so happy to be reunited. They raced to the theater for Justin’s concert. Justin barely made it in time. He began to sing.
Suddenly the huge green alien jumped up on the stage…
The “Cliffhanger” End.
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