Stories by Chantessy

THE STRANGE PLANET

I was in my spaceship, ready to explore the universe. As the spaceship left Earth, I looked out the window. Everything was zooming by! I glanced at the speed guage. "Oh, no!" I cried. "We're going too fast!" I watched in horror as we flew right out of the universe. Everything went black.

When I woke, I was surrounded by pieces of spaceship. I looked around. I was on a blue plaanet. A huge rock was behind me. As I stood up, I felt dizzy so I leaned on the rock. Suddenly a door opened in the rock and I fell through. "Ahhhh!" I screamed as I slid down a slimy tunnel right onto a cliff's edge. Fortunately, I was able to grab a rock before I slid into the gorge. I pulled myself up and stared right into the eyes of an ogre! "Uh, excuse me," I stammered. The ogre smiled meanly and said," George, look what we have here." Another ogre came over and replied," I guess putting all these traps around finally paid off." "Yup," said the first ogre, who was wearing a dress. "We'll have fresh meat for dinner. If you start the fire, I'll call the neighbors for dinner."

So while George tried to start a fire, Jill, the other ogre, went to the edge of the cliff and screamed," We've got meat! Come over for dinner. A fresh young human served!" Boy was I scared! I looked down the cliff, trying to find some means of escaping. Yes! A rope went right down the cliff. Oh, no! Just my luck. A three headed monster was running around down there. Well, I could run fast. I started to half climb, half slide down the rope. I jumped to the ground and started to run. I couldn't hear the monster, but I could smell him. Eww!

I found a dead end and a door. I pushed on the door. The monster opened his mouth. The door swung open and I stumbled inside, shutting the door behind me.

What a weird place this planet was! I was now in a forest. I wandered through until I came to a tree that had a sign that read "Information." Well, good. I needed information. I wanted to know exactly where I was and if I was still alive. So I knocked. A bluejay opened the door and said." What do you want? Do you have an appointment?" "Um, I want information and no, I..." That was as far as I got. The bird shouted," Well you can sit on the log and wait. We're very busy."

I sat on the log and looked at magazines. There was a special exhibit opening at the Birdsonian. Bird seed was at half price, Bye Bye Birdie was in the theaters, and there had been a robbery. Someone had stolen a silver bird roost from Cardinal's Store. And a soda called Bright Bird was in trees everywhere. Nothing particularly interesting. A well dressed pigeon that wore a badge that said Birdsonian sat down next to me. I handed him the magazine about the museum and said," You might be interested in this." Just then, the bird from the tree called me. "Human!"

I walked over. "Yes?" I asked. "You have an appointment with Dr. Greeneye. Over in those bushes." I walked over to the bushes. "Sit down," said Dr. Greeneye, who was an eagle with a green circle around his right eye. I sat. "Please state your questions." he said. "Well, for starters, where exactly am I?" I began. "You are in Universe 2," said the doctor. "Okay," I said. "Am I dead?" "You are certainly not!" said Dr. Greeneye. "Anything else?" "Can you tell me how to get back to my own universe?" I asked. "I have no idea. Is that all?" "Yes, that's all," I said.

I left the information tree and walked into the forest toward a mountain I could see in the distance. When I finally reached it, a tornado had blown up. I ran for cover, but instead I swirled into the tornado! "Aaahhhh!" I yelled. I spotted a fairy and calllled "Help!" She flew over, took my hand. We flew out of the tornado. As we flew along I explained my situation. "Well, I can only drop you off on the moon of your home planet, because I can't go to your planet," she said. "Thanks for your help!" I said.

After the fairy dropped me off on the moon, I suddenly remembered my two way radio strapped to my belt. As I unhooked it, my hand slipped and the radio fell on a rock and shattered. "Man, that was my only way home!" I cried. As I sat down, I heard a roar behind me. I turned and saw a twelve foot tall abominable snowman. "Hello," I said, nervously.