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The Tool Box
http://mag.amazing-kids.org/2012/01/31/the-tool-box/
Peter was mending his bike. "It's got to be somewhere. Somewhere here." He mumbled to himself, he was searching for the screwdriver. His dog 'Rex' was helping him. At last he found a tool box. Little did he know that inside it was a treasure with a map. As he opened it he thought of the PSP he was going to buy but he had to earn more money by doing more chores. He opened it and his face was lit up by the treasure inside there was a note and a map too. "Holy cow! I didn't know that there was treasure inside." He exclaimed. He read the note, 'it said bring this treasure to 13 raven way on the top of Hilter Mountain. Knock three times and yell skelter helter. If you bring it to me you will have this treasure and the treasures of blackbeard the pirate.' Peter knew where the house was and though it should be returned to 13 raven way. That creepy old house was said to be haunted by the ghost of Sir Stevenson the great billionaire who had died 10 years ago.
Peter's heart was pounding. Rex was running around him and he was terrified, what should he do? Several seconds later peter was asking his mother "Please may I go to the sweet shop on Hilter Mountain?" his mother told him not to go since they were going to camp at the bottom of Hilter Mountain. An hour later, dad's car came and they got in. Peter had crammed the treasure chest into his bag along with his juice and his food with four dairy milk bars. They got in and off they went.
Peter was feeling terrified but still tried to relax. After four hours of driving they stopped for their picnic. Rex was delighted with his meaty bone and was chewing at it playfully. Peter was much more relaxed during the rest of the trip. As they neared 'Hilter Mountain' Peter was starting to feel terrified again, his heart was pounding too. The huge figure of Hilter Mountain loomed up ahead of them. As they got out Peter ran up the hill till he was out of sight. He ran up the hill as fast as he could until he reached the house he had to give the treasure to. He took a deep breath, knocked three times and yelled "skelter helter." The door opened and he went inside with his dog and called "anybody here? I brought your treasure." A voice boomed "keep it on the floor right in the center of the carpet." Peter kept it there and the box fell down and another box rose. Peter opened it and looked inside there was another box inside. Surrounding the box was jewels, gems, gold, rubies and all the other beauties of the world. A granny walked towards him and gave him a smile "you are a good boy to be brave enough to bring the treasure to its own rightful place. You have performed a deed that no other has performed for thousands of years. It's very rare that children like you come into this world. I give you this reward because of your courage. You may take this pile of gold and leave and remember this house is not haunted." She said. Peter rushed down the hill happy with what he had. He couldn't hold himself anymore and he burst into choruses of songs. He felt as if he were still alive and had flown to heaven. He hugged his mom and felt very impatient to tell his story. His eyes were glittering like stars and he was bouncing up and down. Finally he told his parents what had happened. At first they were scared but after he showed them the jewels his parents were awed and posted everything on the newspaper. The old house which had been haunted was now very famous all because of Peter.
Peter was mending his bike. "It's got to be somewhere. Somewhere here." He mumbled to himself, he was searching for the screwdriver. His dog 'Rex' was helping him. At last he found a tool box. Little did he know that inside it was a treasure with a map. As he opened it he thought of the PSP he was going to buy but he had to earn more money by doing more chores. He opened it and his face was lit up by the treasure inside there was a note and a map too. "Holy cow! I didn't know that there was treasure inside." He exclaimed. He read the note, 'it said bring this treasure to 13 raven way on the top of Hilter Mountain. Knock three times and yell skelter helter. If you bring it to me you will have this treasure and the treasures of blackbeard the pirate.' Peter knew where the house was and though it should be returned to 13 raven way. That creepy old house was said to be haunted by the ghost of Sir Stevenson the great billionaire who had died 10 years ago.
Peter's heart was pounding. Rex was running around him and he was terrified, what should he do? Several seconds later peter was asking his mother "Please may I go to the sweet shop on Hilter Mountain?" his mother told him not to go since they were going to camp at the bottom of Hilter Mountain. An hour later, dad's car came and they got in. Peter had crammed the treasure chest into his bag along with his juice and his food with four dairy milk bars. They got in and off they went.
Peter was feeling terrified but still tried to relax. After four hours of driving they stopped for their picnic. Rex was delighted with his meaty bone and was chewing at it playfully. Peter was much more relaxed during the rest of the trip. As they neared 'Hilter Mountain' Peter was starting to feel terrified again, his heart was pounding too. The huge figure of Hilter Mountain loomed up ahead of them. As they got out Peter ran up the hill till he was out of sight. He ran up the hill as fast as he could until he reached the house he had to give the treasure to. He took a deep breath, knocked three times and yelled "skelter helter." The door opened and he went inside with his dog and called "anybody here? I brought your treasure." A voice boomed "keep it on the floor right in the center of the carpet." Peter kept it there and the box fell down and another box rose. Peter opened it and looked inside there was another box inside. Surrounding the box was jewels, gems, gold, rubies and all the other beauties of the world. A granny walked towards him and gave him a smile "you are a good boy to be brave enough to bring the treasure to its own rightful place. You have performed a deed that no other has performed for thousands of years. It's very rare that children like you come into this world. I give you this reward because of your courage. You may take this pile of gold and leave and remember this house is not haunted." She said. Peter rushed down the hill happy with what he had. He couldn't hold himself anymore and he burst into choruses of songs. He felt as if he were still alive and had flown to heaven. He hugged his mom and felt very impatient to tell his story. His eyes were glittering like stars and he was bouncing up and down. Finally he told his parents what had happened. At first they were scared but after he showed them the jewels his parents were awed and posted everything on the newspaper. The old house which had been haunted was now very famous all because of Peter.
The Alien and the Farmer
One dark night, the sky was as black as coal, even the stars couldn’t be seen. Out of a small white hole which appeared in the sky immediately, there came a meteor. It crashed into the ground throwing out an obstacle right into farmer Marple’s market tent.
The next morning, farmer Marple came into the tent he owned and what a surprise, all his vegetables that he had not wanted and some fruits were gone, “ahh, where are my vegetables and fruits?” he exclaimed. He searched them high and low and didn’t find them anywhere. He grumbled and brought another sack of foodstuff in that and he started barking for customers to come and buy from him, and again he fell asleep and alas! His foodstuff was gone again by the time he woke up again, he became angry and brought another and his last bag of foodstuff. This time he managed to stay awake and pretended he was asleep and here came the culprit, it was no other than the alien.
“Ha, you thought you could take it away again? The answer is no,” said farmer Marple.
“I want food, nobody gives me food.” said the alien.
Farmer Marple said “Listen up, I’ll tell you, to get food you must work hard as I do, I work hard as I get up in the morning and work from day till night, scattering seeds and collecting grains and more.”
The alien said “What am I supposed to do? I don’t know anything.”
“Okay, you are supposed to work for me by growing crops and selling them for me. Work hard then I’ll give you food, okay?”Asked farmer Marple.
“Okay.” said the alien.
After that, the alien worked super hard and he made the farmer a billionaire! The alien also had his share too, food was there at anytime he wanted. Life was good for the farmer and the alien.
One day, the farmer went back to snooze and he woke up soon. “Oh no! It was just a dream, alas! I also lost my servant, but no problem, I can do it myself.” Farmer Marple said “Oh, how wonderful would it be if that dream was true, I would be rich and I would have a partner. How good would life be then,” he said and he sighed
http://mag.amazing-kids.org/fiction/short-stories-fiction/the-alien-and-the-farmer/
One dark night, the sky was as black as coal, even the stars couldn’t be seen. Out of a small white hole which appeared in the sky immediately, there came a meteor. It crashed into the ground throwing out an obstacle right into farmer Marple’s market tent.
The next morning, farmer Marple came into the tent he owned and what a surprise, all his vegetables that he had not wanted and some fruits were gone, “ahh, where are my vegetables and fruits?” he exclaimed. He searched them high and low and didn’t find them anywhere. He grumbled and brought another sack of foodstuff in that and he started barking for customers to come and buy from him, and again he fell asleep and alas! His foodstuff was gone again by the time he woke up again, he became angry and brought another and his last bag of foodstuff. This time he managed to stay awake and pretended he was asleep and here came the culprit, it was no other than the alien.
“Ha, you thought you could take it away again? The answer is no,” said farmer Marple.
“I want food, nobody gives me food.” said the alien.
Farmer Marple said “Listen up, I’ll tell you, to get food you must work hard as I do, I work hard as I get up in the morning and work from day till night, scattering seeds and collecting grains and more.”
The alien said “What am I supposed to do? I don’t know anything.”
“Okay, you are supposed to work for me by growing crops and selling them for me. Work hard then I’ll give you food, okay?”Asked farmer Marple.
“Okay.” said the alien.
After that, the alien worked super hard and he made the farmer a billionaire! The alien also had his share too, food was there at anytime he wanted. Life was good for the farmer and the alien.
One day, the farmer went back to snooze and he woke up soon. “Oh no! It was just a dream, alas! I also lost my servant, but no problem, I can do it myself.” Farmer Marple said “Oh, how wonderful would it be if that dream was true, I would be rich and I would have a partner. How good would life be then,” he said and he sighed
http://mag.amazing-kids.org/fiction/short-stories-fiction/the-alien-and-the-farmer/
The nasty parrot
I'm Mr. Aden, 1st class Detective cat. I have a small problem. I'M LOCKED IN A BASEMENT AND I CAN'T GET OUT! It all started when Mr. Bob Arthur, the person who bought me and that stupid old parrot. I' can't say it is a parrot because it looks more like a Falcon with the body of a raven. He gave it a potion and another potion to me to drink. That was the start of the day I could talk like a human. The parrot kept repeating some words after Mr. Bob Arthur died. These were the last words Mr. Bob Arthur said to my present mistress and her husband. "Please keep the parrot safe and locked up in a cage." Before he could say anymore he died. I have many doubts about that bird. The cage is so weird. It has a fixed plate for the parrot. When everybody is out the parrot repeats some words over and over again. One day I hid behind the sofa and listened to every single word the parrot said. "Treasure key in basement. Treasure key unlocks safe. Safe has gold" The parrot continued to repeat this same thing for a few more seconds.
I pounced out to get more information from the parrot. I was about to smash the cage when the door creaked and opened. When Mrs. Arthur entered the room, the parrot acted as if it was hurt a lot and when Mrs. Arthur saw I was going to smack the cage she ran towards me with a broom and hit me with it three times, took me by the collar while I was struggling to get away and threw me into the basement, closed the door with a thud and locked it firmly. Oh man! Now here I am in the basement as I told you. How am I going to stop that darn old parrot? But now I'm stuck. I'm so bored that staying in this useless place could kill me. I browsed my super memory to find anything useful. Aha! The parrot said that the treasure key was under the house in the basement. Maybe it could be somewhere around here. Now I got the point. I started search immediately. All I have to do is to search for a secret hiding place and I can find the treasure key. I went on touching the walls in the basement and searching for any trapdoor or a turning wall.
At last I found a trapdoor kept under a mat in a neat and unnoticing way. I opened it and crept inside and right in front of me was the key. I heard the basement door creak. Aha! Just in time, I thought to myself. When Mrs. Arthur came to lay down the food I ran towards her and tugged her skirt. She followed me after a few minutes of hesitation and she saw the safe. "I never even saw this." She said to herself. I spoke to her for the first time. "You may have not seen this but you're father has. Open this safe with this key, please, Mistress Arthur." She stood their stunned and after a few seconds she took the key and unlocked the door of the safe. And lo and behold before the very sight of her eyes was a collection of gold, rubies, diamonds, pearls, necklaces and everything else you could imagine. She stood their spellbound and later fondled me and asked me. "How did you know there was a safe in the basement?" I answered this "because of the parrot. He kept repeating these words." And I told her what the parrot said. "Then why were you going to hurt the parrot?" she asked. "I wasn't going to hurt him but I was trying to get some information from that parrot but because of your punishment you got so much money." I said. "I'm sorry." said Mrs. Arthur. "Nah, it's okay." I replied. When they went upstairs she talked to the parrot and opened the cage and the parrot flew away and to this day never was there a problem unsolved in this house.
I pounced out to get more information from the parrot. I was about to smash the cage when the door creaked and opened. When Mrs. Arthur entered the room, the parrot acted as if it was hurt a lot and when Mrs. Arthur saw I was going to smack the cage she ran towards me with a broom and hit me with it three times, took me by the collar while I was struggling to get away and threw me into the basement, closed the door with a thud and locked it firmly. Oh man! Now here I am in the basement as I told you. How am I going to stop that darn old parrot? But now I'm stuck. I'm so bored that staying in this useless place could kill me. I browsed my super memory to find anything useful. Aha! The parrot said that the treasure key was under the house in the basement. Maybe it could be somewhere around here. Now I got the point. I started search immediately. All I have to do is to search for a secret hiding place and I can find the treasure key. I went on touching the walls in the basement and searching for any trapdoor or a turning wall.
At last I found a trapdoor kept under a mat in a neat and unnoticing way. I opened it and crept inside and right in front of me was the key. I heard the basement door creak. Aha! Just in time, I thought to myself. When Mrs. Arthur came to lay down the food I ran towards her and tugged her skirt. She followed me after a few minutes of hesitation and she saw the safe. "I never even saw this." She said to herself. I spoke to her for the first time. "You may have not seen this but you're father has. Open this safe with this key, please, Mistress Arthur." She stood their stunned and after a few seconds she took the key and unlocked the door of the safe. And lo and behold before the very sight of her eyes was a collection of gold, rubies, diamonds, pearls, necklaces and everything else you could imagine. She stood their spellbound and later fondled me and asked me. "How did you know there was a safe in the basement?" I answered this "because of the parrot. He kept repeating these words." And I told her what the parrot said. "Then why were you going to hurt the parrot?" she asked. "I wasn't going to hurt him but I was trying to get some information from that parrot but because of your punishment you got so much money." I said. "I'm sorry." said Mrs. Arthur. "Nah, it's okay." I replied. When they went upstairs she talked to the parrot and opened the cage and the parrot flew away and to this day never was there a problem unsolved in this house.
My short stories
Space adventure
Off to the museum
Sandev sat in the middle seat of the bus. To his right was Gavin and to his left were Nadun and Methin. At the back seat sat Divya and Isuri. They were going on a field trip to the space museum. Gavin was so excited about this trip, Sandev wanted to know whether astronauts had seen aliens, Nadun wanted to see whether the gas giants had been explored and Methin wanted to see the rockets. They were wriggling with excitement in the front seat. The girls behind were enjoying the scenery outside. After a few moments the children began to feel hungry. "I feel hungry, I'm going to gobble up my snacks" said Sandev. He opened his bag and took out his snacks. The others did the same thing too.
We're here at last
As they munched they looked out of the window and saw beautiful trees and plants with flowers blooming on them. "They certainly keep this part of the country clean." Grinned Sandev. Methin nodded his head because his mouth was full of chicken drumsticks. After they finished their lunch Gavin asked. "Are we there yet?" "Nearly." Replied Methin. "How do you know that?" asked a confused Divya. Methin just pointed to a billboard. It said "SPACE MUESEUM JUST AHEAD." Just as she read that the bus stopped. The boys cheered and shouted "HURRAH." The children got out of the bus and ran into the museum.
Exploring space
It was cool inside the museum and pictures of space, models of rockets and spacesuits were there. There was a planetarium and a rocket display. "This is so awesome." Said Nadun. The boys scattered around the museum and left the girls alone. "What do we do now?" asked Isuri. "Maybe we should go and watch the show at the planetarium." Replied Divya. She shrugged her shoulders and walked into the planetarium, Isuri followed her. At the planetarium they learned quite a lot of things they didn't know. After about half and hour the show finished. They had learned how rockets move and how satellites had been thrown into space and a number of other things. "I must say that was quite an experience." Exclaimed Isuri. "You can say that again." Grinned Divya. Meanwhile the boys were having fun of their own. Gavin was in the library devouring one space book after another, Methin was reading the speeds of each space shuttle which had been sent into space, Sandev was looking up about aliens in a computer and Nadun had gone to the planetarium and discovered facts about the gas giants.
A marvelous dream
After a few minutes the children were back on the bus talking about it all the way till home. Then they decided to sleep on the problem. Then Sandev just flopped down on to the bed and went to sleep. What is ahead is all a part of his dream.After they met in Sandev's backyard they made plans for their rocket. "It should have a powerful engine with five boosters." Said Gavin. "We will call it 'the space flyer'." Grinned Sandev. He was tingling all over with excitement. They had made their statements.
'THE SPACE FLYER'
THE SPACE SHIP SHOULD BE LIGHT.
THE ENGINE SHOULD BE POWERFUL.
THE ENGINE SHOULD BE LIGHT.
THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST FIVE ROCKET BOOSTERS.
This was what they had written. Isuri asked. "What does the booster do to help the rocket." "The booster is like a rocket which gives extra speed to the shuttle, though the NASA space ships have two boosters and three huge rocket engines, we're putting five rocket boosters." Explained Gavin. "What speed will it be?" asked Methin. Gavin shrugged "Here's a model of an engine." Sandev showed them. "And here's the model of how messages travel." Grinned Nadun. "I helped him with it." Said Divya.
Ready for take off
Within a week they had built a magnificent space ship with five boosters, made with a very light and strong material and the engine powerful and light. It was a triumph having to build a spaceship. They had stored it in Gavin's backyard. "It's a real beauty." exclaimed Sandev. Nadun said "You can say that again." All of them agreed that the space ship was very good. The next week they were ready for take off. They had crammed it with all kinds of goodies, drinks and food. They had fixed a telescope to it, a computer was also there, a communication system and there were solar panels to make energy from the sun's heat. They waited for Gavin to start the take off. "Everybody ready?" asked Nadun. "Yes." Replied every one. "Seatbelts buckled up?" asked Nadun. "Yes." Replied everyone again. Gavin started the countdown. In the end all of them were counting down with Gavin. "3, 2, 1, 0 blast off." Shouted Gavin. They had bought their space suits from a NASA material shop. The rocket took off with such a speed it must have been about 800 mph. "awesome!" shouted Methin. Gavin, Sandev, Methin, Divya and Isuri kept shouting "faster, faster, faster." Until Nadun pressed the booster button and they went throttling at such a speed that everything was a blur. It took a day to get into space.
In space at last
The next day they were in space. They were floating around and bumping into each other as gravity was very weak in space. "Why are we bumping into each other?" asked Isuri. "Because there is no gravity in space. The gravity button must have been pressed or we couldn't be floating around. Nadun, press that red button over there." Pointed Gavin. Nadun pressed it and they fell back into their comfy seats. "There's Mars" exclaimed Sandev and Divya. They marveled at the planets, the stars and the beauty of space. I'm pressing the booster button. Be sure that you have your seatbelts on." Informed Nadun. He pressed the 'booster button' and the space ship shot forward like an arrow. It was going at speeds of 2000 mph. Nadun tried to slow the space ship down but he couldn't. "I can't stop it." He screamed. The others tried to think of some thing but they couldn't.
A brain wave and a new planet
Suddenly Isuri had a pretty good wheeze. Though they couldn't stop the boost they could try the brakes.
"CAN'T WE USE THE BRAKES?" Isuri shouted in Gavin's ear "MAYBE." Gavin shouted back. They pulled the brake with all their strength but it was no use. They gave it another try this time even Nadun helped who before was steering the spaceship from right to left and left to right.
This time they managed to pull it a bit to their side. They tried again and this time they managed to slow the space craft down. It was still going very fast and they gave it a mighty pull and the brake suddenly worked but the brake's handle came off in Gavin's hand. Then they took a screw and fixed it back tightly. "We're low on our power source from going on that boost so I'm landing on the planet below." Said Nadun. "We're also 10099650 miles from Pluto." He landed on the planet below without a single bump. He was an expert driver. "Look at the greenery, lakes and the water fall." Sandev exclaimed. Isuri exclaimed "it's like earth."
Aliens and life
There was a small bear sitting with a mother bear. A leopard was sitting and licking a deer and a monkey was riding on a tiger. "ah, new visitors I suppose you don't where you are. You are in planet 'planet brind'." said the bear. An alien came into view. He had one red eye, two red arms, and one red tail. "Do not be afraid." He said. "They can talk." stammered Divya.
"Did we bring our camera?" Methin asked excitedly. "Nope" replied Sandev. Just as Methin was about run to their space craft the camera floated and came to the alien's hand. "I believe this is what you want." The alien said. "How did he do that?" stammered Methin. "My name is Gorb." said the alien. The camera snapped ten shots and even took videos without anyone touching the camera. "There are the others." said the alien. It was so strange to see one alien and then others exactly like him.
The wishing gems
"I think it is time for you to go to earth." said the alien. "Thank you for visiting 'planet brind'. Now you have alien proof and you will become famous. For a souvenir take these gems and wear it around you necks. You can make wishes with these and keep the scientists busy buy giving them rocks, dust, seeds, soil, water and Fruits and vegetables. Take this basket and give it to the scientists. "But we need an energy source." said Divya. "Just wish it." said Methin. "Okay, I wish that our energy source for the space craft was full." said Divya holding the gem. When they were back in their space craft they saw that their energy meter was full. They went away flying into space.
It's a pity
As they went rocketing through space. They heard a ear bursting sound. Gavin went in to the engine room and called Sandev. "I can't reach the lever inside the engine in the crook over there." Said Gavin. "Why should we?" Sandev asked. "Because we're running out of energy sources." said Gavin. "Nonsense." Sandev said. "The source keeper is broken." said Gavin. "And all the stuff is floating into space. But how are we going to fix it?" chimed in Sandev. Gavin said. "We'll have to reach that lever and pull it towards our side with a hook or a hand." said Divya. "How did you come in?" asked Sandev. "You left the key in the door, right." asked Divya. "Of course." said Sandev. "I know a trick which dil malli taught me to unlock doors with keys in them." "Who is Dil malli anyway?" asked Sandev. "Sehen." "Oh!" exclaimed Sandev. Before anyone could do anything, Gavin pounced on a hook and started to reach for the lever. He managed to reach it and uncomfortably pulled it towards his side. They heard a deafening clang as the door shut. "I'm going down to check what is left in the store room." Sandev said and went down on a slide. As he went down he yawned and opened his eyes for a moment and discovered that he was on the floor. It took him a few seconds to remember what happened. "It's a pity it isn't real." said Sandev.
Off to the museum
Sandev sat in the middle seat of the bus. To his right was Gavin and to his left were Nadun and Methin. At the back seat sat Divya and Isuri. They were going on a field trip to the space museum. Gavin was so excited about this trip, Sandev wanted to know whether astronauts had seen aliens, Nadun wanted to see whether the gas giants had been explored and Methin wanted to see the rockets. They were wriggling with excitement in the front seat. The girls behind were enjoying the scenery outside. After a few moments the children began to feel hungry. "I feel hungry, I'm going to gobble up my snacks" said Sandev. He opened his bag and took out his snacks. The others did the same thing too.
We're here at last
As they munched they looked out of the window and saw beautiful trees and plants with flowers blooming on them. "They certainly keep this part of the country clean." Grinned Sandev. Methin nodded his head because his mouth was full of chicken drumsticks. After they finished their lunch Gavin asked. "Are we there yet?" "Nearly." Replied Methin. "How do you know that?" asked a confused Divya. Methin just pointed to a billboard. It said "SPACE MUESEUM JUST AHEAD." Just as she read that the bus stopped. The boys cheered and shouted "HURRAH." The children got out of the bus and ran into the museum.
Exploring space
It was cool inside the museum and pictures of space, models of rockets and spacesuits were there. There was a planetarium and a rocket display. "This is so awesome." Said Nadun. The boys scattered around the museum and left the girls alone. "What do we do now?" asked Isuri. "Maybe we should go and watch the show at the planetarium." Replied Divya. She shrugged her shoulders and walked into the planetarium, Isuri followed her. At the planetarium they learned quite a lot of things they didn't know. After about half and hour the show finished. They had learned how rockets move and how satellites had been thrown into space and a number of other things. "I must say that was quite an experience." Exclaimed Isuri. "You can say that again." Grinned Divya. Meanwhile the boys were having fun of their own. Gavin was in the library devouring one space book after another, Methin was reading the speeds of each space shuttle which had been sent into space, Sandev was looking up about aliens in a computer and Nadun had gone to the planetarium and discovered facts about the gas giants.
A marvelous dream
After a few minutes the children were back on the bus talking about it all the way till home. Then they decided to sleep on the problem. Then Sandev just flopped down on to the bed and went to sleep. What is ahead is all a part of his dream.After they met in Sandev's backyard they made plans for their rocket. "It should have a powerful engine with five boosters." Said Gavin. "We will call it 'the space flyer'." Grinned Sandev. He was tingling all over with excitement. They had made their statements.
'THE SPACE FLYER'
THE SPACE SHIP SHOULD BE LIGHT.
THE ENGINE SHOULD BE POWERFUL.
THE ENGINE SHOULD BE LIGHT.
THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST FIVE ROCKET BOOSTERS.
This was what they had written. Isuri asked. "What does the booster do to help the rocket." "The booster is like a rocket which gives extra speed to the shuttle, though the NASA space ships have two boosters and three huge rocket engines, we're putting five rocket boosters." Explained Gavin. "What speed will it be?" asked Methin. Gavin shrugged "Here's a model of an engine." Sandev showed them. "And here's the model of how messages travel." Grinned Nadun. "I helped him with it." Said Divya.
Ready for take off
Within a week they had built a magnificent space ship with five boosters, made with a very light and strong material and the engine powerful and light. It was a triumph having to build a spaceship. They had stored it in Gavin's backyard. "It's a real beauty." exclaimed Sandev. Nadun said "You can say that again." All of them agreed that the space ship was very good. The next week they were ready for take off. They had crammed it with all kinds of goodies, drinks and food. They had fixed a telescope to it, a computer was also there, a communication system and there were solar panels to make energy from the sun's heat. They waited for Gavin to start the take off. "Everybody ready?" asked Nadun. "Yes." Replied every one. "Seatbelts buckled up?" asked Nadun. "Yes." Replied everyone again. Gavin started the countdown. In the end all of them were counting down with Gavin. "3, 2, 1, 0 blast off." Shouted Gavin. They had bought their space suits from a NASA material shop. The rocket took off with such a speed it must have been about 800 mph. "awesome!" shouted Methin. Gavin, Sandev, Methin, Divya and Isuri kept shouting "faster, faster, faster." Until Nadun pressed the booster button and they went throttling at such a speed that everything was a blur. It took a day to get into space.
In space at last
The next day they were in space. They were floating around and bumping into each other as gravity was very weak in space. "Why are we bumping into each other?" asked Isuri. "Because there is no gravity in space. The gravity button must have been pressed or we couldn't be floating around. Nadun, press that red button over there." Pointed Gavin. Nadun pressed it and they fell back into their comfy seats. "There's Mars" exclaimed Sandev and Divya. They marveled at the planets, the stars and the beauty of space. I'm pressing the booster button. Be sure that you have your seatbelts on." Informed Nadun. He pressed the 'booster button' and the space ship shot forward like an arrow. It was going at speeds of 2000 mph. Nadun tried to slow the space ship down but he couldn't. "I can't stop it." He screamed. The others tried to think of some thing but they couldn't.
A brain wave and a new planet
Suddenly Isuri had a pretty good wheeze. Though they couldn't stop the boost they could try the brakes.
"CAN'T WE USE THE BRAKES?" Isuri shouted in Gavin's ear "MAYBE." Gavin shouted back. They pulled the brake with all their strength but it was no use. They gave it another try this time even Nadun helped who before was steering the spaceship from right to left and left to right.
This time they managed to pull it a bit to their side. They tried again and this time they managed to slow the space craft down. It was still going very fast and they gave it a mighty pull and the brake suddenly worked but the brake's handle came off in Gavin's hand. Then they took a screw and fixed it back tightly. "We're low on our power source from going on that boost so I'm landing on the planet below." Said Nadun. "We're also 10099650 miles from Pluto." He landed on the planet below without a single bump. He was an expert driver. "Look at the greenery, lakes and the water fall." Sandev exclaimed. Isuri exclaimed "it's like earth."
Aliens and life
There was a small bear sitting with a mother bear. A leopard was sitting and licking a deer and a monkey was riding on a tiger. "ah, new visitors I suppose you don't where you are. You are in planet 'planet brind'." said the bear. An alien came into view. He had one red eye, two red arms, and one red tail. "Do not be afraid." He said. "They can talk." stammered Divya.
"Did we bring our camera?" Methin asked excitedly. "Nope" replied Sandev. Just as Methin was about run to their space craft the camera floated and came to the alien's hand. "I believe this is what you want." The alien said. "How did he do that?" stammered Methin. "My name is Gorb." said the alien. The camera snapped ten shots and even took videos without anyone touching the camera. "There are the others." said the alien. It was so strange to see one alien and then others exactly like him.
The wishing gems
"I think it is time for you to go to earth." said the alien. "Thank you for visiting 'planet brind'. Now you have alien proof and you will become famous. For a souvenir take these gems and wear it around you necks. You can make wishes with these and keep the scientists busy buy giving them rocks, dust, seeds, soil, water and Fruits and vegetables. Take this basket and give it to the scientists. "But we need an energy source." said Divya. "Just wish it." said Methin. "Okay, I wish that our energy source for the space craft was full." said Divya holding the gem. When they were back in their space craft they saw that their energy meter was full. They went away flying into space.
It's a pity
As they went rocketing through space. They heard a ear bursting sound. Gavin went in to the engine room and called Sandev. "I can't reach the lever inside the engine in the crook over there." Said Gavin. "Why should we?" Sandev asked. "Because we're running out of energy sources." said Gavin. "Nonsense." Sandev said. "The source keeper is broken." said Gavin. "And all the stuff is floating into space. But how are we going to fix it?" chimed in Sandev. Gavin said. "We'll have to reach that lever and pull it towards our side with a hook or a hand." said Divya. "How did you come in?" asked Sandev. "You left the key in the door, right." asked Divya. "Of course." said Sandev. "I know a trick which dil malli taught me to unlock doors with keys in them." "Who is Dil malli anyway?" asked Sandev. "Sehen." "Oh!" exclaimed Sandev. Before anyone could do anything, Gavin pounced on a hook and started to reach for the lever. He managed to reach it and uncomfortably pulled it towards his side. They heard a deafening clang as the door shut. "I'm going down to check what is left in the store room." Sandev said and went down on a slide. As he went down he yawned and opened his eyes for a moment and discovered that he was on the floor. It took him a few seconds to remember what happened. "It's a pity it isn't real." said Sandev.