One day I went downstairs to get a
spaghetti sauce can for dinner. When I
walked passed the furnace I heard a strange noise. It sounded like thumping
feet. "What is that?" I
exclaimed. I slowly pulled out the
furnace filter and looked inside. Inside
there was a little teddy bear/elephant creature that stood about 5 inches
tall. "Hello," it said.
"My name is Ruth the Hoolabadina,"
"Hi," I said. "Where did you come from?" "I came from the planet E3CPO,"
said Ruth. "Oh," I said.
" Do you want to come upstairs? You can stay in my room." "That sounds fantastic," replied
Ruth. So I grabbed the spaghetti can and
took Ruth upstairs.
"So, Ruth, why did you come to
Earth?" I asked. "Is that
where I am?, well E3CPO is at war so my parents sent me here in a special space
ship, so I would be safe," she replied.
"Will you ever go back?"
I asked. "I can go back in
three days, which is three years in E3CPO time," she said. "How do you get back?" I
asked. "You just have to press the
return button on my space ship," she replied. "Where is your space ship?" I
asked. "It's in that dark room that
you found me in," she said. So we
went downstairs and found her space ship.
"Well," I said. Now all we have to do wait three days. What
do you want to do?" Just then Mom
called, "Ella, it's time to eat dinner!" "Sorry, I have to go eat dinner, I will bring
you a few noodles," I said. After
dinner we were going to watch Duck Dynasty.
"Ruth," I said. "We are going to watch a movie. Do you
want to come? We can sit on the back couch so no one will see you." "What is a moovee? " asked
Ruth. "Um, it's where we watch
people on a screen," I replied.
"Sounds fun," said Ruth.
So we went and watched the movie. Ruth was in awe. After the movie we went to bed. I made Ruth a bed out of a basket. She slept in my closet so no one would see
her.
The next day we went on a walk by the
river. I carried Ruth in my coat
pocket. Then we went to our property and
I showed Ruth our new house that we were building. She thought it was a castle.
It was the third day much too soon. Today I had to send Ruth home. "I had a great time with you Ruth,"
I said. "I wish you could stay,"
"I promise to come and visit you again," said Ruth. "I will listen for you," I said.
Then she climbed into her space ship, and I pressed return.
From that day on I checked the furnace
for Ruth every time I was downstairs. I
also kept my ears open for other thumps in the basement. Who knows how many different creatures could appear
down there.
