Martians Bro...

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This past week my ten year old son had to write a fictional story about Martians who come to our town and landed near their school. I thought he did such a wonderful job and in all of my glowing pride I have decided I am going to share his story with all of you.....yes, I helped him along here and there (parents were allowed too!!)...Regardless of that small detail, the story is all his idea and he even came up with the conversation pieces. Dad just urged him along here and there to keep the story going. Enjoy!!

On May 27, 2008 the coolest thing that has ever happened, happened to me and my brother Jaxson. On that night a Martian crashed landed his spaceship in the creek just behind our house. This is our story......

That night started out as a regular, boring night. It seemed like a night just like any other school night. Filled with baseball practice, homework and dinner, the night seemed pretty normal. But, that all changed once we went to bed. Not long after we closed our eyes there was the largest crashing sound I had ever heard. The noise from the crash was so loud it shook our house just like an earthquake. I suddenly awoke from the sound of the crash and ran into my brother’s room.
    I shook him and shook him, screaming, “Jaxson, wake up!”
    Jaxson groaned, rolled over and barely opened his eyes. He looked at me and said, “Leave me alone butt face. I am trying to sleep!”
    Before he could roll over and go back to sleep I reached down and plugged his nose with my fingers so he couldn’t breathe. “Get your butt up!” I said.
    Jaxson began to cough out loud, “I’m up already. Geesh, Braxton what is your problem?”
    “Dude, I heard the loudest noise I have heard in my life let’s get dressed and go see what it is.” I said with excitement.
    Jaxson looked at me like I was totally insane.
    “Just get dressed and come on.” I told him.
    My brother and I put our clothes on and I went outside looking for where the noise came from. We crossed over the creek by Greenbrook School and walked for a long way. After what seemed like hours we found it! There, in the muddy water was a huge spaceship. Standing next to it was a weird looking creature who was kicking the ship with what looked like his foot. It was the scariest looking Martian I had ever seen. Jaxson got so scared he screamed and ran home so fast it looked like he had fire coming out of his butt.
    I wasn’t scared at all so I walked up to the Martian and said, “Hey bro, what’s up?”
    The Martian just looked at me with his weird red eyes and made some noises that hurt my ears. I couldn’t understand anything that he said and every time he moved his body it made these weird sounds almost like someone throwing up. At first I tried to understand him, but I couldn’t so I just decided to call him Puke. Puke was just about as tall as me and was covered in this slimy green stuff that smelled like cat litter. His eyes were red and he didn’t have a nose. The puke sound coming from his body could only be heard when he moved. Every time he kicked his spaceship his foot would hit the metal and make the same sounds as my brother when he has diarrhea.
    “You know if you just take deep breaths and try to relax you might be able to figure out what is wrong. At least that is what my dad tells me and my brother when we get really upset.” I said.
    Puke just looked at me and kept kicking his ship.
    “The sun will be up soon. You should get out of here man.” I said to Puke.
    This time Puke looked over at me with his crazy red eyes and then came over to me and put his finger on my forehead. The pain in my head hurt so bad I almost peed my pants, but it only lasted a second.
    “Hey bro, that freakin’ hurt!” I said.
    “I know.” Puke said, “The first time my dad did it to me I passed out.”
    “Holy cow, I can hear you now!” I exclaimed.
    “No duh!” Puke said.
    Puke turned out to be my age and was a very cool dude. We hung out for a long time and talked about spaceships, skateboards, girls and sports. On his planet he is a very good athlete and has won tons of trophies. I told Puke he could come to my house if he wanted. I told him he could hang out until he could fix his ship. He was cool with that so we covered his ship in mud, sticks and leaves. Once we were done covering his ship Puke followed me home.
    When we got home Puke told me he was hungry. I asked Puke what he eats and he told me that on his planet their food was green and made of paste. I had no idea what that was so we tried all kinds of stuff from our kitchen. When Jaxson and I fed Puke chocolate chip cookies Puke’s eyes turned brown and he fell on the floor.
    “That was awesome!” Jaxson said. Next Jaxson and I fed Puke some Ritz crackers and this time Puke really puked. It smelled so bad I almost fell down.
    “Jaxson, get a mop and clean up Puke’s puke!” I told my little brother.
    “Let’s feed him this.” Jaxson was holding a dead bug.
    Puke grabbed the bug and swallowed it. His eyes became bright red and he said, “That was awesome! Can I have some more?”
    Jaxson and I laughed so hard we started to cry. We couldn’t believe we had an alien in our kitchen who was eating bugs. That night we all hung out and just talked about all kinds of stuff.
    “Do you have a family?” I asked.
    “No my family died when my planet was attacked by evil space dogs?” Puke said. “I had to escape in my ship and then I crashed here on Earth. On my planet I am not really old enough to fly a ship by myself.”
    “How do you plan to get back?” Jaxson asked.
    “I was hoping you could help me build my ship.” Puke told us.
    “Are you crazy? I can’t build a ship. Be freakin’ serious Puke.”
    “Fine I’ll do it myself.” Puke said.
    The next morning we all got up and went back to Puke’s ship. Jaxson and I felt so bad we told Puke we would help him. It’s been 2 weeks and we are finally done working on Puke’s spaceship. Puke is ready to go home to Mars.
    I told Puke, “I’m going to miss you Puke”
    “I’m going to miss you to.” Puke said.
    “I will try to visit you every summer my new friend.”
    “You will Puke?” I asked.
    “Yes. And even on some school days.” He said.
    Jaxson and I walked far away from the ship so we wouldn’t get burned by the engines. When Puke turned his ship on we were both blown back so far that we landed in the muddy creek.
    Puke’s ship took off into space and we both hoped we see him again very soon.
    “Holy cow bro, your face is totally covered in mud.” Jaxson said.
    “You’re a freakin’ idiot.” I said.
    We both got up and headed home.