Alan managed to get Zogol back into the house without his mother and father or sister seeing him. At night they watched the television in Alan's room and talked about their families. Alan told Zogol about his little sister Sally. She was only five and was always singing. Zogol told Alan about his parents and started to cry.
"I lost them last night," he said. "The spaceship has gone back to Pegasi 5 without me! I'll never see them again."
And Zogol started to cry even more.
Then, they saw the light - the same red/orange glow - and they heard the whooshing noise.
"That's them!" cried Zogol. "They've come back for me!"
Zogol and Alan ran out of the house towards the field and into the red/orange glow. The spaceship landed with all its lights flashing and lighting up its thousands of windows. As they got nearer they saw the silver walkway extend from the spaceship. When they reached it Zogol stopped and turned to Alan.
"You come too?"
"OK," said Alan.
And they both ran along the walkway into the shining spacecraft that would take them on a journey to the stars.
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