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alan and the alien
By Sue Clarke
Alan has been visited by an alien - Zogol from Planet Pegasi 5. Zogol is a friendly alien and Alan has shown him his world. Now it's Alan's turn to visit Zogol's world. He's just entered the spaceship to take him there. Read and listen to the next part of this story.
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The silver spaceship flew through space so fast that Alan felt dizzy. He looked out of the window and saw the Earth disappear and then thousands and thousands of bright, shiny stars. After a while he looked out and saw a strange yellow and blue planet. Zogol pointed and said, "That is Pegasi 5. It is my home."

The spaceship landed and Alan and Zogol walked out along the silver walkway. Alan looked around him. Everything was strange. The sky was yellow and blue. There were two suns - one red and one green. The colours were amazing.

They went off to Zogol's house. It was very strange, like a large, metal cube. They went inside. All the walls inside were made of glass. The doors opened automatically.

There was a big room downstairs with a huge screen on one wall. Zogol touched a button. The screen came to life. Zogol could use the screen to talk to his friends and family.
"Wow!" thought Alan, "that's amazing!"

Suddenly Alan heard a noise. It sounded like 'Meow' in a high voice. He turned round and saw a cat. But it was no ordinary cat. It was purple with silver eyes.
"This is Zippi. He's a cybercat."
"A cybercat.. What's that?"
"Well, he's just like an Earth cat, only he can fly around in space."
Zippi looked at Alan and then flew into the air vertically. He went to sleep on the ceiling.

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