Alan was asleep in his bed dreaming. He always had strange dreams about horrible things like monsters and maths tests. Tonight he was having a horrible dream about the maths test at school the next day. He had got all the answers wrong and the teacher was going to shout at him when suddenly… he woke up.
He looked around his bedroom. It seemed very strange. Where was he? There was a red and orange glow. A light was shining outside his window, filling the room with red and orange light. There was also a strange noise. ‘Whoosh!’ he heard and then a noise of escaping air.
Slowly he got out of bed and went to the window. He pulled back the curtains and looked out. What he saw filled him with amazement. There was a huge, round shape in the next field. It was green, yellow and gold and had lights flashing in a circle all around it. He looked again. He could see that it was a spaceship with many windows – yes it was a flying saucer! He stared and stared. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. No, it was still there!
Then Alan froze with fear. He saw a door opening slowly at the base of the flying saucer. It seemed to be opening automatically. Then a long piece of metal was extended. Its silver colour shone under the lights of the spaceship. And then .. he saw them.
At first he could only see black shapes coming down the silver walkway, but then as they came out he realised that they were very strange. They had huge heads and very tall, long bodies. Their legs were very thin but their feet were enormous. Alan looked again… my goodness.. they each had four arms! And their faces - they were a sort of green colour but they had no noses or ears, just very big eyes. Aliens! Yes they were definitely aliens and they each had a small metal antenna in the top of their head to prove it.
Alan watched as the aliens walked slowly down the silver walkway. At the end there was a smaller one. Maybe he was a baby? He didn’t look as dangerous or frightening as the others. The aliens stood together in a group and turned back towards the spaceship. They watched as it took off into the sky. Its lights were flashing and the noise was deafening. Alan felt his ears were bursting with the noise and then his head started swimming … and everything went black.
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