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Authors: Duane L. Ostler
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did
you find the Uth rock?”
George pointed out the spot in the grass near
the fallen star, and the protector went over to it. “This is
another reason why I decided to be a dog today. Their sniffers are
much better than those of a human.” He then sniffed all around the
grassy area George had pointed out, and looked carefully through
the grass. But he found nothing.
“It can’t be a coincidence that the Uth stone
was right here with the fallen star,” muttered the protector. “The
two must have come together. But why?” After looking around for
another minute, the protector said to George, “there’s a camera on
the front seat of the car. Can you get it? I need to take some
pictures so we can analyze them.”
George quickly went back to the car and
retrieved the camera. Unlike the protector’s other gadgets it
looked perfectly normal.
“I bought it at Wal-Mart,” said the protector
sheepishly when George brought it back, and he noticed George
looking at it curiously. “Your earth cameras work pretty well.”
The protector then had George take several
pictures of the fallen star from different angles. When they were
finished, the two walked slowly back to the car. Ant number 4 was
still sitting in the driver’s seat, staring straight ahead with a
vacant expression on his face.
“Take us back to the street we started from,”
instructed the protector after he and George had got into the car.
As the car began to move forward, the protector said to George, “as
you recall, yesterday I had my settings arranged so that you would
shrink when you came in the window—“
“Yeah, that’s right,” said George,
remembering.
“Today, I’ve got it set to shrink only when
you actually touch the little door into my home,” said the
protector. “Watch.” He reached out a paw and bumped it against the
tiny door. Instantly he shrank to about an inch in height. It was
as if George were watching him through a zoom lens working in
reverse. The protector was still a dog though, who now looked like
a toy.
“Wow!” he said in amazement.
The protector’s tiny voice reached up to him.
“Remember to whisper so you don’t deafen me. Now it’s your turn.
Come here and touch the door, but be careful you don’t crush me in
the process. Then we’ll go inside and look at the pictures.”
George moved to the front seat and cautiously
stretched out his finger toward the door.
CHAPTER 12: Another Fallen Star
George felt
tense and nervous, since he knew what was about to happen. The
instant he touched the door he felt like his tongue was being
sucked right down into his stomach. Everything around him seemed to
be growing at fantastic speed. Then he found himself on his hands
and knees looking up at the door which had been so tiny only a
second ago.
“Wow!” said George, shaking a little as he
dizzily stood up. “That is so weird.”
“Kind of fun, isn’t it?” replied the
protector. “You’ll get used to it.” Then he trotted through the
door. George followed and watched in amazement as the protector
instantly changed from a dog back to his former flabby-skinned self
the instant he went through the door.
“Come on in and let’s do a search on these
pictures,” said the protector, taking the camera (which had also
shrunk) from George. They went over to what looked like a simple
printer, such as the one his mother had for her camera at home.
“I got this printer at Wal-Mart too,” said
the protector with an embarrassed smile at George. “Not all of my
gadgets are fancy, high tech things from outer space.”
The protector connected a cord to the camera
and quickly printed off the pictures they had taken at the fallen
star. Then he led George over to a plain glass screen with a slot
below it, right next to the snorkfinder they had used the day
before.
“This is the news finder,” said the
protector. “It’s kind of old fashioned, but it still works quite
well. All you do is put a picture or a
you find the Uth rock?”
George pointed out the spot in the grass near
the fallen star, and the protector went over to it. “This is
another reason why I decided to be a dog today. Their sniffers are
much better than those of a human.” He then sniffed all around the
grassy area George had pointed out, and looked carefully through
the grass. But he found nothing.
“It can’t be a coincidence that the Uth stone
was right here with the fallen star,” muttered the protector. “The
two must have come together. But why?” After looking around for
another minute, the protector said to George, “there’s a camera on
the front seat of the car. Can you get it? I need to take some
pictures so we can analyze them.”
George quickly went back to the car and
retrieved the camera. Unlike the protector’s other gadgets it
looked perfectly normal.
“I bought it at Wal-Mart,” said the protector
sheepishly when George brought it back, and he noticed George
looking at it curiously. “Your earth cameras work pretty well.”
The protector then had George take several
pictures of the fallen star from different angles. When they were
finished, the two walked slowly back to the car. Ant number 4 was
still sitting in the driver’s seat, staring straight ahead with a
vacant expression on his face.
“Take us back to the street we started from,”
instructed the protector after he and George had got into the car.
As the car began to move forward, the protector said to George, “as
you recall, yesterday I had my settings arranged so that you would
shrink when you came in the window—“
“Yeah, that’s right,” said George,
remembering.
“Today, I’ve got it set to shrink only when
you actually touch the little door into my home,” said the
protector. “Watch.” He reached out a paw and bumped it against the
tiny door. Instantly he shrank to about an inch in height. It was
as if George were watching him through a zoom lens working in
reverse. The protector was still a dog though, who now looked like
a toy.
“Wow!” he said in amazement.
The protector’s tiny voice reached up to him.
“Remember to whisper so you don’t deafen me. Now it’s your turn.
Come here and touch the door, but be careful you don’t crush me in
the process. Then we’ll go inside and look at the pictures.”
George moved to the front seat and cautiously
stretched out his finger toward the door.
CHAPTER 12: Another Fallen Star
George felt
tense and nervous, since he knew what was about to happen. The
instant he touched the door he felt like his tongue was being
sucked right down into his stomach. Everything around him seemed to
be growing at fantastic speed. Then he found himself on his hands
and knees looking up at the door which had been so tiny only a
second ago.
“Wow!” said George, shaking a little as he
dizzily stood up. “That is so weird.”
“Kind of fun, isn’t it?” replied the
protector. “You’ll get used to it.” Then he trotted through the
door. George followed and watched in amazement as the protector
instantly changed from a dog back to his former flabby-skinned self
the instant he went through the door.
“Come on in and let’s do a search on these
pictures,” said the protector, taking the camera (which had also
shrunk) from George. They went over to what looked like a simple
printer, such as the one his mother had for her camera at home.
“I got this printer at Wal-Mart too,” said
the protector with an embarrassed smile at George. “Not all of my
gadgets are fancy, high tech things from outer space.”
The protector connected a cord to the camera
and quickly printed off the pictures they had taken at the fallen
star. Then he led George over to a plain glass screen with a slot
below it, right next to the snorkfinder they had used the day
before.
“This is the news finder,” said the
protector. “It’s kind of old fashioned, but it still works quite
well. All you do is put a picture or a
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