[The following story was inspired by the children of Golders Green Library in London at an event for The Summer Reading Challenge 2011]
Froggy Man opened his eyes as the smell became stronger. He sniffed and sniffed through his alien nostrils. The smell was so horrid and strong that he got out of his bed, left his room and made his way down the stairs of his home.
‘Down, down, down the stairs I go!’
Froggy Man always sang this tune as he descended the stairs of his house. He had so many stairs (about 137 in all) that it made the journey go quicker if he sang as he went.
‘Nearly, nearly, nearly at the bottom!
Nearly at the bottom of the stairs!’
Eventually Froggy Man made it to the bottom as he continued sniffing to follow that terrible smell. It seemed to be coming from the kitchen. As he opened the door to the kitchen he let out a huge, ‘YELP!’ (‘yelp’ is the alien word for ‘help’). ‘Oh no!’ he continued to cry, ‘Stinky space rats in my kitchen… again!’
Froggy Man had trouble with these creatures before and now they were back. ‘Shoo! Shoo! Go on, get out of here!’
As Froggy Man flapped his huge frog-like alien hands at the little blue rats they all ran and disappeared – some through cracks in the wall, others straight out of the kitchen door.
‘Ah, what a way to start the day indeed!’ he said as he opened up the cupboard to pull out the ingredients for his breakfast. ‘Time for some Bloorr!’ (‘Bloorr’ is a very popular breakfast for aliens who live on Mars. To pronounce it correctly you should roll your tongue at the end of the word.)
Once he had finished cooking his Bloorr he sat down to eat it, but just as he did so he let out another, ‘YELP!’ as one more space rat ran right through his legs, under his chair and out of the door.
‘That’s it! I’ve had enough!’ screamed Froggy Man as he threw his breakfast down on the kitchen table. ‘I can’t stand it anymore! Stinky rats here! Stinky rats there! Stinky space rats everywhere! I don’t want to be here anymore!’
Froggy Man used his long thin space legs to stand up tall and walk out of his big blue front door.
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