‘You want to go to Earth now?’ asked the Ring Master.
‘Er… yes, but I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to shout!’ Froggy Man was worried that he had upset the Ring Master.
‘Hmmm…’ said the Ring Master as he stroked his thick moustache and looked around. He appeared to be deep in thought before he suddenly clapped his hands together and shouted, ‘Ah ha! I’ve got it!’
Froggy Man was not sure what the Ring Master had got? But he looked at him expectantly nevertheless.
‘Wait here!’ the Ring Master ordered, ‘I will be back in a swiffy!’ (‘swiffy’ is the space word for ‘jiffy’ which means ‘a quick moment of time’).
Before he knew it Froggy Man saw the Ring Master hurtling towards him on a unicycle. ‘Look out!’ shouted the Ring Master as he jumped over the top of Froggy Man’s head and landed directly behind him causing a huge puff of space dust to rise up around them both.
As the dust settled the Ring Master slowly turned around with a big grin on his face. He was holding something in his hands. Froggy Man looked carefully to see a small golden object being revealed by the Ring Master. It was the shape of a small cake.
‘What is it?’ asked Froggy Man with an increasing sense of curiosity.
‘This, my friend, is the answer to your problem!’ replied the Ring Master. ‘It will fix your spaceship before you know it.’
‘How does it work?’ asked Froggy Man.
‘It requires a believing heart. If you place your hand on it and believe your rocket will be fixed, then it will be so.’
‘Okay,’ said Froggy Man as he extended his hand towards the golden object.
‘WAIT!!’ shouted the Ring Master, which made Froggy Man jump back in shock.
‘What is it?’ cried Froggy Man.
‘You must also know that once your hand is placed, it must remain there for five space minutes.’ (One space minute is the same as nearly two earth minutes.) ‘If it is removed before that time has occurred your rocket will remain broken... forever!’
‘Okay, I can do this!’ Froggy Man said to himself as he prepared for what was to come.
‘Whenever you are ready, you may begin!’ said the Ring Master as he held out the device.
Froggy Man could feel the eyes of everyone watching him as he stretched out his long green hand towards the glowing golden object and touched it.
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