It seemed like much longer than five space minutes as Froggy Man held his hand on the golden object whilst trying to make sure he believed that his rocket would be fixed.
‘Okay, time to take your hand off now,’ said the smiling Ring Master.
Froggy Man looked up at the Ring Master and then looked over at his rocket. It was still lying in a heap and looking very broken indeed. ‘But my rocket… it’s still broken!’ said Froggy Man who did not want to take his hand away.
‘It’s okay,’ replied the Ring Master. ‘Trust me. You can take your hand away now.’
Froggy Man thought to himself, I suppose I have to trust him. And with that thought Froggy Man reluctantly removed his hand from the golden object.
A great silence was in the air as all eyes looked with eager expectation at the motionless orange rocket.
Suddenly, a metal groaning sound could be heard coming from the direction of the rocket. Screech! Schwaaap! Crunch! Before their very eyes the orange rocket began to move. It straightened itself up slowly and majestically. The crowd gasped. Froggy Man’s jaw hung low. The Ring Master grinned with great glee.
Before Froggy Man could say ‘Bloorr’ his bright orange rocket was standing upright and looking better than it did before the crash.
‘I don’t believe my alien eyes!’ was the response that came from Froggy Man’s lips.
‘Well you had better believe it,’ replied the Ring Master. ‘Because that is the rocket that will take you straight to planet Earth!’
Froggy Man ran through the circus crowd and quickly made his way to the rocket. He stretched out his finger and pressed the little green button next to the door. It opened just as before, outwards and downwards, revealing the set of steps for Froggy Man to climb up. He leapt up the stairs and stood in the doorway facing the crowd. They all cheered as he smiled at them with great pride at his wonderfully restored bright orange rocket.
‘We will miss you!’ came a shout from a young girl in the crowd.
Froggy Man saw the cheerful and happy face of the young girl who was waving her hand at him with great zeal. He then looked across to see the contagious smile of the big round Ring Master who was also waving as he made his way to the front of the crowd. ‘Goodbye Froggy Man! Be sure to visit us soon,’ he said.
Froggy Man’s smile dropped along with his waving hand as he looked out at the crowd of happy faces.
‘What’s the matter?’ asked the Ring Master. ‘Why the sad face?’
The crowd quietened down as Froggy Man spoke softly, ‘I’m going to miss you all too. You have all been so friendly to me.’
‘Well, you are always welcome to come and stay with us for as long as you like,’ replied the Ring Master hoping to restore the smile to Froggy Man’s face.
‘Really? Do you mean it?’ asked Froggy Man.
‘Of course we mean it! We love welcoming new friends to our family!’
Family was the word that made Froggy Man’s ears perk up and caused his eyes to widen. ‘Did you say… family?’
‘Yes, we are one big happy family here on this moon and always will be,’ replied the Ring Master proudly.
‘I’ve always wanted a family,’ said Froggy Man who had lived alone all his life. ‘But there are no other nice space creatures on Mars, only yucky ones like those nasty, horrible, stinky space rats!’
‘Well come and join us!’ said the smiling Ring Master.
‘Yes, join us!’ shouted the crowd.
‘We often go to Earth anyway – we do a lot of shows there. You can come with us on our next trip.’
That sealed the deal for Froggy Man. His mind was made up. He looked at the Earth, before he looked back at the crowd and made his way down the stairs with his arms raised high and exclaimed, ‘I’M HOME!’
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