Allan hugs the stone like a pirate holding pearls. Oh, the place I’ve found!
This planet is real, and the Hubbu pollen is his ride through the cosmos. That means Lan Darr is just as real. It proves, without a shadow of a doubt, that Allan isn’t crazy.
Allan remembers the cruel note tapped to the van. If only his classmates could see him now. But wait! The pages of the kids’ book were also taped to the van. It illustrated so many of the creatures that lived on Lan Darr. Does it mean that the author, Adam Boldary, had gone to Lan Darr? Yes. Adam must have traveled by Hubbu, met the same strange aliens and creatures, and returned home to write about his experiences and draw the creatures into kids’ books. All the creatures in the Morty’s Travels books were real! It was Adam Boldary’s way of sharing the experiences and memories he made on other planets.
Allan couldn’t believe it; it seems too fantastical, too surreal. He shakes his head. But Adam Boldary wrote his books over fifty years ago. Could traveling by Hubbu pollen affect time? Einstein’s Theory of Relativity says that planets with different gravity, or near gravity wells, experience the passage of time differently. Are the creatures on Lan Darr the same now as they were fifty years ago?
But where is Allan now? This planet has a similar atmosphere to Earth and there's liquid water. Whether it has intelligent beings is yet to be seen. Asantia said that different color Hubbu flowers are connected to different planets, so Allan must have gone to a new planet altogether.
He needs to gather evidence of this world and go back to show Laura. Maybe she’ll come with him next trip. He smiles. Mac might want to come also.
Allan tucks the large clear stone in his pocket and finds another clear stone and pockets it as well. They will be the first two souvenirs from another planet in the Milky Way Galaxy. He’ll clear his name at school and with Laura. Allan looks up to the gray-blue sky. Laura won’t think he’s an idiot anymore.
Allan tries to roll down the hill, but his wheelchair tires sink and stiffen. Allan yanks on his wheels as hard as he can, forcing them through the loose sand. It isn’t a problem, he has rolled through dirt and mud during hikes. The wide, all-terrain, Kevlar re-enforced tough-wheels and the electric motor will get him through anything. Other than water, of course. “Thank you, Rubic!” Allan blurts out. Rubic had spent a lot of money on this chair, and Allan spent a lot of time practicing and never feared going anywhere by himself. It helped him forget, sometimes, that he was handicapped at all.
Allan pushes a button on the side of the right armrest. The electric motor turns on, forcing the large wheels to turn. Allan builds up speed then turns the motor off. He continues downhill, passing larger and larger stones, some of which are quite clear and beautiful. He sees a reflected image of himself in some of the stones. He’s smiling ear to ear. Like Lewis and Clark, Columbus, Polynesians in canoes, Asians crossing the Bering Strait, he’s an explorer now. Exploring for all the humans on Earth, and it will change the course of history.
The farther down the hill he goes the larger the stones get. Some tower over his head. More and more of the stones are shiny black, like basalt. They have round edges from erosion and imbedded crystals freckling their smooth surface. They’re cool to the touch and more reflective than the clear stones.
Allan rolls himself around a stone as thick as a redwood tree trunk, only to be blocked in by other stones. The shadows down here are darker and colder, and Allan turns to backtrack.
The wind picks up, forcing Allan to dig his sweater out of his backpack. He is glad he thought ahead. His mother would be proud, if she were alive. Allan searches and finds a stone the size of a large egg and picks it up with his trigger claw. He dusts off the surface, revealing its clarity. He’ll give this one
This planet is real, and the Hubbu pollen is his ride through the cosmos. That means Lan Darr is just as real. It proves, without a shadow of a doubt, that Allan isn’t crazy.
Allan remembers the cruel note tapped to the van. If only his classmates could see him now. But wait! The pages of the kids’ book were also taped to the van. It illustrated so many of the creatures that lived on Lan Darr. Does it mean that the author, Adam Boldary, had gone to Lan Darr? Yes. Adam must have traveled by Hubbu, met the same strange aliens and creatures, and returned home to write about his experiences and draw the creatures into kids’ books. All the creatures in the Morty’s Travels books were real! It was Adam Boldary’s way of sharing the experiences and memories he made on other planets.
Allan couldn’t believe it; it seems too fantastical, too surreal. He shakes his head. But Adam Boldary wrote his books over fifty years ago. Could traveling by Hubbu pollen affect time? Einstein’s Theory of Relativity says that planets with different gravity, or near gravity wells, experience the passage of time differently. Are the creatures on Lan Darr the same now as they were fifty years ago?
But where is Allan now? This planet has a similar atmosphere to Earth and there's liquid water. Whether it has intelligent beings is yet to be seen. Asantia said that different color Hubbu flowers are connected to different planets, so Allan must have gone to a new planet altogether.
He needs to gather evidence of this world and go back to show Laura. Maybe she’ll come with him next trip. He smiles. Mac might want to come also.
Allan tucks the large clear stone in his pocket and finds another clear stone and pockets it as well. They will be the first two souvenirs from another planet in the Milky Way Galaxy. He’ll clear his name at school and with Laura. Allan looks up to the gray-blue sky. Laura won’t think he’s an idiot anymore.
Allan tries to roll down the hill, but his wheelchair tires sink and stiffen. Allan yanks on his wheels as hard as he can, forcing them through the loose sand. It isn’t a problem, he has rolled through dirt and mud during hikes. The wide, all-terrain, Kevlar re-enforced tough-wheels and the electric motor will get him through anything. Other than water, of course. “Thank you, Rubic!” Allan blurts out. Rubic had spent a lot of money on this chair, and Allan spent a lot of time practicing and never feared going anywhere by himself. It helped him forget, sometimes, that he was handicapped at all.
Allan pushes a button on the side of the right armrest. The electric motor turns on, forcing the large wheels to turn. Allan builds up speed then turns the motor off. He continues downhill, passing larger and larger stones, some of which are quite clear and beautiful. He sees a reflected image of himself in some of the stones. He’s smiling ear to ear. Like Lewis and Clark, Columbus, Polynesians in canoes, Asians crossing the Bering Strait, he’s an explorer now. Exploring for all the humans on Earth, and it will change the course of history.
The farther down the hill he goes the larger the stones get. Some tower over his head. More and more of the stones are shiny black, like basalt. They have round edges from erosion and imbedded crystals freckling their smooth surface. They’re cool to the touch and more reflective than the clear stones.
Allan rolls himself around a stone as thick as a redwood tree trunk, only to be blocked in by other stones. The shadows down here are darker and colder, and Allan turns to backtrack.
The wind picks up, forcing Allan to dig his sweater out of his backpack. He is glad he thought ahead. His mother would be proud, if she were alive. Allan searches and finds a stone the size of a large egg and picks it up with his trigger claw. He dusts off the surface, revealing its clarity. He’ll give this one
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