My Teacher Flunked the Planet by Bruce Coville

Author:Bruce Coville
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: ibooks, Inc.
Published: 2011-12-19T02:08:51+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

The Final Days

We spent the rest of that long night circling Kennituck Falls, trying to locate Duncan. We had no success. At last, reluctantly, the aliens decided we should return to our task, starting by preparing a new headquarters.

“Perhaps we should use the farm,” suggested Kreeblim.

“Probably the best idea,” agreed Broxholm. “It’s the most isolated of our places.”

“Your places?” asked Susan.

Kreeblim closed her middle eye. “We bought several pieces of property last year.”

Susan nudged me. “If the people who are upset about the Japanese buying American buildings get word of this one, they’re really going to wig out!” she whispered.

The farm was about ten miles from Kennituck Falls, and it was great—fifty acres of quiet countryside, with a big old house that was filled with nooks and crannies. It took us about half a day to get ready to move in. Most of that time went to creating a hiding place for the saucer, this time not beneath the house, but under the nearby barn.

Once the hangar was ready Broxholm and I used power tools from the saucer to dig a tunnel to the basement of the house. To my surprise I enjoyed doing the work. It was good to do something real, and I liked working side by side with Broxholm.

After we finished the tunnel, Big Julie returned from the New Jersey, one piece at a time.

“I CANNOT SAY IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK,” he rumbled after reassembling himself in his new room. “BUT IT CERTAINLY IS INTERESTING. THINGS ARE LOOKING BAD. HOW ABOUT LUNCH?”

Since Susan was busy with something else, I carried eight buckets of swamp water to his door by myself.

“THANK YOU SO MUCH,” he said when I was done. “IS IT SAFE TO DIGEST?”

“According to Broxholm, that’s one reason we’re on this farm—so you can burp without disturbing the neighbors.”

“GOOD,” said Big Julie, just before he set the walls to shaking.

As I was walking away he said, “BY THE WAY—I TALKED THE COUNCIL OUT OF CANCELING THE MISSION AFTER DUNCAN DISAPPEARED.”

I turned back and looked at his door. “Why?” I asked, which may have been a little rude, but was an indication of how astonished I was.

“THIS IS TOO INTERESTING TO END RIGHT NOW,” he said. Then, after a long pause, he added, “BESIDES, I LIKE YOU.”

He sounded embarrassed. I felt like I should say, “I like you, too.” Only I figured he would know that was a lie, so I just said, “Thank you. Very much.”

“DON’T MENTION IT,” he replied. “EVER!”

I had a feeling he was serious.

“You have my word,” I said.

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