Speaker 1: Alien's a coming, said Willow's dad from his chair in
front of the TV. Is that a film or a show?
Asked Willow's mom, not looking up from her phone. It's
all the news, said Willow's dad. He didn't seem all
that concerned about it. Willow, though, thought that this was
important enough to put her pen down and push her
homework aside. The TV was showing an alien spaceship looming
over Earth from somewhere between the planet's surface and the Moon.
What do they want, asked Willow's mom, still not looking up.
They'd better not be invading. I'm supposed to be meeting
Wendy for coffee in the morning. Willow watched the newsreader
talking about the alien threat as if it was a
minor earthquake or a celebrity wedding. Then, just as they
were about to talk to a studio guest about what
an alien invasion might mean for the people of Earth,
Willow's dad changed the channel to a baseball game. Mom,
what do we do if aliens attack? Willow asked, You'll
do nothing, young lady, replied her mum, eyes still fixed
to her screen. Not until you've finished that homework. Willow
had her brother's old iPad in her bedroom, So that
night she tried to find out more about the alien threat.
She opened a new site where the top story was
President drops hamburger sauce down his shirt, followed by superhero
actor stuck in bathroom. Again. The news story about aliens
was third. Willow clicked on the link, read a little,
and then clicked on a video, which she was surprised
to see was a message from the alien ship. Since
some time ago, people of Earth boomed a deep, angry
looking alien with four eyes, surrender your planet to new
overlord's or faced total destruction.
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