Big Trouble

Big Trouble

The space station shook again. “ I thought Furbit was small, ” Roxy said. “ Furbit was small, ” Dr. Chen said. “ But he keeps eating—and growing. ” Officer Wells nodded. “ The more he eats, the bigger he gets. He’s pretty big now. ” He shook his head. “ I made a really big mistake! ”

Roxy had to find Furbit! She ran down some stairs. The space station shook again. Roxy heard a loud snort. She hurried toward the sound. “ Rocket Girl! ” an astronaut said. “ Thank goodness you’re here! Furbit’s in the big storage room. He’s eating everything!

Please do something! ” Roxy found the storage room. She pressed a button, and the doors opened. She went in and looked around. A large satellite sat on the floor. Suddenly a shadow covered everything. Roxy looked up and gulped.

“ Furbit! Furbit! ” An enormous, furry creature picked up the satellite. The creature tossed the satellite into its wide mouth. Crunch, crunch! Gulp! Furbit closed his eyes and smiled. “ Hey! ” Rocket Girl flew up to the creature’s head. “ Stop eating stuff! ” Suddenly Furbit looked scared. The creature swung a big paw at Roxy. Whap!

The paw knocked Roxy across the room. Bam! Roxy slammed into a wall. Roxy stamped her foot. Then she shot back toward Furbit. “ Don’t hit me again! ” “ Furbit! ” The big creature batted Roxy with its other paw. Again Roxy was thrown across the room. By now the astronauts were gathered in the doorway.