8 Dinner with Aliens!

Eight dinner with aliens. THE DINNER GUESTS SAT down around the dining room table. Roxy and Harris carried steaming platters of food from the kitchen. Zeke got up to help.

As Harris put down a platter of fish, he saw Zeke returning from the kitchen. Zeke balanced two bowls, three plates, and a pitcher of water on his arms, shoulders, and head—all quite easily. Harris's parents clapped.

"That's pretty impressive!" said Mr. Walker. Harris put his face in his hands. Zeke told us you move around a lot. You must have lived in some interesting places for your work," said Mrs. Walker. "Oh, yes," said Quar. "In Plaxima, the weather was so severe that we had to walk backward so the wind didn't blow us over. In Jerstik, people could eat their clothing."

"And in Nanstu, the language was so complicated, just saying hello took five minutes," added Xad. "I've never heard of any of these places," said Mrs. Walker.

"They are pretty far away, and very small," Zeke said quickly, shooting his parents an annoyed look. After all the warnings they gave him about keeping the truth hidden, here they were telling strange stories.

As he listened, Harris grew more convinced than ever that Zeke and his parents were aliens. He also noticed that platter after platter of food somehow appeared in front of Zeke and his parents. But he never saw anyone touch or pass anything to anyone else.