4 Goodbye, Earth

CHAPTER 4 GOODBYE, EARTH We stared up at the giant flying eyeball. It stared back down at us. Then the whole tree began to tremble and shake and rise up into the air.

'I didn't know our tree could fly,' said Terry. 'I don't think the tree is flying,' said Jill. 'I think the UFE is lifting it up! We're being abducted by a giant flying eyeball!'

'Yay!' said Terry. 'We're going on an intergalactic space adventure! I love intergalactic space adventures!' 'Me too!' I said. 'And just think of all the ideas we'll get for our next book!' The higher we got, the faster we went, and, in what felt like no time at all, we had left Earth's atmosphere and entered outer space. THE DAY WE WERE ABDUCTED BY A GIANT FLYING EYEBALL AND TAKEN ON A CRAZY RIDE THROUGH SPACE.

We were on the outer edge of the solar system when the 3D video phone rang.

I pushed the button to answer it. It was Mr Big Nose, our publisher. His big nose filled the screen. 'What took you so long to answer the phone?' he yelled. 'Where were you?' 'We're in space,' I said. 'We just passed Uranus.' 'Are you trying to be funny?' said Mr Big Nose. 'I'm a busy man, you know. I don't have time for jokes!' 'No, it's not a joke,' I said. 'It's true! We really are in space.' 'What are you doing out there?' he shouted. 'You're supposed to be writing a book, remember?'

'I do remember,' I said, 'and I was trying to get ideas for it, but I couldn't because this really annoying fly was really annoying me, and then we got abducted by a giant flying eyeball!'