The alien who met a human

Once upon a time, outside of our solar system there was an alien called Zargon. Zargon always wanted to know what was beyond his planet. However, alien people were saying that it's too dangerous to leave the planet and explore other galaxy. Everyday Zargon would ask everyone about other creatures that might live elsewhere as his curiosity did not leave him alone.

One day, he decided to go into a restricted area and investigate the possibility of different space life forms. Quietly, he sneaked into a room, opened a little dusty box in the corner of the room and discovered a strange mesmerizing picture. He saw three unusual creatures who had one head, two upper tentacles and two lower tentacles. The creature in the middle was quite small and had unusual long dark fur on its head. He grabbed the picture and was about to leave, but suddenly he heard approaching loud voices. Frantically, he hid himself under the huge red table so no one can find him. Loud voices belong to the two scientists who were discussing their new extraordinary discovery of "hoomans". Unfortunately, under the table Zargon was not alone as there was a talking creepy plant, quite possible another discovery made by scientists. Zargon was terrified and accidently touched the plant who made unbelievably deafening alert. From nowhere a giant soldier appeared and dragged him out from under the table.The soldier was so furious and angry that decided to put him in jail. "Secrets that you might know will stay only with you", thought the solder.

Zargon was scared and devastated inside his prison cell. However, he could not stop thinking about the picture he took. Secretly, he had a glimpse at that picture and surprisingly on the back side he found the following writing : " Bells family, June 10, 2020, Chocolat Wood 22, London. Planet Earth". Zargon was so happy to discover the coordinates of the owners of the picture.

Meanwhile, the talking plant felt guilty for an incident that happened earlier with unknown intruder. Luckily, the plant knew where they took him. So, he decided to help Zargon to escape the prison. He used his strong vines to open the prison cell and loud alarm noise to distract the soldiers. Zargon successfully escaped.

Zargon did not waste any time, speedily sprinted inside his spaceship and took off using picture coordinates. After a three days of journey he successfully landed by the coordinate address. He knocked the door with his tentacle and a small creature with a long fur opened the door. Zargon said " You must be a hooman, and I believe this belongs to you." The little girl was shocked to see her family picture taken days ago. Unfortunately, she did not even have a time to say a word as a mysterious creature quickly disappeared.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Author: Samir Sudiwala

Illustrator: Samir Sudiwala