1 GREETINGS EARTHLINGS Trixie drummed her feet She tapped her fingers on her desk She glanced out the window at the playground Then she looked at her word puzzle and sighed Word puzzles on Wednesdays Math games on Mondays Spelling bees on Fridays If only something different would happen 11
Trixie liked her teacher Mrs Buckle She liked her best friends Newton and Grace and the rest of her classmates Well she couldn’t exactly say she liked Jack But she didn’t mind him Much All in all third grade was pretty nice Still With another sigh Trixie looked out the window again C R H S A CRASH
Something big and shiny hit the jungle gym It skidded across the monkey bars bounced off the slide and landed on the hopscotch court in a shower of sparks H S A R C
It was as big as a car but flatter and rounder It was a Flying saucer Trixie yelled Trixie please raise your hand instead of Mrs Buckle’s eyes went to the window Oh my she said OH MY The classroom had a door that opened to the playground Everyone ran out the door Trixie reached the flying saucer first But before she could touch it Newton grabbed her arm It might be dangerous he said That’s not a real spaceship Jack scoffed I bet it blew out of somebody’s yard He kicked it The bubble-shaped 14
