Earth Spare Tire Minivan Seat Aquarium Car Radio One day while I downloaded data from the satellite my dad rolled up on his rusty old motorcycle Your piano lesson starts in ten minutes he said taking off his helmet But I’m tracking asteroids I replied There’s dozens of them whizzing by today Dad walked over and peeked at the data
How’s the satellite looking he asked adjusting his glasses It’ll be fine I assured him It doesn’t seem like any of the roids will take it out That’s good news he said opening the workshop door Because I have work to do After reading a news article about a fisherman who fell overboard Dad towed an old boat into our workshop Then he started designing a safety system for fishing boats His idea was to cover each crewmember’s jacket pants and boots with thousands of tiny magnets and rig the fishing boat with a superpowered magnet If a fisherman fell in the water the magnet could pull him back to the
boat safely How’s the suit coming I asked I’m ready for a test Benji he said putting on one of the magnetic jackets Climb into the boat with me will you Let’s see if this gizmo is strong enough to pull me back in Are you sure it’s safe to test I asked Nope But there’s only one way to find out Dad leaped off the boat and onto the shed floor below Man overboard he cried out I flipped the safety switch Instead of being pulled toward the ship he shot away from it as if he’d been fired out of a cannon WHAM He blasted through the old shed like a human
wrecking ball I quickly jumped off the boat and ran up to the hole in the wall Are you all right Dad I asked worried Yep Guess I had the magnets reversed he said When you flipped the switch they repelled instead of attracted me If the attraction is that strong I think this idea just might work son
