Emily Sidden
Tenek the Martian and the Study of Earth “Hey, Tenek! Come look at the new spaceship that the company just bought. It’s so amazing!” Fleebie exclaimed from outside of the observatory. Tenek took a peek out the door and said “Yeah, it’s got some nice rocket boosters and it’s got a nice shape to it, but if you’ll excuse me I need to get back to work. I’ve got to finish my report of what I’ve found out about Earth.”
“Oh, what’s the big rush?” Fleebie asked whimsically₁. “You know that you want to take it for a spin.” She jiggled the keys in her hand. “It sounds really tempting Fleebie, but my report is due tomorrow and I’m not even close to being done.” Tenek said heavy heartedly. “Mr. Neddis just doesn’t know what too big of a project this is, especially for the short …show more content…
That would be going against some of our most important rules about not going too close to a planet that we don’t know enough information about. It’s simply too risky.” Mr. Neddis objected.
Tenek shifted in his seat. “Ok, I understand Mr. Neddis. I don’t know if you are aware of this or not, but the power is out at the observatory. My electrical telescope won’t work without power. What do you want me to do?” Tenek asked nervously.
“I don’t care what you do, just as long you don’t take that spaceship and you get that report done.” Mr. Neddis said with a strict voice.
“Yes sir, I’ll do what I can.” Tenek responded obediently. Which seemed to please Mr. Neddis. “Good, that’s just what I wanted to hear Tenek.” He hung up leaving Tenek still wondering how he was going to get that report done. Fleebie who had been standing near by in the dark room eavesdropping, decided that was the right moment to say “You should still take the spaceship. He won’t ever know that you took it.”
Startled, Tenek said “Fleebie! You can’t just sneak up on someone like that. I’m not going to take the spaceship because Mr. Neddis said that I can’t, so that’s
Tenek the Martian and the Study of Earth “Hey, Tenek! Come look at the new spaceship that the company just bought. It’s so amazing!” Fleebie exclaimed from outside of the observatory. Tenek took a peek out the door and said “Yeah, it’s got some nice rocket boosters and it’s got a nice shape to it, but if you’ll excuse me I need to get back to work. I’ve got to finish my report of what I’ve found out about Earth.”
“Oh, what’s the big rush?” Fleebie asked whimsically₁. “You know that you want to take it for a spin.” She jiggled the keys in her hand. “It sounds really tempting Fleebie, but my report is due tomorrow and I’m not even close to being done.” Tenek said heavy heartedly. “Mr. Neddis just doesn’t know what too big of a project this is, especially for the short …show more content…
That would be going against some of our most important rules about not going too close to a planet that we don’t know enough information about. It’s simply too risky.” Mr. Neddis objected.
Tenek shifted in his seat. “Ok, I understand Mr. Neddis. I don’t know if you are aware of this or not, but the power is out at the observatory. My electrical telescope won’t work without power. What do you want me to do?” Tenek asked nervously.
“I don’t care what you do, just as long you don’t take that spaceship and you get that report done.” Mr. Neddis said with a strict voice.
“Yes sir, I’ll do what I can.” Tenek responded obediently. Which seemed to please Mr. Neddis. “Good, that’s just what I wanted to hear Tenek.” He hung up leaving Tenek still wondering how he was going to get that report done. Fleebie who had been standing near by in the dark room eavesdropping, decided that was the right moment to say “You should still take the spaceship. He won’t ever know that you took it.”
Startled, Tenek said “Fleebie! You can’t just sneak up on someone like that. I’m not going to take the spaceship because Mr. Neddis said that I can’t, so that’s