Our guest reader today is Christina and she will be reading today's story Oliver.
In outer Space. Late one night, Oliver was in his bedroom, staring out into space at a collage of sparkling stars through his telescope. Oliver was a curious boy who often wondered what was out there in all the swirling galaxies and clusters of light. He had posters of spaceships from real life and movies, and dreamed of far away worlds. Sometimes Oliver would ride his bike around the little town where he lived, thinking there must be more to the
universe than everything he knew. One day, Oliver hoped he could be an astronaut and fly up into the sky and experience space for himself. How odd it would be to be so far away from the Earth and look back at it as another ball of light in the sky. Oliver had big dreams, but at eight years old, he had to wait until he was grown up to fulfill them. That was such a long time. He sure wished he
could do something important and exciting, especially with space. All he could do was watch the universe through his telescope and dream. It was nearly ten o'clock and Oliver yawned boy, he was tired. Then through the little eyepiece he noticed a star brighter than any of the others, a burning, blistering star that sparked, and that little embers of light whoa gasped Oliver. The sparkling star got bigger as it came nearer to the telescope's lens. It became so bright
that Oliver had to pull away from the eyepiece. As he did out through his window, the shooting sparkling star whushed over his house and landed with a mighty thud in the woods beyond his backyard. No way, Oliver exclaimed. Oliver thought about what he should do. It was school early in the morning. He shouldn't really, Oliver snuck out of his house, grabbing his bike from the porch. He pedaled fast, making it past his backyard and into the
woods beyond. He turned the little light on his handlebars as he entered the bike trail into the woods. It was very dark and all he could see were scary looking trees and brown leaves lying all over the ground. Then in the distance he could see an odd glow emanating from beyond some thick bushes. That must be, he thought, Oliver quickly peddled in the light's direction. He couldn't use his bike anymore as the terrain was too filled with
weeds and vines. I'll have to go on foot. Oliver ran and jumped over any obstacles, making sure he didn't fall. Then he found it. Wow. There in a crater in the ground, surrounded by smoke, was a golden, glowing meteor. With trepidation, he moved closer to the glowing meteor, being careful he didn't fall into the crater it created. On closer inspection, and Oliver gasped, it wasn't a rocky looking
meteor like he'd seen in pictures in a movie. It was perfectly smooth, like an oversized bowling ball, glowing like a tiny sun. What is it? Asked aloud. Suddenly, from above, a bright blue spotlight being down on him. Oliver looked up to where it was coming from. Then, as if by magic, the golden glowing orb began to lift up into the sky, zooming towards the center of the light. Slowly, Oliver noticed his feet were beginning to shift from the ground. He was floating up into the sky along with the
golden glowing sphere. Whoa Oliver yelled as he shot up in the air, moving closer to the light. Suddenly, the light was all around him. Everything went dark. Where am I? He thought? An orange light came on. He was in a room surrounded by strange looking computers and contraptions, and the room wasn't square, it was saucer shaped. Oliver gulped, am I in a yep? A voice, said a flying saucer. Oliver turned to a little boy with blue skin and
green hair, who looked no older than he did. And you must be yep, said the boy, again, an alien. But to me you're the alien pink skin and brown hair. How odd I suppose we're both aliens to one another, Oliver said. Universe is a big place, said the boy, lots of different types of people all over the thing. My name is Gray and I come from the Milky Way. He held his hand out and Oliver shook it. My
name is Oliver and I come from Earth. Oliver thought about this for a moment and said it doesn't rhyme as well as yours doesn't have to. My friend, Gray said, with a grin. All that matters is you're a hero. You found the solar night's sun the what Gray's side I forgot. You're an earth man. You don't know about solar night's suns. Well, a solar night's sun is a little sun that we set up on planets. We put a solar night's sun there, and all kinds of things happen,
good things. This one fell off of our mothership and we were looking for it, and ye, you found it. That means you can come up and I'll show you how it works and give you a tour of the galaxy. Oliver couldn't believe it. They flew in Gray's flying saucer up through the clouds and into outer space. They whizzed past the Moon and around Mars and headed for the Milky Way. The colors in space were dazzling bright reds, pinks, and blues. No telescope could do justice. Too Soon they
arrived at a little planet spinning on its own. That's the line, Gray said. Here, press this button, he said, pointing to a green, glowing button. Oliver clicked the button, and at the back of the ship, the solar Night's Sun shot out into space and hovered above the planet. Then the solar night Sun started to beam bright rays to the planet's surface, and as if by magic, the entire surface started to grow with beautiful flowers and trees,
creating a green paradise. You know how many insects and animals will one day live on that planet, Gray said, all because you found the solar night's sun and sent it back into space. All of a sudden, Oliver felt very important. He felt bigger than just a boy from a little town who dreamed of space. He understood that the planet would be home to many creatures, and it made him happy to know that they could live there
in safety and peace. All because of him. Gray took Oliver on a tour of the galaxy, flying around planets and shooting past stars. The Earth was just as he imagined, a tiny bright light in a sea of space. Oliver seemed to understand everything a little better. It didn't matter if you were on Earth or in space. It was kindness that counts. Gray dropped Oliver home on Earth, waved goodbye,
and then flew off back into space. When Oliver went home, he looked through his telescope and zoomed into the planet he'd helped create with a sullen night sun. It didn't matter if you were on Earth or in space. You always have to do good things wherever you are in the galaxy. The end