Tommy sat under a palm tree on the shore of the lake in center of the Valley On The Sun. The water here was cool and refreshing and little fish danced around under the water.
“Golly Mr. Palm Tree 32, what a nice day today. I’m going swimming soon.” A coconut fell from the tree and landed on Tommy’s foot.
“Ow, Mr. Palm Tree 32, I’m sure that was a mistake, so I’m not mad at you.” And Tommy hugged the tree. Another coconut fell and just missed Tommy’s head.
As he was walking towards the water, a flamingo flew down next to Tommy.
“AWK! Going swimming Tommy?”
“Yes Mr.. Flamingo, I’m a little warm, and it’s a nice day for swimming.”
“AWK! It sure is Tommy, be sure to let Mr.. Crocodile know that you are swimming today, I’m sure he would love to swim with you.”
“Hey, thanks Mr.. Flamingo you sure are a nice guy!”
“AWK-hahahaha-AWK.”
Tommy skipped to the edge of the water and took off his shirt. He jumped into the water and floated on his back in the cool, refreshing water and looked up at the sky. It was a bright, burning red/orange today, just like every day. As he floated there, Mr. Crocodile bobbed up next to him. He gave Tommy a toothy grin and said, “Tommy, swimming today are you? Nice day for it.”
“Mr. Crocodile! have you come to swim with me?”
“Kind of Tommy, kind of.” And he floated behind Tommy where Tommy couldn’t see him anymore.
“Gee”, and an antique set of fine silver table setting embedded itself into the crocodile’s skull and he sunk under the water a distant electronic “DARN IT!” was heard, “Sure is nice of you to come swim with me. Mr. Crocodile, are you there?” Tommy looked around and didn’t see Mr. Crocodile anymore.
“Hmmm, must have been tired.” and Tommy swam back to the beach.
He laid back under tree and ate one of the coconuts that had fallen. “I wonder what the other planets are like. I bet they are just as fun as the sun is. I should go to them.”
“AWK! Yes Tommy, get out of here, leave us in peace!”
“You’d miss me Mr. Flamingo.”
“Yea, like I’d miss having the plague Tommy.”
“I’m going for a walk, would you like to come Mr. Flamingo?”
“Will I be able to peck your eyes out?”
“Oh ho ho ho! You’re so funny Mr. Flamingo, I’ll see you later!”
“Not if I’m lucky.”
Tommy set off into the field towards the woods.
“Wow, Mr. Grass you sure are getting tall! I hope you get as tall as me some day.” A breeze made a blade of grass poke Tommy in the eye.
“Hi, Mr. Antelope! Where’s the rest of the herd today?”
“They heard you coming and stampeded.”
“And you stayed just to see me? You’re the best Mr. Antelope.” Tommy hugged Mr. Antelope with a big grin on his face.
“Touch me again kid, and you’ll see the business end of these horns.”
“Oh ho ho ho! I love you Mr. Antelope, bye bye!”
“Little rat….”
Tommy skipped towards the woods, “Hi, Mrs. Lion.” on his way by.
“AUGH! Tommy come help me!” Yelled Mr. Antelope.
“Aww, Mr. Antelope and Mrs. Lion are playing, how sweet. I wish I could play with them, but they’re too big for me to play with.”
“I’m coming back for you kid! Blllarrrhhhahwohahwoa.”
Tommy got the woods and breathed in the deep woodsy smell of the forest. “I love it here.” and he skipped into the woods.
“Oh bugger, are you back again. Haven’t you been eaten by anything yet?” Said Mr. Chipmunk.
“Who would want to eat me, everyone loves me!”
“Sad, so sad.” and he jumped back down his burrow.
“I wish I had a burrow to go in, then I’d invite Mr. Chipmunk over for tea and crumpets!”
Deeper in the woods Tommy came to the stream. He stopped and took a drink from the water. A snake head looked up at him from the water as he drank.
“Mr. Water Moccasin! You’re looking well today.”
“I just ate my young and a school of small fish, if I could eat anything else, it’d be you. Although I suppose I could just bite you and eat you after I’ve digested this food in 2 weeks.”
“Golly, that sounds fun. But I think I’m going to go visit some other planets.”
“You’re leaving? That’s great! We can go back to normal!”
“Oh ho ho ho”, a coconut dropped out of the sky and landed with a thud next to Tommy’s hand and splashed water all over him. “You’d miss me, Mr. Water Moccasin. Want to come with me?”
Mr. Water Moccasin gave him a contemptuous look and slithered away.
“I think I’ll leave today, I’m sure all my friends on the space ship will be happy to see me again, especially Mr. Food-O-Matic.”
A cheer erupted from all sides of the forest. “Sounds like everyone will miss me! I’ll miss them all too.” A roll of toilet paper flew over Tommy’s head and a wolf skipped past Tommy singing.
When he got back to the beach, Tommy packed up his backpack and set off towards the spaceship. The singing and cheering could still be heard as he stepped into the ship.
“Hi everyone, I’m back! Did you all miss me?”
“Beep.”
“No.”
A slab of raw beef flew out of the kitchen and hit Tommy in the face.
“Lets go to Mercury Mr. Computer, my Mommy said Mercury was a car, and I’d like to see a big car floating in space!”
“Can’t I just blow the ship up and end our miserable lives?”
“Oh ho ho ho”, a loud thud sounded on the side of a spaceship, “You like to joke, that’s for sure, Mr. Computer.”
And with the sound of the beeping computer, Tommy laid on his bed and went to sleep dreaming of a big floating car in space.
