In part 1, the Little Sumo was distracted by a tiny thing which flew past his ear, making a Huuumh noise. Guessing it to be a mosquito, he peered at it through a magnifying glass when it landed on a tomato.
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Under the magnifying glass, he could see a little doughnut-shaped flying ship. Three little legs were attached to the bottom of the doughnut ship, and these were touching the mini tomato. Just then a door opened in the body of the doughnut ship, and a green head came out. Three blue eyes stared through the magnifying glass and up at the Little Sumo from the green head. And as the Little Sumo watched, the green head seemed to get bigger. Maybe the little alien is growing, he thought. Or maybe I am shrinking!
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Part 2:
The Little Sumo started to feel dizzy as everything around him stretched and got bigger. So he closed his eyes for a few seconds, until his head felt better.
When he opened his eyes again, the first thing he noticed was that the floor had turned red. In fact it was as red as the skin of a tomato. Looking behind him, he saw a very strange sight. Someone seemed to have carried Tokyo Tower into the room while his eyes were closed. He had never been to Tokyo Tower, but he knew that it was very big, just like this enormous thing. He hadn’t known that Tokyo Tower was shaped just like his high chair though. What a funny shape to make a tower into! Then he realised that it was not Tokyo Tower that he could see. It was his high chair. It only looked so huge because the Little Sumo was now the size of a mosquito, and was standing on the mini tomato.
A voice nearby said, “No, we don’t do that.”
The Little Sumo looked round at the three eyed, green alien who had spoken. He was on the tomato too, with his doughnut ship, and he was now just the right size.
“What don’t you do?” asked the Little Sumo. “I hope you don’t suck people’s blood, like a mosquito?”
“To talk to your leader, of course,” said the alien.
The Little Sumo was getting confused. The doughnut ship alien’s conversation didn’t make much sense. “Um, why did you come here?” he asked.
“Thank you so kindly,” said the alien.
The Little Sumo was really confused now. The conversation seemed to be in the wrong order, all twisted like a doughnut. Perhaps the alien was giving his answer before the Little Sumo could ask his question. The alien had just said thank you, so the Little Sumo had to say something which would make him say thank you.
“So you want to meet my leader? Well, I’m not sure which one is the leader, exactly. But I could introduce you to Mummy and Daddy,” he said.
The alien stared at the Little Sumo, and blinked with all three of his eyes. “Kill them, of course,” he said.
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Oh, dear! Is the alien threatening to kill the Little Sumo’s parents? How can he save them, when he is just the size of a mosquito? Will anyone ever be able to eat this mini tomato? Find out next time!
Vocabulary:
to feel dizzy – to feel like the world is spinning around you, such as after riding a rollercoaster
to suck something – to pull something into your mouth through a narrow opening, such as a straw
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