In parts 1 and 2, the Little Sumo heard something small flying past his ear, making a Huuumh noise. It wasn’t a mosquito, but was a green alien with three eyes, which was flying around in a doughnut-shaped ship. It landed on a mini tomato, and when the Little Sumo looked at it through a magnifying glass, he was shrunk down to the size of a mosquito. The green alien then started to talk to him in a strange way, giving his answers before the Little Sumo had asked his questions.
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“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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Part 3:
The Little Sumo thought carefully. He was in a very dangerous situation! Because the conversation was the wrong way round, he had to say something which would make the alien say, “Kill them, of course.”
“Umm, What would you do…?” said the Little Sumo, before he paused to think some more. “What would you do if you were attacked by some angry blood sucking mosquitos?” he asked.
The green alien blinked with his three eyes again. He didn’t seem to be happy. The Little Sumo’s question had worked, and had saved Mummy and Daddy.
The alien spoke again. “Cut them into little pieces with a knife.”
The Little Sumo thought very carefully. “What should you do with vegetables to make a salad?” he said.
The alien frowned. He hadn’t cut anyone into little pieces, so the Little Sumo’s question had worked again!
The alien spoke once again. “Trying to invade the Earth and become its leader!” he said, sounding angry.
What a difficult answer to find a safe question for! The Little Sumo started to think, but he was distracted by a very strange sight. Behind the alien and his ship, Daddy’s face had appeared high in the sky. It was the size of a mountain. His eyes were like lakes. His mouth was like a black hole. Daddy’s mouth was like a black hole, because he had opened it. Just then the ground started to shake. Daddy had picked up the mini tomato, and he was going to eat it!
Quickly, the Little Sumo turned to the alien and said, “What crime deserves the greatest punishment?”
That question answered the alien’s answer, which had been, “Trying to invade the Earth and become its leader.” The green alien was jumping up and down now, and seemed very angry.
But the Little Sumo didn’t have much time to think about the alien. He had to act quickly, or he would be eaten by Daddy. He had been shrunk when he looked at the alien through his magnifying glass. Perhaps if he ran to the other side of the doughnut ship and looked through the magnifying glass again, the change would happen the other way round. He might become big again.
The Little Sumo ran as fast as he could around the alien’s doughnut ship, and pulled out his magnifying glass. He looked up to see Daddy’s giant teeth coming down on him from above. He looked through the glass.
Crunch!
“Where have you been,” asked Mummy. “Did you run off to the toilet?”
The Little Sumo was full sized again, and was standing beside his high chair at the dinner table. He watched as Daddy chewed the last of the mini tomato.
“I thought you were hiding under the table,” said Daddy. “By the way, I ate your mini tomato – the one you had left on your napkin. I don’t know why you didn’t want to eat it. It was tasty, lovely and crunchy.”
“Pfthlimnani!” said the Little Sumo, happily. Pfthlimnani was a good sound that he had imagined. The little green alien with three eyes and a doughnut ship, who made a Huuumh noise, who had conversations the wrong way round, and who wanted to invade the Earth was gone.
“Who wants to eat a doughnut,” said Daddy. “I’ve got a strange desire to eat a doughnut.”
Vocabulary:
to frown – to squeeze the muscles of your forehead, to show disappointment, disapproval or concentration
to invade somewhere – to forcefully enter a country or area to try to take control of it with weapons or force
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