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off.’
    ‘So maybe he didn’t like chocolates,’ the woman said. ‘I don’t like chocolates either. Give me a chocolate and I’ll scream my head off too. Let’s get out of here.’
    ‘Not so fast. How do you explain that circle of burnt grass?’ the man asked.
    ‘How do
you
explain it?’
    ‘That’s obviously where the spaceship took off.’
    ‘I think the Girl Guides had a campfire and a big singsong. They like to do those things. If you want I’ll sing you some campfire songs.’
    ‘But the man has disappeared! There’s got to be a reason for it.’
    ‘Okay so he was abducted by Girl Guides and force-fed chocolates. Then they made him listen to campfire songs before they took him away. They’ll bring him back. Let’s get out of here.’
    ‘This is sooooo frustrating!’ Selby thought. ‘She never believes a word he says! It drives me nuts! But I can’t stop watching the program. It’s great!’
    Selby and the Trifles watched in silence as the two investigators dashed from one crime scene to the next, fighting off evil agents, and nearly being killed a dozen times.
    ‘What was that all about?’ Dr Trifle said. ‘I was completely lost by the end of it.’
    ‘So was I,’ Mrs Trifle said. ‘But I can’t wait to see what happens next week.’
    ‘Oh, well, back to my invention,’ Dr Trifle said, heading for his workroom.
    ‘Another invention to unlock the secrets of the universe?’ Mrs Trifle said with a chuckle.
    ‘Shhhh,’ the doctor said. ‘The aliens will hear you.’
    ‘How can he make jokes like that?!’ Selby thought. ‘I still have shivers from that show.’
    *  *  *
    That night aliens came and took Selby away. Well they didn’t really but that’s what he dreamt. He also had nightmares about a huge white worm that was taking over Bogusville.
    The next morning Selby awoke to an eerie calm.
    ‘Why is it so quiet around here?’ he thought. ‘Usually the Trifles are having breakfast. Or Dr Trifle is banging away in his workroom.’
    Selby trotted into the kitchen and began eating the Dry-Mouth Dog Biscuits in his bowl.
    ‘It’s as creepy as a graveyard in here,’ he thought as he looked around the house. ‘They’ve gone out. But their car’s still in the driveway. They never go anywhere without their car. This is really weird.’
    Selby looked out the front door and saw something strange in the field across the street. He dashed over and found a big round circle of burnt grass. Next to it lay Dr Trifle’s new invention.
    ‘I can’t believe it!’ Selby cried as he read the initials S-O-T-U painted on the side of the invention. ‘The doctor wasn’t kidding! He was onto something! S-O-T-U must stand for
Secrets Of The Universe.
He was about to unlock them! The Trifles have been captured by aliens! Help! This is where the spaceship took off! What do I do? Who do I call?!’

    Selby ran to the phone and dialled 000.
    ‘What is the nature of your emergency?’ the voice said.
    ‘Pardon?’ Selby said.
    ‘Police? Fire? Ambulance?’
    ‘No, none of those,’ Selby said. ‘I don’t know if you can help me.’
    ‘We can help you with any emergency, sir, just tell us what it is.’
    ‘Well I think my owners — I mean, the people I live with — have been abducted by aliens.’
    ‘Domestic or extraterrestrial?’
    ‘I beg your pardon?’
    ‘Were they aliens from somewhere on the earth or from outer space?’
    ‘Outer space, I think,’ Selby said. ‘They took off in a spaceship.’
    ‘Putting you through,’ the voice said.
    The next voice Selby heard said, ‘You have reached the Extraterrestrial Unit of the Department of Alien Enquiries. If you wish to speak to someone about buying a copy of our
Guide to the Identification ofExtraterrestrial Aliens,
press 1. If you wish to know where the most recent extraterrestrial sightings have taken place, press 2. If you wish to hear the sound of an extraterrestrial spaceship taking off, press 3. If you are going to attend