Pah.â
I like the sound the letter âpâ makes.
I got dressed and set off toward the squat building that was the schoolhouse.
Tobias said. He sounded just a little wistful in my mind. It was a strange thing, I guess. I, an alien, could go to his school. But he could not.
âI will,â I called back over my shoulder.
Unfortunately, bending that way made me fall over. It takes practice to walk on just two legs.
A human has only two eyes. Both are on the front of the face. It is the same with most Earth species. These human eyes are very similar to our own main eyes. But humans seem fascinated by my stalk eyes. One of the humans, Marco, has said they âcreep him out big time.â I believe this is a compliment.
â From the Earth Diary of Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill
H ere it is,â Cassie said. âSchool. Or, as I like to think of it â purgatory.â
The school was very active. There were large numbers of humans racing about at high speed. Others moved very slowly and seemed sad or ill. Many carried books. Most made mouth-sounds.
As usual they were dressed in a shocking variety of clothing. Clothing is not a uniquely human idea, but of course Andalites do not indulge in it.
However, when I am in human morph I must wear clothing. All of my human friends, even Tobias, agree on this. They agree very strongly on this one point.
I saw Rachel and Marco approaching through the crowd of humans.
My other human friends tell me that Rachel is beautiful and Marco is cute. As an Andalite, I donât observe either trait. However, when I am in human morph I begin to see that Rachel actually is very beautiful.
But I never see that Marco is cute.
At school, the Animorphs must pretend not to be very close. This is so any suspicious Human-Controllers will not begin to think of them as a âgroup.â
âHi, Marco, Rachel,â Prince Jake said. âMeet my cousin . . . Phillip.â
âYes. I am Prince Jakeâs cousin, Phillip,â I said. âI am from out of state.â
Marco made a smile with his mouth. âYouâre from way, way out of state.â
âDonât call me âPrince,ââ Prince Jake hissed.
âNice to see you again, Phillip,â Rachel said and winked. Since she was
really
Jakeâs cousin, she would have already met âPhillip.â âSee you guys later. Good luck.â
âYouâll need it,â Marco added.
We went inside the school building. It seemed to be nothing but a very long corridor. It was filled with humans. Along each side of the corridor there were doors. Some of the doors were large. But there were hundreds of much smaller doors. I observed people opening the small doors, but no one ever went inside.
âWhere do the small doors lead?â I asked.
âNowhere. Those are lockers,â Cassie said. âEveryone has a locker. See? Thereâs my locker right there.â
We went to Cassieâs locker. It was decorated with a shiny pendant. The pendant had a wheel with numbers on it. Cassie spun the wheel back and forth.
âIs that a ritual?â I asked. âChew-ull. Ritual.â
âNo, thatâs a lock. It keeps people out.â
âWhy?â
âSo they wonât steal my stuff.â She opened her locker and began putting things in and taking things out.
âWhat is that?â I asked. âThuh-at. That.â
âItâs just a picture,â Cassie said. She quickly closed the door of her locker.
âIt looked like a picture of Prin . . . of Jake,â I pointed out. âWhy would you have a picture of him when he is right here and you can see him?â
Cassie shrugged and looked down at the ground. Humans have many facial expressions. I believe this one indicated either sickness or embarrassment.
âCome on, Ax,â Prince Jake said. He was smiling at Cassie, and she was continuing to look sick or embarrassed.
I like the sound the letter âpâ makes.
I got dressed and set off toward the squat building that was the schoolhouse.
âI will,â I called back over my shoulder.
Unfortunately, bending that way made me fall over. It takes practice to walk on just two legs.
A human has only two eyes. Both are on the front of the face. It is the same with most Earth species. These human eyes are very similar to our own main eyes. But humans seem fascinated by my stalk eyes. One of the humans, Marco, has said they âcreep him out big time.â I believe this is a compliment.
â From the Earth Diary of Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill
H ere it is,â Cassie said. âSchool. Or, as I like to think of it â purgatory.â
The school was very active. There were large numbers of humans racing about at high speed. Others moved very slowly and seemed sad or ill. Many carried books. Most made mouth-sounds.
As usual they were dressed in a shocking variety of clothing. Clothing is not a uniquely human idea, but of course Andalites do not indulge in it.
However, when I am in human morph I must wear clothing. All of my human friends, even Tobias, agree on this. They agree very strongly on this one point.
I saw Rachel and Marco approaching through the crowd of humans.
My other human friends tell me that Rachel is beautiful and Marco is cute. As an Andalite, I donât observe either trait. However, when I am in human morph I begin to see that Rachel actually is very beautiful.
But I never see that Marco is cute.
At school, the Animorphs must pretend not to be very close. This is so any suspicious Human-Controllers will not begin to think of them as a âgroup.â
âHi, Marco, Rachel,â Prince Jake said. âMeet my cousin . . . Phillip.â
âYes. I am Prince Jakeâs cousin, Phillip,â I said. âI am from out of state.â
Marco made a smile with his mouth. âYouâre from way, way out of state.â
âDonât call me âPrince,ââ Prince Jake hissed.
âNice to see you again, Phillip,â Rachel said and winked. Since she was
really
Jakeâs cousin, she would have already met âPhillip.â âSee you guys later. Good luck.â
âYouâll need it,â Marco added.
We went inside the school building. It seemed to be nothing but a very long corridor. It was filled with humans. Along each side of the corridor there were doors. Some of the doors were large. But there were hundreds of much smaller doors. I observed people opening the small doors, but no one ever went inside.
âWhere do the small doors lead?â I asked.
âNowhere. Those are lockers,â Cassie said. âEveryone has a locker. See? Thereâs my locker right there.â
We went to Cassieâs locker. It was decorated with a shiny pendant. The pendant had a wheel with numbers on it. Cassie spun the wheel back and forth.
âIs that a ritual?â I asked. âChew-ull. Ritual.â
âNo, thatâs a lock. It keeps people out.â
âWhy?â
âSo they wonât steal my stuff.â She opened her locker and began putting things in and taking things out.
âWhat is that?â I asked. âThuh-at. That.â
âItâs just a picture,â Cassie said. She quickly closed the door of her locker.
âIt looked like a picture of Prin . . . of Jake,â I pointed out. âWhy would you have a picture of him when he is right here and you can see him?â
Cassie shrugged and looked down at the ground. Humans have many facial expressions. I believe this one indicated either sickness or embarrassment.
âCome on, Ax,â Prince Jake said. He was smiling at Cassie, and she was continuing to look sick or embarrassed.
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