The following is a science fiction story that I just wrote. It is called "Fetch".
Tom threw the tennis ball deep into the woods and watched his Black Lab Ralph chase after it. With Ralph, there was no need to shout the traditional "fetch."
Ralph returned a few moments later, but instead of the tennis ball Ralph held a short metallic,shaft in his mouth. Tom took the object from Ralph's jaws and examined it. The object was about a foot long and about 4 inches around. Tom noticed a slight glow to the object and a vibration was noticeable.
As Tom was examining the object, a panel opened up at one end where only smooth metal had been before.The panel contained several rows of buttons with some sort of writing beneath each button. Tom put the shaft on the grass and the panel receded. There was no trace that the panel had ever been there.Tom picked up the object and the panel opened again.
Cautiously, Tom pressed one of the buttons. A colored, three-dimensional map of a solar-system appeared above the object. Tom pressed another button and a map of a different solar system appeared.
This kind of technology was way beyond anything Tom had ever heard of and he decided to take the object to the police. Tom let Ralph jump in the car first and then he sat down and turned the ignition key. Nothing happened. Suddenly, a very tall man with a strange-looking creature on a leash approached.
The stranger put forth his hand and the metallic object floated up and rested on his palm. "My dog has been searching for his stick on the red planet for several days."Apparently, some kind of technical problem sent it to your world."The man said in a pleasant musical tone. The stranger pressed a button on the "stick" and a map of earth's solar system appeared. The tall man touched the image of Jupiter and the object vanished. A moment later,the stranger pressed several buttons on his arm and he and his dog disappeared as well.
Tom threw the tennis ball deep into the woods and watched his Black Lab Ralph chase after it. With Ralph, there was no need to shout the traditional "fetch."
Ralph returned a few moments later, but instead of the tennis ball Ralph held a short metallic,shaft in his mouth. Tom took the object from Ralph's jaws and examined it. The object was about a foot long and about 4 inches around. Tom noticed a slight glow to the object and a vibration was noticeable.
As Tom was examining the object, a panel opened up at one end where only smooth metal had been before.The panel contained several rows of buttons with some sort of writing beneath each button. Tom put the shaft on the grass and the panel receded. There was no trace that the panel had ever been there.Tom picked up the object and the panel opened again.
Cautiously, Tom pressed one of the buttons. A colored, three-dimensional map of a solar-system appeared above the object. Tom pressed another button and a map of a different solar system appeared.
This kind of technology was way beyond anything Tom had ever heard of and he decided to take the object to the police. Tom let Ralph jump in the car first and then he sat down and turned the ignition key. Nothing happened. Suddenly, a very tall man with a strange-looking creature on a leash approached.
The stranger put forth his hand and the metallic object floated up and rested on his palm. "My dog has been searching for his stick on the red planet for several days."Apparently, some kind of technical problem sent it to your world."The man said in a pleasant musical tone. The stranger pressed a button on the "stick" and a map of earth's solar system appeared. The tall man touched the image of Jupiter and the object vanished. A moment later,the stranger pressed several buttons on his arm and he and his dog disappeared as well.
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