The upturned face of my son shines red, yellow, blue, as the descending craft illuminates the night sky.
‘Is it aliens, Mum?’
I pull him down behind a bush and squeeze his hand.
‘We’ll be ok.’ My voice is small. My pulse fast and hot.
The UFO lands in the the middle of the park where hours earlier I had watched my daughter play. The door opens.
The lights go out and my son’s face is restored to its natural green colour. I wrap my four arms around him and we wait.
A figure steps out.
‘That’s gross Mum, he’s only got two legs.’
Written for Friday Fictioneers. A 100 word story, inspired by a photo prompt. Check out the other entries here.
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Nice turn-around!
I don’t fancy their chances if a bunch of war-mongering humans have landed.
Me neither. I thought something light hearted as I was down on humanity last week but ……
Beautiful. You’ve turned the conventional story on its three heads.
Haha. They probably did have!
Another example of why we FF should always expect the unexpected. What an alien concept! 🙂 Good twist at the end of this.
janet
Thanks very much Janet.
I love the change of perspective here.. green and with four arms.. sounds beautiful to me 🙂
The extra arms would be useful.
the scene must be from another planet, the humans becoming the dreaded aliens for a change. very funny. 🙂
Thanks 🙂
Very nice twist to the plot, Louise. LOL I think your mother instinct shines through. The humans don’t stand a chance if they dare touch her boy 😉
Yep. Those green people are highly protective of their own kind.
I loved this!! You left me wanting more, more, more! And that’s great writing! 😀
Thanks very much.
Dear Louise,
Gort! Klaatu verada nikto! This story reminds me of an earlier one in March from our fearless leader. Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
Thanks Doug.
Dear Louise,
Aliens are in the eyes of the beholder. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle.
You turned the perspective here. Nicely done.
Thanks
Great reversal of perspective and clever story-tellling. I like this mother. I wonder what will get out of the spaceship.
Marg
Too many humans I suspect! Thanks for commenting.
Nice twist at the end there. Those repulsive humans! I wonder if something happened to her daughter. Was she taken? Great story!
Now there’s an idea ……
This was great, Louise! Though the moment was scary you wrote such a warm and loving mother/son image…
Ellespeth
I guess they are not much different to us after all.
Dear Louise, Love the descriptions and especially the last line. Awesome write! LHN
Thanks LHN.
Oh my, what a story! Liked it so much, the expected becoming the unexpected.
Thanks very much.
Oh, you little heartbreaker, you! Pulled a fast one on us. 😉
Dialogue was great!
Super-duper story, Louise! You nailed it BIG time! Five saucers for the story.
Thanks very much. Sherbet filled saucers please 🙂
What a glorious twist at the end. Love the last line!!!! Well done.
Thanks Alicia.
Loved that – made me laugh!
That was the plan 🙂