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and Granddad and had done almost nothing at all. He had managed to squeeze out just half a page in extra BIG handwriting. This was more like it!
    He was pleased, at the end of class, when Miss Beam picked him to read his essay out loud.
    â€˜You were the one who asked me if I believed in UFOs, so you be the one to convince me! Pretend,’ said Miss Beam, ‘that I am not a believer. Let us hear how persuasive you are.’
    Harry cleared his throat.
    What I think I know about Unidentified Flying Objects
(
otherwise known as UFOs
)
    1. I know for A FACT that they exist. This is because lots of people have seen them and sometimes have even taken photographs, which the government says are just secret spy planes and the like, but they only say this so as not to frighten the popless.
    (Harry wasn’t quite sure about this word. Later, in red ink, Miss Beam wrote, ‘Populace. Excellent vocabulary!’)
    2. Because of what people report we know probably for a fact that UFOs are spaceships coming from other planets. What we don’t know are which planets.
    3. Also from what people report we know that these spaceships contain alien beings, also known as extra-terrestrials, meaning they
come from outside Earth. That is to say, other planets.
    4. What we do not know is what these alien beings look like in their natural state as nobody as far as I am aware has ever seen them in their natural state.
    5. It is a distinct possibility that they use some kind of cloaking device to make themselves resemble human beings. These would be necessary if they are going to land on Earth and mingle with us. We know for A FACT that they do land on Earth as people have seen this happen.
    6. It is not so far known why they come here but there are two theeries.
    (‘Theories,’ wrote Miss Beam.)
    One theery is that they want to take over, if their own world is dying, for instance, or they are
after world domination. The other theery is that they simply come here as tourists to see the sights and watch the primitive people on Earth.
    7. It is known that we must be primitive compared to them as they are able to travel through space and we are not, or at least not as far. Just because they are superior, however, it does not mean they have to be hostyle.
    (‘Hostile,’ wrote Miss Beam. ‘A very good point!’)
    8. Something else which is not known, or if it is, it is not known to me, is how they come to speak our language. It is possible, with the advanced technology they have, they can tune in to our radio and TV programmes and learn the language before they come here. Or maybe, being so superior,
their brains are able to pick it up immediately they get here. I am not sure about this.
    9. Something else I wonder about, and that is food. Would our food be suitable for an alien fizeek?
    (‘Physique,’ wrote Miss Beam. ‘Good thinking!’)
    10. To conclude, all that I have written is what I think I know about UFOs except what I said at the beginning. I know for A FACT that they exist. It is not reasonable to suppose that so many people, all over the world, would have reported seeing them if they had not, no matter what the Government says.
    â€˜Bravo!’ Miss Beam clapped her hands. ‘Excellent work, Harry! That would certainly be enough to convince me. I do just have to take you up on one small point… this question of language. Surely if these beings are so superior they would have universal translators?’
    â€˜Oh! Yeah.’ Harry’s face lit up. ‘I never thought of that!’
    â€˜You mean,’ said Joe, ‘they’d speak in their own language but it’d come out in human language, kind of thing?’
    â€˜And when we spoke in our language, it’d automatically be translated for them?’
    â€˜Well, that is what I would think,’ agreed Miss Beam.
    Bal wrinkled his brow. ‘How would they do it, miss?’
    Miss Beam laughed. ‘That’s