Nimbus XIII ... part 3 of 6

Part 3 of 6

...A welcoming committee greets the pigs...but alas all is intelligible.

me Instant-Galactic-Translator

-- We shall need this says Moonpig pulling an instrument out of his skin-pocket. Its a I.G.T...thats an Instant-Galactic-Translator, (see stories ...Planet 4saken and Nav-oo-r4). Moonpig switches it on &...

--This is, Nimbus XIII, alien said, Welcome to our friendly planet. Please make use of our shopping mall, thru that door there > (it's about 2 mile away but they are x-treamly long sighted) We hope you enjoy your stay :) This from a skittle-like ram, close up :)

Greetings from Moonpig !

--What a friendly lot ! Must return the compliment....so Moonpig starts his greeting...sticks trotters up snout, bobs tongue out (which iz a sign of respect so am told) crosses eyes, & if u real clever.....spins round on 1 leg with fodder beet on snout. And az pinky friend iz juz an ordinary common pig (no crown on head at MFF)...juz signals with trotters in air and says...up yours :) (greeting from previous very short story called 'club' dated Tuesday April 3rd 2012 if any 1 is interested).

 --Please put your bodies inside ...THAT >...points 2 a transparent transport tube. So obliging as we are like, we step in & wriggle our bodies down as is tight fit like...Whooooooosh! Wheeeeeeeeee! Whoooaaamm! down, down, down, thru a blue erm...tunnel. Skid skid slip (brakes on) slip skiddy-d-skid!...

WOW!!! Wheeeeeeeeeee!

eventually tube ends & plonks pigs un-serra-moan-e-us-ly on the Mall floor. Looking round eyes gaze on an array of colorful shops beckoning us in with flashing NEON lights urging uz 2 spend! spend! SPEND! Moonpigs eyes light up ! 

-- oOOooo look says friend, lots of biro's, you can never have too many.

--Yeah right but i az biros left over from Hero, the salespig, who came 2 me door (see story Salespig).

--But these have little pink fluffy caterpillars on the end...friend says looking sad :(.

--On seeing disappointment on friends little face, Moony relents saying...K, get a shopping cart and we put some in then.

--Yippee, shouts friend, jumping around with Excitement (whos him ?) & grabs a trotter-full & plonks 'em in cart filling cart 1/2 up but Moony takes 1/4 out when friends back is turned :) Next we take our time 2 meander around the gardening section at Grave speed (said this way> Gra veh)...slow and serious looking like :) Over in the corner is somat like a VERY VERY large tree-like object ?

...but which way iz up????

--Looks interesting dont u think, says Moony bending this way and that, over and under, inside & outside & any which way :) Moony examines the ticket as 2 how 2 look after...erm, tree-like object. 

--What is it ??? says pinky friend scratching brow, i cant make top or tail of it ?...& frowns ^>@<^

--It's an 'Upsidedown' tree u con plant eet in say, Australia,(friend shouts out Australia-hope u got that :) ) & it shud grow all the way down to Britain ! Or if the world is turning it just might end up in ...mumbles somat un-intelligable...Must get 1. Heave ho! Cor, eet tay 1/2 hevvy. Giz a helping trotter oost?...What else do we need ? Let's go down here a bit, come on push that cart a bit faster, stick ur back in2 eet.

-- Shouldn't you pay for it here Moony...pants friend, who sweats like a pig at all the exertion & > points 2 till....& security in the form of somat, watches on! (tick-tock)  :)

--No we not nicking the stuff it's ok we con pay at the end...com on juz karry on walking, [whistling a silly song ?]....2 b cont...