Martian Child Page #4

This isn't a short story.

Very often, with our children...

we don't get to have

a second draft.

Yeah.

A single man raising

a child with problems...

that are not common,

that are not easy...

you're gonna need

all kinds of help.

You'd need to include us...

- Mm-hmm.

- Include me.

Does anybody have anything?

No.

We're gonna take some time

and think about this.

Thank you, Mr. Gordon.

We'll let you know.

Hello.

Hey, man, what's up?

How's things on the planet?

Go away.

What?

Hello.

Hey.

Liz, I can't talk right now.

I'm waitin' for the call.

But you have call waiting.

But I don't trust it.

Your uncle is nuts.

Hello.

Really?

Yes!

Thanks for comin'

out here with me today.

It's pretty.

I thought you'd like it.

It's cool.

I like the holding-down belt.

You can wear

the holding-down belt...

all day long if you like.

Listen, Dennis, Mr. Lefkowitz...

said you can come live

in my house if you want.

It'll only be temporary

at first...

but if you like it,

you could stay.

I eat Lucky Charms.

I am a big believer

in a substantial breakfast.

Get your suitcase for you.

I got it.

Okay.

Go ahead.

You can cut through here.

Oh, right over here.

Yeah, yeah.

This way, young squire.

Hey, Somewhere!

Hey, Somewhere,

Somewhere, down, boy.

Down, boy. Hey, sorry.

That's just Somewhere.

It's just his way

of saying hello.

We don't have those

where I come from.

You're not a dog person, huh?

I'm just waiting

for the boys to get home.

Well, what is he doing now?

He's just...

He's just in his room.

Should I give him

some space or go in there?

I'll call you back.

I'll call you back.

This is kind of an a...

of an interesting thing.

It's a special night light.

But as you can see, it has

pictures of the planets...

and the solar systems...

and, you see, they

kind of spin around.

It's got mirrors.

And lights on the bottom

and pictures.

That's not right.

Yeah?

Well, what do you mean?

You'll have to

make the ceiling bigger...

and you'll have to make

your planet like this.

You're...

You're absolutely right.

For the...

For it to be accurate...

the ceiling would have to be,

I don't know, 100 feet long...

and the earth

would be the size of a pea.

Very, very good.

How do you know

that much about scale?

It took a very long time

to get here.

A very, very, very

long time to get here.

You can get rid of some of

those old clothes if you want.

Or we can keep that old stuff...

till it literally disintegrates

and falls off your body.

That's a good way to go, too.

That's kinda cool.

I used to be good

at video games.

It's not a game.

It's not?

Whatever it is, it's cool.

Should I close the door...

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