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I’ve always wondered about Roy Dwight, ever since I saw him jump. One day, I was walking around the corner of Main Street in Greensburg, my hometown, when a car zoomed past me, turned sharply and went straight for Roy. “Watch it, Roy!” I shouted. He turned round, seeing the car, which was about three yards away from him, and leaped. And I mean leaped! He went soaring above the car and landed about seven yards behind it. The driver, a short, fat man, climbed out of the car and started cursing at Roy. Roy turned and ran, naturally. The driver added a few more angry words to his little speech, then jumped back into his car, slammed the door and drove off. Here’s the problem: I think Roy’s an alien. If he could jump seven yards, he must be used to stronger gravity. Roy has a long thin face, light brown hair and pointed ears. Maybe it was his ears that made me first think he was an alien. They always reminded me of Spock in that dumb Star Trek show on TV. When he first came to Greensburg, one and a half years ago, everyone called him ‘Spooky Spocky’, but we all got sick of it, so we quit. His eyes always look like they are squinting. If he’s not from Earth, he’s probably squinting because his sun is less bright than ours, or he lives further away from the sun than we do. He’s got a long, drooping nose. But his main feature is his IQ. It is 183. Show me a kid with an IQ of 183 and I’ll show you an alien. I still had doubts about whether he was an alien or not, but yesterday in the park I finally decided.We were playing football in the park stadium, and Roy was sitting in the stands with a radio beside him. Of the whole park, our favorite place is the stadium. The guard always lets us play, which is nice of him. seventy-five 75 Alien invader C 1 Before you read An American teenager wrote this story. Before you read it, think about these questions: 1. What science fiction stories do you already know fromTV, movies and books? 2. What would you do if you thought one of your friends was an alien? 25 30 35 40 5 10 15 20 Text 4 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv