The Day Uncle Jimmy Learned to Fly

Homorous science fiction for the young at heart, of all ages. Suggested age range 10-100. (Contains isolated instances of mild, inoffensive language: 'Damn', 'bloody.') Oops! When James Jones happened upon a planet that seemed to defy all logic, he had to take a closer look - too close, as it happened. He got stuck there, and things started to go seriously wrong. But never fear, after that bad start, things got decidedly worse.... Hernia bucked up as a tiny shred of memory bounced around the vast empty space inside her head, finally finding an escape through her mouth, 'I remember him! He was sleeping next to Dragon when we came back from Aunty Ethelred and he had dribble coming out the side of his mouth. Where's he gone then?' 'Pa kicked him in the river, and he drowned 'til he was dead and then the Globbers bit him into little pieces and he screamed and screamed and then a giant sea troll came along and ate up Uncle Jimmy and all the Globbers in one big bite.' That's what Kipper's imagination told him had happened, anyway, so it must be true. Imagination's great; when it gets into top gear there's no stopping it. 'Oh, ' said Hernia, duly impressed.