People have always heard of aliens, and whether it be in a book, magazine, or television.. they weren't always friendly. Danny Lipscome had read about them all. Mostly read about them in Detective Comics. His folks were too poor to buy a television set like most houses had, but his friend Larry's parents had one. He remembered a time he, Larry, and Oliver watched an awesome movie on his parents 10 inch GE "Locomotive." What a weird name he thought. Didn't even look like a train.

"Here you go boys," Larry's mother says bringing in a fresh bowl of popcorn. She leans forward slightly and Oliver looks down her shirt, then hits Danny in the arm to enjoy the view.

"Thanks Mom," Larry says when he notices his friends looking down his Mom's shirt. A wrestling match ensues between the two boys and she quickly claps her hands loudly together. The sound echos through the room and they immediately stop.

"Thunder clap means?"

"Stop and listen," the three boys say in unison. The Mom smiles.

"Eat your popcorn boys," she says walking off.

"You look at my Mom's boobs again I'll punch you," Larry says angrily to Oliver putting his fist in his face.

"If they weren't so nice I wouldn't look," he says pushing his hand away. Larry looks at Danny with a scowl.

"Do you look at my Mom's boobs," he asks him. Danny shrugs and smiles.

"Not all the time." Oliver starts laughing, followed by Danny then Larry.

"Shut up, here," Larry says putting the bowl in front of them as they lay on the carpet. The movie shows the aliens attacking Los Angeles, with not even an atomic bomb being able to stop them. Later than night, the boys lay awake in Larry's room talking about the movie.

"You don't think all aliens are bad," Danny asks nervously looking up at the light coming through the bedroom window. "Do ya?"

"Don't be dumb," Larry says rolling over. "They're all bad. You saw the movie."

"Yeah," Oliver says mockingly. "Let someone else tell you what is and what isn't."

"You're gonna get a knuckle sandwich if you keep it up," Larry says showing him his fist. Oliver squints his left eye.

"I eats me spinach," he says and laughs sounding like Popeye. "Do you."

"Go to sleep boys," Larry's Dad says, "and in the morning I'll make bacon and eggs." Their eyes quickly snap shut and they begin to drift off to sleep, but not Danny. For some reason the movie stays with him. The littlest sound makes his eyes open and nervously look around, and he tries again to go back to sleep. Suddenly he hears a low rumble

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