by Dean Traylor

Created on: February 16, 2010   Last Updated: December 10, 2010

 BLAME IT ON THE VISITOR

Mr. Cloak? I have a very good reason why I didn’t do my homework. You see we had a…uhm…visitor last night. He or she or it (I really don’t know) came from a place far, far, away. I know this sounds funny but, please, Mr. Cloak, it’s true!

I was up late last night, doing your homework up in my room. I had figured out that Pythagoras theorem you talked about and was on my way to nailing that assignment! I turned off the video games, the TV and all that music on my Mp3 player like you said I should do. I really listened, this time; I really did.

Even dad was making sure I was on task, especially after he saw my progress report from your class.  He took away my cell phone so I wouldn’t call the girls or text my friends. And, he took my favorite Mags, comic books, and –my prized possession -my telescope.

My dad said: “Now, Timothy J. Khan, all this game playing and idyll fantasizing will not help your math! You stay in your room until you’re good and done!”

I was pretty sore at him. After all, he wants me to do good in school so I can be a lawyer or doctor or something like that (you know how it is having parents from India). You know, Mr. Cloak, I don’t want to be any of that. I just want to look at the stars and wish I could be up there.  But, without that telescope, I really didn’t have much to do, except your homework.

And, just when I reached the last question… well, that’s when it happened. I got up and away from my desk. I was rubbing my eyes, trying to keep the sleep from taking a hold of me. All of a sudden, the lights in the room went out. It happened so quick that I actually jumped a little. My attention went to the window. The houselights of my neighbors and street lights were blank.

Man I hated that! Here I am, almost done and trying to take a short break before getting that last problem and then the city decides to have a black-out! I didn’t know what to do. In times like these I often go to the window where my telescope was and start gazing at the stars.

So, I went to the window and peered up at the sky. Yeah, it would’ve been better with the telescope, but I had to do with my own eyes. I stared at the night sky and all the stars I could see. There wasn’t much, considering all the light emissions from the city was still up there in the air (see, Mr. Cloak, I’m paying attention when you talk about science).

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