Wonderland Again.

A4 "Shutting Up Like a Telescope"

I took the key from the lock and put it in my pocket. I stepped through the portal and found myself in the sweetest-smelling forest I had ever experienced. Looking around me though left the question of how I knew it was a forest. The "plants" were blue-green spotted with mauve. They were tall like trees but that was as close as they came to being trees. Somehow the portal had taken me to an alien world. I was just happy I could breathe the air here.

I looked behind me and the portal had disappeared. I guess my best bet was to explore... I took a few steps on the spongy undergrowth. My footprints shone eerily green against the deep purple surface. At least I would be able to know where I had been. That didn't mean I wasn't going to get lost. Get lost? The moment I came through the portal and it disappeared I was lost, lost in space.

Desperate I yelled, "Hello?"

Several of the handwalking creatures from the fall came out from behind the thick "trunks" of the "trees".

"Here doing are what?" One of the creatures asked me.

Great they talk backwards... "Lost am I." I answered.

"Leader our with talk go will you."

"Where?"

The speaking creature frowned but as his head was upside down it could have been a smile." He offered me a foot.

I took hold of his foot with my hand and he began leading me deeper into the forest.


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- A new planet has just been discovered...by you! Describe this planet, its inhabitants, and what life would be like over there. Be careful now, as Dinah the Cat must approve. (<1000 words)