Bisson_rucker_billys.. - Rudy Rucker

Billy went to his room. He dumped the spacemen out of his lunchbox into his
drawer.
“You almost got me in trouble,” he said. “That was my teacher you killed.”
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“That was just for practice,” said the spacemen. “Now take us to your leader so we
can kill him and take his keys.”
“What if I say no?”
“Then we’ll kill you too,” said the spacemen. “But if you help us conquer Earth, we’ll
make you King.”
“Hmmmm,” said Billy. “Let me think about it.”
Billy was only pretending to think about it. He didn’t want to be King. He was just a
little boy. But he was afraid of the spacemen. What if they killed him?
He decided to fool them.
“Okay,” he said. He took the spacemen into the bathroom and put them on the
toilet seat.
“What’s this?” they asked. “It’s round. ”
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“The White House,” said Billy. “It’s supposed to be
toothbrush and hid it behind his back.
“Where is your leader?” asked the spacemen.
“Down there,” said Billy. “Look.”
The spacemen leaned over the edge and looked down.
round.” He picked up a
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