Bisson_rucker_billys.. - Rudy Rucker

Billy knocked them into the water with the toothbrush. Their helmets made them
float. Billy flushed the toilet and they disappeared.
Then he flushed it again just to be sure.
“What spacemen?” said Billy’s mother. “I never heard anything about any
spacemen.”
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“Get a load of this,” said Billy’s father. He was reading the paper. “‘Spacemen
Suspected in Teacher Death’.”
“They were little,” said Billy. “But they were mean.” He told his parents how he had
fooled the spacemen and flushed them down the toilet. “They intended to kill us all
and conquer Earth,” he said.
“That was a close call,” said Billy’s father. “I guess we can get rid of this little
rocket now.”
He took out his hammer and broke it. Then he passed the turkey.
“You could have been King,” said Billy’s mother. “Instead you are a hero.”
“No,” said Billy proudly. “I’m just a little boy.”
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