Bisson_rucker_billys.. - Rudy Rucker

Billy gave Vernon the dollar. Vernon gave Billy the skateboard. He handed it over
the fence.
Billy got on it but he couldn’t make it go. “It doesn’t work,” he said. “I want my
dollar back.”
“Maybe it needs batteries,” said Vernon. “It’s my dollar now.”
He rolled away laughing.
Billy hated Vernon.
er’s purse. It was
He put two batteries in the skateboard and pointed it toward the past. Then he got
on.
It took off real fast. When it stopped, Billy lost his balance. He fell off in the mud.
There was a big battle all around.
There was a man in a blue suit with gold buttons. “Who are you?” Billy asked.
“I am Napoleon,” said the man. “What is that thing?”
“Just what I need,” said Napoleon. He grabbed it and Billy started to cry.
“Don’t be such a crybaby,” said Napoleon. Bullets were whizzing all around.
Billy got mad. “It’s mine,” he said. “I gave a dollar for it.”
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He turned the skateboard over. It looked stupid. Instead of wheels it had a place
for batteries.
Billy went into the house and stole two batteries out of his moth
filled with batteries.
Bullets were whizzing through the air. Dead bodies were all around.
Billy told him: “A Time Skateboard.”
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