Bisson_rucker_billys.. - Rudy Rucker

He grabbed it back. He pointed it toward the future and got on.
It took off real fast and Napoleon disappeared.
When it stopped, Billy fell off on the concrete. There were rocket ships all around.
They were shooting at each other. There were robots, too. They were all fighting.
One of the robots saw Billy and whirred over. It tried to kill Billy with a ray gun,
but Billy got away just in time.
He fell off the skateboard into the grass. It was wet and smelled funny.
Now Billy was in the woods. There were cave men all around. They had big spears.
They grabbed Billy and tied him up with leather strings.
“I’m just a little boy,” said Billy. But it didn’t do any good.
The cave men couldn’t talk. They were going to eat Billy. His legs were tied
together with leather strings and he couldn’t run.
The cave men were building a fire. They were using sticks.
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Billy hopped over to the skateboard and got
off real fast.
on when they weren’t looking. It took
The cave men disappeared. When the skateboard stopped, Billy fell off again.
was back in his yard.
He untied his legs and threw the leather strings away. The cave men didn’t know
any good knots.
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He
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