Chapter Three: Television on Mars

Fred stood next to the strange Martian, considering his next move. But before he had the chance to decide, Chloe began howling like crazy at the sky. Fred looked up and spotted a meteor plummeting towards the very spot where they were standing. The little Martian grabbed Fred, Chloe and Rover with its antennae and pulled them into its cave to escape from harm – just in time. There was a loud, blasting noise and the whole cave shook from the impact. But there was no damage and everyone was safe. Fred squinted in the dark and suddenly found himself face to face with the smallest of the Martians. “Beebo,” it said in a strange, nasally voice. “Beebo,” it repeated, until Fred realized that it was saying its name. Fred smiled, and pointing to his chest said, “Fred.”

With the introductions made, Beebo and the other Martians led the earthlings deeper into the cave where light suddenly appeared from the glow of thousands of television sets. Televisions! And these were not any normal televisions, they were made out of toasters and other junk that floated around space and dropped down to Mars. Fred guessed that the missing parts from Rover were probably Martian TV sets now. All of the televisions were picking up signals from Earth playing the Martians favorite show, the Power Rangers.

Fred and Chloe stayed for a few days getting to know Beebo and collecting samples of little bugs and other small creatures he found on Mars. On the third day, Fred announced his plans to explore Saturn next and invited Beebo to go with them. The little Martian was very pleased at the invitation and quickly packed a few personal items – televisions of course! Rover also planned to go as soon as Beebo reassembled him with his missing parts.

As their space ship prepared to launch, all of the Martians gathered around the ship and began hopping up and down, their antennae waiving like arms to say goodbye. Beebo waived goodbye from the side window. It was sad to leave its friends, but excited to join the adventures of Fred and Chloe as they headed toward the great rings of Saturn.


Written by Jodi Pereira and Lucas Pereira