The SkyGazer
Alien tourists visit a state fair
Published in
Jan 19, 2021
I checked their ID’s and tickets. All three of them were from the planet APX1255. They paid generously to tour Earth.
As their official tour guide, I took them to the North Carolina state fair at Raleigh. After spending a few hours checking on other attractions, we arrived at the giant Ferris wheel, aptly named SkyGazer.
I rattled off my enthusiastic introduction to SkyGazer and asked them if they wanted to try.
One of them smiled and said, “Not needed. We actually live in a SkyGazer.”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“APX1255 takes just fifteen minutes to rotate around its star.”
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