Alistair Grittle was a sensible boy.


Every 일 he made a list of the things he had to do.
Then he made a list of things he did not have to do.

He was always on time for school. The school clock was set 의해 Alistair’s watch.


He hung up his 재킷, 자 켓 every night and put his shoes in plastic bags.

Alistair took especially good care of 도서관, 라이브러리 books. He washed his hands before he read them so that he would not smudge the pages. And he always returned them to the 도서관, 라이브러리 on time.


One day, when Alistair was returning his 책 to the library, something unusual happened.


He was picked up 의해 a 우주 ship and whisked off into space.


Two creatures who called themselves Goots were flying the 우주 ship. They were from a planet known as Gootula. They were very friendly.
The Goots liked Alistair very much and wanted to take him 집 with them.


Alistair thanked the Goots very much. But he did not want to go to Gootula. “My 도서관, 라이브러리 책 are due back today,” he said. “The librarian will be expecting me.”

The Goots pretended not to hear Alistair and continued on their way.


After a very short time, they landed on a planet they thought was Gootula. Then they realized that it was not Gootula. It was Trollabob.
“We must have made a wrong turn,” said the Goots.


There was nothing for Alistair to do but read his 도서관, 라이브러리 책 again. Getting 로스트 in an exciting adventure story was just what he needed.

But when he went to look for a place to wash his hands, he opened the wrong door. The 다음 thing Alistair knew he was in outer space.


“Now I will never get my 책 back to the library,” he said.


The Goots soon noticed that Alistair was missing, and they turned their ship around.
When they found Alistair, he was showing the Trollabobbles his 도서관, 라이브러리 card.


The Trollabobbles wanted to take Alistair to Trollabob, but he explained that he had just been there.
So the Trollabobbles gave Alistair back to the Goots.


The Goots continued to 검색 for Gootula, but they could not find it anywhere.

Alistair looked at his watch. It was getting late. He was going to have to pay a 도서관, 라이브러리 fine.


Alistair could not look for Gootula any longer. He insisted that the Goots take him home. This time the Goots agreed. They had never seen Alistair quite so upset.

The Goots told Alistair they were very sorry. Goots were not known to be good at directions.


Alistair did not think the Goots would be able to find Earth. So he decided to fly the 우주 ship.

It was not very long before Alistair spotted Earth in the viewer. He was glad he had taken a shortcut.


Then Alistair let the Goots take over while he gathered up his books.


He was very much relieved when they finally landed on earth.

Although it was late, he was quite certain there would still be time to get to the library…


…now that he was home.