Bru stays out of sight while you walk down to the shore.

When you tell the fisherman your story, he looks at you as if you were crazy. You're about to ask him for directions to the nearest town, when a shot rings out, and then another. Looking up, you see Bru floating over your head like a balloon. More shots! Now you see where they're coming from. Two men are driving along the beach in a jeep, and one of them is firing at Bru.

"Stop!" you yell. But Bru is already out of range and rapidly disappearing into the distance.

A heavy-set man jumps out of the jeep. "Hey, did you just see somethin' like a big round ball flying out that way?" He points to the ocean.

"I couldn't believe it!" the driver yells.

You start to speak, but the fisherman steps between you and the jeep. "I don't know what that critter was, but I sure wish you'd gotten it," he says.

You're glad that Bru escaped, but what will become of him? Where will he go? What must he think about Earth people now? You hope he will learn that there are millions and millions of good people on Earth.

/ENDING Nº10/