Child’s Play Part II
My eyes were shut tight - I wouldn’t have been able to gone through with it had they been open. But the one-syllable exclamation from Professor Bookworm compelled me to open them with lightening speed, only to be confronted with a plume of smoke wheezing out of the machine. The green, coffin-like apparatus with the two tiny windows was filled with a dense fog and wobbled like a bowl of green jelly. Through the smoke flashed bolts of electricity that were so bright, I had to close my eyes again. At this point, it was pretty obvious that Prof. Bookworm had made some sort of error in his calculations.
“What’s happening?!” I screamed out to the supposedly genius professor.
“I am not yet sure.” the professor answered, with a surprisingly calm tone despite the fact that he looked to be pushing any button that caught his fancy.
“I just can’t fathom what’s gone wrong. Yesterday everything worked just fine. Somebody must have changed the settings.”
He looked my way, lowering his head a bit and peering at me from above his glasses, the way teachers do when you get in trouble at school.
“Bookworm, you’ve got to be kidding me. You just about killed my best friend and you’ve got the nerve to blame it on me?!”
Amongst the confusion, a flash of clarity bolted through my head. I had to stop this machine before it caused any more damage. I had to pull the plug from the wall. This was the only way to stop it.
A couple of sparks singed my fur (luckily on the black part) and the room smelt of burnt hair. While Professor Bookworm was brooding over the switchboard, I crawled slowly towards the power outlet, my eyes still barely open from all the smoke. The moment I reached the plug, everything turned suddenly silent. The green beast of a machine has been exhausted. Everything was still and quiet. I looked over my right shoulder to Bookworm. He shrugged: “I didn’t do anything. It appears to have aborted the operation on its own accord. Perhaps it was even some kind of spirit.”
I wasn’t convinced: “Yeah, I’m sure, a ghost.”
I held the power chord in my hand and noticed that it was broken. A handful of multi-colored wires were sticking their severed heads out of the end of the cable. “Bookworm, come look at this. Somebody’s sabotaged your machine.”
Bookworm scurried over in my direction. The moment he was in front of the machine, the door swung open and was inches away from slamming into his head. I secretly thought that he might have deserved a good knock on the head after all the calamity he had caused. Bookworm and I reflexively crawled towards one another. What would be revealed once the smoke had cleared? Could Max have turned into a monster, or some sort of Frankenstein?
Suddenly, a small figure revealed itself, emerging from the fog. Both of us burst into laughter. There he was, little Max, complete with his hat and jacket, crawling on the floor, transformed into a baby. He looked sweet enough to eat. The machine really had worked!
I got myself up, scurried over to Max, and took him into my arms. I don’t think he found it too funny that he was a full three heads shorter than me. Before, he was always the tallest. He opened his mouth and out came a little voice like a mouse: “C’mon Ella, put me down! It’s not like I’m a baby!”
I couldn’t help but laugh harder.
“Actually, you are! Just look at yourself in the mirror!”
I rummaged around in my purse and pulled out a hand mirror. There he was – big strong Max trapped in the body of a baby. I did my best to hold in my laughter.
“Okay, enough is enough. I’m ready to be transformed back!” said Max. He didn’t appear to be having too much fun in his role. Prof. Bookworm crouched down behind the machine and a sheepish gaze crossed his face.
“That won’t be easy. The machine appears to have had technical difficulties. There was a short out, you see. I am convinced that some small rodent chewed through the cords.”
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
“I sincerely do hope that I will be able to repare it. This might take a while.” grumbled the professor.
“I have to go to school on Monday!” said Max in a tizzy.
“Hmmm, I was afraid of this.” mumbled Bookworm. “I won’t be able to repair the machine within two days….”
That was the second part of the story. You’ll learn the rest tomorrow. You think Max survived the weekend as a baby? Was he teased at school? Was the professor able to repair the machine or will Max remain a baby forever?
Tune in tomorrow!
March 24th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
or max how did u turn into a baby panda bear or its cute
March 24th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
WOAH THATS SO COOOOOOOL what did you TURN into? please tellL me!
>:D
Bye Lol
~adiy1
March 24th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Awwwwww poor Max!!! I wish i could ee him as a baby he must be so cute!!!
March 24th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Sorry: See him as a baby
March 24th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
i;m a nube
March 24th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Poor Max! Can we maybe help fix the machine??
March 24th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
COULD U PLZ GET THE UNDERWATER SCHOOL ALL PUMPED DRY!
March 24th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Oh no!…Max take care!
xoxo
March 24th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Max, why did you became a baby
March 24th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
you must have been so cute when you were a baby max. i’m getting a new baby sister.
March 24th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
oh no max…. WAT RU GONNA DO???!!!! but i bet u r so CUTE just like my baby cousin!!!(of course)
March 25th, 2009 at 2:19 am
ok werid very werid!max is trun to a baby!i can help you ella but…1st all pandas make a trun max back mashen!well…DO SOMETHIG!WHO WILL WRITE IT ON PAPER?!?THEN THAT ELLA CUZ MAX IS NOT THERE!IT ELLA!ALL ELLA ELLA ELLA!
March 25th, 2009 at 3:03 am
i want to be a baby!!! what do you look like when your a baby panda?!!
March 25th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
oh max u have to be sooooooooooooooo cute!!!:P I want to be a baby too:(
March 25th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Max will be ok.
xoxo,
~bamkoo~
March 25th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Yes its a good idea to help fix the machine! (maybe all the pandas who helped could win a month gold package
)
March 25th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
wow max i bet you were sooooooooooo cute as a baby just like my sister’s friend’s cousin,her name is Babylonia and she is 8 months old sooo cute!!!
March 25th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
TWO DAYS!!!!!! first it was Thursday (and that’s taking for ever!!!) now two days
ill be one hundred be then (well in ninety years ill be one hundred)
March 25th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Oh dear! I hope Max is OK.I can’t wait to read the next part.I hope he changes back to normal.It would’nt be good if we lost our Max for a baby version of him.I just really help that he is going to be OK.At least the machine worked!
March 25th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I hope that Ella is coping well.
March 25th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Is Max gonna go even smaller, inside his mom? aww that would be SO cool Ella. I hope you’re managing ok, hey why don’t you give max to me to look after! That would be so cool to.
March 25th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Hey Ella! can i see a clip of him being turned into a baby?(could i have a go in the machine
)
March 30th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
sorry pomyliłam się:-)
March 30th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
whres max ????????????????????????????????
March 31st, 2009 at 5:41 pm
hi its so so so so sooooooooooooooo cute
April 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
How do u speak on the actuall gae ll
April 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am
i mean game
April 4th, 2009 at 4:44 am
YA WHERES MAX GOSH WE ALL MISS HIM
April 4th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
it was good but wheres max
April 4th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
i miss you MAX I LUV YOU
April 5th, 2009 at 4:16 am
I hopr max is ok because what would i do with out him becuase i would be so mad and sad if max died or got lost becuase i love max
April 5th, 2009 at 4:25 am
where,s max is he ok
April 5th, 2009 at 8:56 am
i love max but where on this earth has he gon?!
and i wish i seen him as a baby too nikatoa
lol
p.s. i hope he is okayy!
April 5th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
why will some one stall the bunny and why do you
have to be a gold panda
April 5th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
i want to be a baby!!! what do you look like when your a baby panda?!!
April 5th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
omg the computer is saying i cant say what i want now i have to use the preset messages if you guys read this plz plz plz right back to me on here ok and if you know tell me how long until i will get to say what i want again cause im sad now
April 6th, 2009 at 8:50 am
oh no max i realy miss you
April 6th, 2009 at 8:51 am
i will do my best to find you !!!
April 6th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I dont get the part with the eggs you find because i found lots and i dont get it i need help please
April 6th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
i don’t know why u have to puggy:D
April 6th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
como tengo panda de oro gratis?
April 6th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
=-: smily i love to have a babi
April 6th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
i love you zoe you are my best friend lol::(:(:(:(:(:(:
April 6th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
i love tis is more interesting its a relly goot work
April 6th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
is more interesting
April 6th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
i luv it its so cooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllll
April 6th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
i luv this game
April 6th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
how do u get past lv 3!
April 6th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
u should make it to were you can have a egg hatch it then raise it
April 7th, 2009 at 12:09 am
i think that who ever says bad words even if they do not get reported should get punished because this girl said i was a bad word when i was talking to another panda asking them to play paper rock scissors.
April 7th, 2009 at 1:50 am
I need help i cant speak to pandas i have to use the speech marks so plz help but i love wot u written its so COOL
April 7th, 2009 at 5:30 am
i found lots of eggs but they never give me a letter .whats up with that??????? i checked everywhere and found alot soooo what do i do.btw im a baby on here so i dont understand what happened to max and you guys he is probly ok
April 7th, 2009 at 5:30 am
DONT worrie