So I asked her. "How can I help you make

So I asked her. "How can I help you make your dreams come true?" She held up the Happy costume.

"Uh, I don't think it'll fit. I'm too...big!" I winked at her. And she had the audacity to LAUGH! "OK, Mister Frowny-Face!" she teased. But I could tell she was disappointed, so I

tried to squeeze in but then I heard the cardboard spaceship start to break. "Daddy!" she screamed! "Daddy you're gonna break it!" "I told you kiddo" I said

, "this ship is indestructible." Both of us squashed inside, I told her to push down the red lever; a low rumble and the engines of confetti began to fire. "Daddy, we're flying!"

"Am I Dad of the Year or what!" I was elated our airship was up & flyin'. "Dad, is the basket supposed to burn, too?" "Shi..ngles!" No fire extinguisher? "Don't look, Honey." <zip>

Dad and I would have burned to death as we fell through the atmosphere had it not been for The Cloud, which caught us gently and redistributed us through Bethany's cellphone.

Apparently the Cloud was another name for UFOs, because I mean how else can you explain what just happened? Bethany was angry at first, maybe worried what we'd find there

Seen while she slept. One Martian made it clear that humans dirty socks made rocket fuel.

The Martians gathered and started hammering out a plan for the voyage home. The rocket, front-loaded with huge engine, was crammed with loots, the most prized being bovine gas.