:: The Girl Who Lived With Bubu On Planet PluPlu

When the night comes, Mom always tells me not to go outside.

But since last week, I sneaked outside from the window and went to planet PluPlu with Marvin on the spaceship.

Have you ever heard a planet called planet PluPlu?

I just got back from planet there, visiting the girl who lived with Bubu in planet PluPlu. She's an old friend of mine. It has been a while since I met her. Since I didn't really have works to do last week, it's a holiday, I decided to visit her and just say hi.

A little planet not very far from the moon, planet PluPlu is. But you can never see it from earth because it always hides behind the moon. In planet PluPlu, everything runs on nanosecond. You don't feel the difference when you are on the planet. You must compare the time with the earth time. I just went there for a few minute I think, but when I went back to earth a week had already passed. Luckily I don't have any homework to do, but Marvin said Mommy probably would kill me if she knew I went there with Marvin and we would probably missed seven breakfasts, seven lunches, and seven dinners, twenty one desserts, and twenty one glasses of milk. It doesn't really matter actually. Marvin's spaceship has a time machine that will allow us to move back in time. He just put the timer to one week before and ta-ta-ta-ta, we're back just a second after we got off.

That's not what I wanted to tell you anyway. In this Planet PluPlu, lived a girl. I can't remember her name, it's a strange words which produce a strange sounds when you pronunciate it. But what is a name anyway; it's just a matter of labeling someone. I still can remember her clearly. It's her hometown. There's no one else wanted to live there because it's way too far from earth.

She lives there alone with Bubu. It's a tiny creature with square shaped heads. I don't like him very much. Neither does Marvin. But it's the only friend she had there. I pity her sometimes because of it, but she never complaining about her situation. So I guess it's probably the best thing for her. But Marvin never wants to got off from the spaceship. He kept complaining, Oh yeah, when I got on the ground and that little ugly creatures say I'm a junk, a junk probably I am...

When I got there, she had already baked me cinnamon cookies for me and Marvin. Since Marvin is a robot and he was still in the cockpit, I ate all of the cookies. Her cookies were great, it's the one with the rainbow flavor; I forgot to tell you that she likes to make rainbows too. She asked me to make a rainbow with her once. We made it with laughter and joy, and the rainbow will grow from the ground and up and up to the sky. And then we climbed upon the rainbow and slid together to the ground. It was fun; we could make our own rainbow shapes and colors, and then played

Bubu never like it when I spend with her; I think he was jealous. He often comes towards me and just kicks me and then runaway.
It's okay, she said, Bubu always like that when I with someone else.
Why so? I asked her while Bubu sitting on my head and playing with my hair. Maybe I'll just ignore him.
It's hard to explain, you see. He's mine, my lost boy, noone wants to play with him.
Really? Why? Now he jumps ON my head.
He always lie, and the lies tends to become true. Noone likes him, all of them migrate to other planet to avoid him. He lives alone until I come here.
Why does he not leave with them? I looked up to see what has he done to my hair but can't see a single thing.
He can't go, my poor Bubu, he's the one who holds the center of the planet and everything rotates around her. She grabs Bubu into her arms and hold him. Unexpectedly Bubu becomes very calm.
Poor Bubu, suddenly I pity him.
What are you doing with him anyway? Do you play a lot?
Not really. We just like to dream the night away, imagining just how long is forever actually.
Do you talk with him? Or you just dreaming instead of talking?
We talked, she said, in our own way. And we dreamt of having houses in the periphery, and to be buried in Tibet or Antartica.
Bubu fell asleep in her arms.

Marvin shouts from the spaceship, Let's go back, we have been here quite long enough. Oh I wish I could stay here long time so I never be an old trash can...
And because of Marvin, I remember of getting home already because in this planet, everything went fast.
Well, I better go now. Next time I come here again visiting you if you don't mind.
Of course I don't mind. Just bring some friends, we don't have any. She laughed. A rainbow grows from the ground beneath her feet.
I smiled. Of course I will, but my Mommy wouldn't allow me to go out again if I don't go home now. See you later!

I ran to the spaceship and went in. The spaceship flew us up into the sky. She waved at me; Bubu smiled and waved at me too. I waved them back until I could’nt see them clearly. From up there, I can see the rainbows spread out from everywhere on the ground. It's such a nice planet, everything is so beautiful, especially the rainbows, you should see it. Maybe next time I went there I will asked you to come with me.

My eyes were so heavy and I feel sleepy.
It's okay if you wants to sleep, I'll do the driving. We robots are never sleepy. Never need a rest. Oh how poor are we robots...
But I can't hear any single words that Marvin said.
The last thing I remembered is the image of the aurora.
And then I fell asleep again...