'Slow down. Your long
legs take such big steps we can't keep up with you.'
Chug turns and looks back. He waits until Stobey, Slutter, Suzanne and
Roger catch up. They form a line across, Chug in the middle, Stobey
and Suzanne on one side and Slutter and Roger on the other. The two
children on each side of Chug link arms. Chug's arms are so long that
they reach down to where his hands can be held by whoever is next to
him. With Chug's booming voice describing what they will see, they
head for the gate into the Midway of Super-Rock Playground.
Overhead, the great space liner from Planet Earth waits silently.
Sir Lumpalot and Kick-Pow
Our friends, Stobey and Slutter, Suzanne and Roger and, of course,
Chug-a-lug, the Hooten-Nanny are all walking side-by-side across the
spaceship parking block. They are close to the entrance to the Midway.
The gate is just ahead. Lights are flashing. Children and grown-ups, of
many sizes and shapes, are moving in all directions.
'Halt! Halt, I say. Stay right where you are!'
The order bursts up at them from right under their feet.
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