'Aha,' he says, 'I hear them.'
They listen. A hum fills the air. It gets louder and louder and the cavern
walls shake from the deep vibrations.
Without warning, there is a sudden whoosh, and the roof of the cavern
above the huge black rock lifts away. Above is a waffle-shaped
spaceship with thousands of flashing lights all across its underside and
along its edges. It is much larger than the space liner on which Suzanne
and Roger were traveling.
A wide opening appears in the spaceship's underside and a long cable
with many nets and hooks lower from it through the opening above the
black rock. The hooks and nets wrap around the rock in which the
treasure is stored. The cables tighten. Slowly, the rock breaks away
from the surface and rises.
Bingbang Babbaloo, standing on the rock, rises with it. Bizz Bazz floats
beside him. Bingbang's round, spikey eye blinks.
'Good-bye, good-bye,' he says. I wish you well. Perhaps we will meet
again some day.'
'Good-bye, Bingbang Babbaloo,' Stobey cups her hands near her mouth
so that her voice carries. 'I hope we do meet again some day.
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