It was a quiet sunny morning in Little Critter Forest when Biz and his friends decided to visit Elephant Rock.

It was such a fun place to hang out because of the crystal clear swimming hole and the loads of big rocks to climb. But the biggest rock of all was Elephant Rock.

You could climb to the top and slide down the trunk into the water.

The story told around the campfire was that it was made by a tribe of elder elephants as a play area for their young.

Whatever the reason, all the kids of Little Criter Forest loved to play there.

As the friends sat quietly and talked among themselves, Hudson looked up and saw a line of smoke in the sky.

Feeling confused he alerted the others who all gazed up aswell.

Sure enough there was a thick line of smoke moving downwards towards the forest.

"It's as if something is about to crash!" Biz said quite nervously as he climbed up to the top of Elephant Rock to get a better look.

"What can you see Biz?" Zoom Zoom asked.

"You won't believe this" replied Biz

"But i think it's a spaceship!".

Everyone started laughing.

"Yeah good one" teased Tig.

"Cool" stated Paxton

"I'm serious you lot" Biz scowled

"And it's going to crash into the plantation".

"Well ok then" said Gizelle

"Let's go and check out this spaceship"

So off they went.

The spaceship huffed and puffed as it skidded along the ground landing safely in the plantation, which was land used to grow fruits and vegetables for the inhabitants of Little Critter Forest.

Mr Hedgehog who was the caretaker of the plantation looked stunned as he stood there staring at the weird thing that had just fallen out of the sky and had rudely landed on some cabbages.

Biz and the gang fell over each other trying to get a closer look at the spaceship.

"Now you kids move back" said Mr Hedgehog sternly

"We don't know what this thing is and more importantly what's in it".

As the kids muttered to each other, the door of the spaceship started to open.

They all tried to hide behind Mr Hedgehog.

"What......is.......that??" asked Paxton shaking as he pointed towards the door.

As they all watched in both fear and amazement, out came a small alien creature followed by others of different shapes and sizes.

The aliens stared back at the group because they too were amazed at what they saw.

"Who are you?" asked Mr Hedgehog trying to appear brave.

The first alien stepped forward and said.....

"We are Galaxons from the planet Galaxia".

There was a silent pause and then Mr Hedgehog replied,

"Oh yes Galaxia.................never heard of it"

"What is this place" asked the alien

"And who are all of you?"

"I am Mr Hedgehog, the caretaker of this plantation that you so rudely crashed into, and this is Biz and his friends, we all live here in Little Critter Forest.

"Why are you here?" asked Biz

"We thought we would explore space, but we forgot to fill up with fuel, so we had to make a quick landing" replied the alien.

"I thought aliens were supposed to be intelligent!" Biz laughed

"Even intelligent beings have their off days" grinned the alien

"How will you get home?" quizzed Hudson

"We will have to find suitable fuel in your forest to use in our ship" the alien answered.

"Well we can help you" Biz offered

"Do you have names?"

"I am Ergo, this is my sister Tixy, our friends Tang and Zang, Cornelius, Evrett and Tumby".

After introductions were exchanged they all headed off into the forest.

"How about these red berries?" asked Tig

"No they are not suitable" replied Tixy

"But thank you for trying".

"How about this fresh green moss?" asked Biz

"No that will not do" replied Ergo

They all searched and searched for suitable fuel, but found nothing.

"I am tired" sighed Paxton

"Ok let's all sit down and rest" said Biz

"We don't seem to be having much luck finding suitable fuel for your ship Ergo". said Biz looking glum.

"I'm sure we will find something soon" replied Ergo looking hopeful.

"Besides it's been so nice wandering through your forest".

Tig handed everyone some juicy berries to eat.

They all sat silently and enjoyed them.