Funny Boy Meets the Airsick Alien from Andromeda
By Dan Gutman and John S. Dykes
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On the planet Crouton, kids never have to straighten their rooms or make their own beds. That’s because their rooms aren’t crooked, and when they need beds, they just buy them. It’s a pretty neat place. But when Funny Boy—a Croutonian smart-aleck with the galaxy’s best sense of humor—shoots his brother with a spitball, his parents strap him into a spaceship and blast him to Earth. Things get strange from the minute his spaceship crash-lands in the underwear factory. A planet-gobbling alien is about to attack his new home, and Funny Boy doesn’t have any weapons besides a talking dog and a razor-sharp wit. But there is good news: Something about Earth’s atmosphere has made Funny Boy even funnier. His job is to crack the jokes, but he needs somebody to turn the pages. So get to it! Earth won’t save itself! This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dan Gutman including rare images from the author’s personal collection.
Funny Boy Meets the Airsick Alien from Andromeda is the 1st book in Funny Boy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Dan Gutman
Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 35 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.
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Funny Boy Meets the Airsick Alien from Andromeda - Dan Gutman
FUNNY BOY MEETS THE AIRSICK ALIEN FROM ANDROMEDA
Dan Gutman
Illustrated by John Dykes
Dedicated to Richard Drew,
the inventor of duct tape.
Look it up if you don’t believe me.
Contents
Warning
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Preview: Funny Boy Versus the Bubble-Brained Barbers from the Big Bang
WARNING: The story you are about to read is fictional. That means I made the whole thing up. If any of the characters in this book claim that they are real, they’re lying. This story is also extremely far-fetched and silly. If there is anything in this book that you find illogical or personally offensive, consult your physician immediately and ask about getting a sense of humor transplant.
Introduction
planetDO YOUR JOB AND KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT
Good day, Earthlings! I am Funny Boy, defender of all that is good, enemy of all that is evil. I have come to save your pathetic planet from destruction.
For years, your scientists have wasted their time arguing about whether or not there is life on other planets. Well, I am here to tell you the truth. Not only is there life on other planets, but the universe is filled with alien sleazeballs who would like nothing better than to destroy Earth for the pure fun of watching it explode into a zillion pieces.
Your planet needs help badly. That is why I am here.
My mission—to use the power of jokes, quips, puns, wisecracks, amusing anecdotes, and other forms of humor to fight the forces of badness and evil and wickedness.
To make a long story short, I have come to save your butt.
But I will need your help. I am but one lonely superhero and there is only so much I can do on my own. It is up to you to help me. Are you prepared to do your part? I will reveal your mission on the next page.
Turn the page!
That’s right. Your mission is to turn the page. Here’s how we will work together ...
Start reading each page from the top line. Read all the words on the page. Then, when you reach the last word at the bottom of the page ... turn the page.
Think you can handle that? Good. I knew I could count on you.
So, in case you skipped the beginning of this book (or you simply haven’t been paying attention) ...
I will fight the forces of evil.
You will turn the pages.
Together, we can save Earth from the unspeakable, repulsive creep from outer space you will meet on these pages. Got it? Good. Now do your job.
—Funny Boy
CHAPTER 1
planetA PLANET THE SIZE OF URANUS
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Mickey Mouse’s underwear.
That was the first joke I ever heard. I was three years old at the time. That’s three Earth years, of course. On my home planet, a year only lasts one day. So I was actually 1,095 years old when I heard the Mickey Mouse joke. I am 3,287 years old now, or nine Earth years.
I was born on Crouton, which is a planet about the size of Uranus. It is the only place in the universe where anyone can say the word Uranus
without giggling.
Crouton is shaped much like a loaf of bread. In fact, the planet is made entirely of bread. That, of course, is why it came to be called Crouton.
My people—the Croutonians—are gentle folk. Perhaps you’ve heard the Croutonian national anthem. It sounds like a bunch of pots and pans being banged with a wooden spoon and then thrown down a flight of stairs.
Crouton is 160,000 million light-years from Earth, in the Magellanic Clouds galaxy. It’s just a stone’s throw from Tinkle Major. That is, if you can throw a stone ten million miles.
For those of you who don’t know what a light-year is, it’s the distance light travels in one year. A light-year is very difficult to measure. That’s because whenever they try to measure a light year, the batteries in the flashlight run out before the year is up and they have to start all over again.
In scientific terms, a light-year is really, really, really far away. It is farther than the longest, most boring car trip you have ever taken. It’s so far, you could say Are we there yet?
six billion times in a row, and you still wouldn’t be there yet.
It’s so far, that if you traveled from Earth to Crouton, the trip would take an entire lifetime. And then, when you finally arrived on Crouton, you would see that there isn’t much going on and you would want to come back home. It’s sort of like a trip to Canada.
Crouton is very much like Earth, but quite different in some ways, too. For instance, on Crouton golf balls don’t have dimples. They have pimples. On Earth, you drive on the parkway and park on the driveway. But on Crouton, we drive on the sidewalk and park in the swimming pool. Also, Croutonian cows have thirteen udders and each one gives a different variety of soft drink.
Other than those minor differences, the two planets are pretty much the same.
Croutonians are very lazy people. Let me give you an example. My father was a volcano chaser. Not a tornado chaser. Not a hurricane chaser. He would chase volcanoes. It’s much easier, because they don’t