At the museum of science for a class tour with the science teacher, Mr. Simon. Both Samy the China Sea turtle and mousy wanted to go too with Blue Boy but he knew that would spell trouble and firmly said no. "Not fair Blue Boy." For once the two of them agreed! But the three crystal balls quietly slipped in his backpack and Blue Boy had no clue until they got off the bus and entered the museum in a single file.
"Now listen very carefully. Don't wonder around. Stay together and don't touch anything either, okay?" Mr. Simon ordered and the whole class chanted, "yes sir." A few minutes later, however, the sight of an old airplane hooked to the high ceiling caught the attention of Blue Boy. "Neat. Look at that," he said to one of his classmates, pointing upward. "I wish I could see the cockpit though." Well, Blue Boy would have never expressed that wish if he knew who was listening -- the Martian balls that were now getting kind of antsy in his backpack.
"Alright. Let's move to the next hall," Mr. Simon ordered and then noticed some of the kids whispering among each other. He looked at the group to make sure they were all there and noticed Blue Boy missing, asked, "Where is Blue Boy? Has anyone seen Blue Boy?"
One of the kids stepped forward. "He's up there," he said, pointing at the ceiling. Mr. Simon looked up and at first didn't see anything. "Where? What are you talking about?" The kid had seen Blue Boy suddenly lifted quickly up to the ceiling a few minutes ago, kept pointing at the old airplane and said, "there." At that point, Mr. Simon put his driving glasses on to see better and, sure enough, saw Blue Boy waiving at his friends from inside the cockpit. "Oh my God. How did he get up there?"
"Well sir. You know Blue Boy."
"Blue Boy come down here NOW," Mr. Simon screamed. "But no wait. Don't move. Just stay there, you hear me?" He then ordered the kids to stay put and ran to get some help. When he returned with a couple of museum staff completely agitated, Blue Boy was already down mingling with his friends. Mr. Simon didn't know what to say to the staff, who left after asking, "is this the boy?"
"Blue Boy. This is totally unacceptable. What were you doing up there?"
"Where sir?"
"Up there. I saw you."
"But sir. I just had to run to the restroom, don't know what you're talking about!"
"One of these days Blue Boy, one of these days."