I arrived home from work today to find a parcel on my doorstep – luckily the recent rains have not returned so the package was still safe and dry!

I had already been told by my swap partner that this was on it’s way and had received an email with instructions not to read it until the parcel arrived. I took my parcel out into the garden to enjoy the last of the light….

What a wonderful parcel I found,  there was a fantastic little note with all the goodies and this was the email which Cad Lady had sent (I added in the pictures!)

“the “bio” for your amigurumi:

his journey began in search of a new home after leaving his home planet. politicians and media told him he’d never find a place where people cared about strangers. he didn’t believe them, so he ordered his magic carpet in ostentatious peppermint colors and left. when he landed on our planet he found out about magical pens and papers these Earth people actually still sent real mail to one another! fascinated he collected some examples that seemed to show that these people really DID care about strangers.

moving through the distances he also collected a “space ship” (a rocket-shaped tool for opening sodapop cans without breaking a nail).

nibbling on a comforting foodie treasure that had traveled with him, he found a quiet place to sit and rest and watch this world. there were lots of little square buttons with markings on them (he sat on my keyboard)

and when he wobbled accidentally onto a bigger blank square a view screen bigger than his previous house lit up. he settled back and watched videos until he slept. sometime during that first night he noticed this planet had a moon and it smiled at him. the morning broke with a happy-looking sun peeking from behind a fluffy white cloud.

waddling around, the little alien decided this planet had to be the one he’d been seeking. he rolled up inside his magic carpet and settled in. sometime later he woke up and the trees and grass had changed and he was moving!

a huge hand lifted him and giant eyes twinkled in glee! these people were huge! this one, however, was gentle and put him down on a shelf near one of those big view screens and laid his magic carpet along side him while it looked inside a package. ahe smiled a wise smile. this looked like exactly the sort of place for him to make a new home.

there was obviously a whole lot of caring going on in this world.

the end.”

I showed the alien around his new home – he met the natives

he was a little scared at first but decided they want to be friends. He found a device these humans use for telling time by the sun….they are obviously not as advanced as he first thought….

….however, he decided he’s going to stay for a while.

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