After about ten minutes, the Family family knew something had probably happened to Sister. Misses opened the window and screamed at the top of her lungs:
"SISTER!!!"
But in the middle of shouting this, she saw that Sister was nowhere near the mailbox. A million thoughts raced though her head. "Did she run away from home? No, she says she likes living here... Did she take a ride with a stranger? No, we've always told her not to do that... Did the stranger kidnap her? That's more possible...she wouldn't have gone willingly, but what are the chances that a stranger would be here at the exact same time she was getting the mail?... Was she zapped by a time portal into the distant future? No, who am I kidding? That's physically impossible!"
Brother came at that moment and asked if his new Lego set had come yet. "I'm not sure yet," said Misses.
"What? Didn't Sister come back with the mail?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I don't know. She could have been kidnapped."
"WHAT?! Well, if she's not there, can I get the mail?"
"Sure," said Misses. "But to make sure you actually make it, I'll watch through the peephole."
Brother went out the door. Misses heard a brief whir from the magnet before she closed the door, but she wasn't aware of it. She looked through the peephole. She saw Brother going to the mailbox. But he stopped in mid-step and looked up. She couldn't see what he was looking at, though. Then Brother appeared to scream and started running to the door.
Misses opened the door and outstretched her arms, prepared for him to run into them. But he ran into something else. Misses didn't know what. Was he playing or was something wrong with him? Brother backed away slowly, looking worried. Suddenly she saw Brother turn into a big shrinking blob. At this she screamed. Then she saw a big white flash, and the next moment, Brother had vanished. Misses almost fainted at this point.
Brother saw the white flashlight, but when it disappeared, he didn't see his mom. He didn't even see his house! He was in some kind of futuristic city! There were odd-looking machines everywhere. Almost a second after he saw the new environment, he realized he was falling feet first. And before he could think "What's going on?" his feet hit a floor. He fell forward but caught himself with his hands.
"Mom??" Brother said nervously. He heard a "mmfb" but nothing else. "This is a dream. I know it is. Wake up, Brother!" he said.
"Brfgnr?" said the muffled voice behind him. He guessed correctly that she (the voice was a woman's) had something in her mouth. Then he heard a spitting sound, and the thing in her mouth hit him in the head (not hard, though). He heard the woman behind him gasp, and then all was silent.
He looked to his left and found that the thing behind him was a banana! It was completely brown except for one yellow spot near the stem that looked like Mickey Mouse.
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