Direction: Consider text I to answer questions 01 to 04.

TEXT I

Aliens

I pointed my flashlight’s beam into the doorway to reveal the

interior of the spaceship. I called inside. “Hello. Is anybody

there?” No response. A big round silver table was in the

middle of the room with a smaller black spot on top of it. Test

5 tubes lined the far wall, some small and others large enough

to fit a cow. Most of them were occupied with creatures I had

never seen before in any book I had ever read. Then I heard

a noise. I turned around to see the door close. Everything was

really dark and all I could hear was my own breathing. Then I

10 smelled something that made me feel calmer. I felt so relaxed

like I could fall asleep. Like I could just fall asleep. I fell

asleep.

I opened my eyes to a bright light shining in my face. I stood

up to see where I was and what happened. I was still on the

15 ship but it was different. I was laying on a long silver chair with

a light over me like I was in a hospital. The walls were radiating

a violet purple, the floor was glowing white and the top bar that

was connecting the middle table to the ceiling was glowing

blue. I turned to my left to see what was behind me and what

20 I saw was space. Stars and meteors were floating outside the

window. Venus was so close I could see the rocks floating in

its ring. I got up to observe the table when a metal door

opened up to reveal something. Or someone. It had a

humanoid body and a handsome face but with extraordinary

25 features. It had grey skin that looked like sandpaper with

glitter. It was wearing a white lab coat and black pants while

holding what looked like an iPad but longer.

Adapted from: SCHWIEBERT, Jesse. Short Story: Aliens. The Mustangmoom,2020. Available on: https://themustangmoom.com/13473/creative-corner/short-story-aliens. Accessed on: February 25th, 2025.