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After eating several more from the bowl, he flew back to the armchair.
‘Good! Very good! Energy requirement is satisfied - now to work.’ He jumped on the remote again and changed channels.
‘Hey! That program was just getting interesting, did you have to change it?’
‘Yes, yes, no time for play - work now. I receive signal - can see in box how it is transformed. I transmit now! Ronnie - watch and learn.’
‘But what’s the point of changing to an empty station? There’s only static on the screen. I wish you’d change back to ... uh, ... uh!’ Saffron’s voice came to a stuttering standstill as her eyes were riveted to the screen.
She found herself staring straight into her own face. Suddenly the angle changed and she was watching an arial view of her own kitchen on the screen.
She could not drag her eyes away from the T.V. as the room went spinning past at crazy angles. A downward spiral led to a closeup of the catfood bowls - up past the oven and zigzagging between the pots and pans which hung from hooks in the ceiling.
‘What’s happening!’ she wailed. Then she saw that the tiny figure watching a tiny T.V. in a room which looked just like the one she was in - was getting bigger! - and bigger! The image zoomed in on her face till only her giant eyes and nose were there on the screen.