The flying ice cube
Yesterday I met the doorman of the building where my mother lives as I sat in the garden in front of the building, waiting for my taxi to arrive. Mr. Antônio is a very shy and suspicious man, who took a long time to trust us. But for some time now he has proved to be a great storyteller. "How are you, Mr. Antônio? My mother told me yesterday that you've seen a UFO! What was that like?" I asked as soon as I saw him. He didn't mince his words and soon began to tell me about his childhood memories, as he settled smilingly into the chair next to me. "I was 10 years old when I saw a spaceship for the first time. In the countryside where we lived, we saw a lot of different things in the sky. More often than not, we saw round balls, cigars and saucers. But the first spacecraft I saw looked like an ice cube. As we were very poor and had no television, I had never even seen a helicopter. However, these objects that appeared in the sky moved very quickly and impressed everyone in the area. They were very different from anything I came to know later."
"I've never seen an alien, but our neighbor told us a story that happened to him. One day he woke up very early, the sun hadn't even risen yet. When he opened the window, he saw a very bright light coming from the stream. Curious, he left the house to see what was going on. When he got closer, he saw that the light was coming from a spaceship, which was landing slowly by the water without making a sound. Not a peep came from the bushes. It seemed as if time had stopped and no animal had the courage to move. Just as it landed, a door opened and out of the UFO came an ET, who walked down to the water. When my neighbor saw it, he got so scared that he ran back home."
"The story that happened to me was quite different. One night I was walking with my mother along a dirt road that crossed the countryside. We had got off the bus on the tarmac and were walking home. It was a beautiful starry night and the air was a bit chilly. I still remember the warmth of my mother's hand as she held me while I admired the stars. Just after a bend in the road, when we were almost home, we saw a strange object floating in the air above the treetops, about 20 m away from us. The object looked like an elongated ice cube, about the size of a kombi. You couldn't see anything inside. It just hovered in the air and, from time to time, emitted a very strong light that almost blinded us. My mother got curious and started pulling me towards the UFO. "Let's get close," but as I was scared to death and crying, she gave up and we went home.
"After that, didn't either of you feel anything?" I asked curiously as I watched the movement of cars in front of the building. "No, ma'am. But I think they planted a root in my head. Today I make some art, which I sell to supplement the income here at home. I make plastic bottle carts and wooden dolls. Would you like to see them?". "No, thank you, Mr. Antônio, because my taxi has just arrived. Maybe another time!".
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