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School is so boring, why does it have to drag on for so long? Why 

can't our teachers make it fun? This is what I was thinking as our 

teacher turned the television on for the morning announcements. 

Then we saw something very strange on the screen, so strange in fact 

that we thought it was a science fiction movie, or a very bad 

children's show. 

The news was displaying what appeared to be a giant pumpkin 

falling from the sky. Wait, no, not falling, flying! And it was headed 

right for our town! I watched as our teacher stared at the television 

first in shock, then in panic. She quickly hid her feelings though, and 

turned the television off. She told us to begin on our assignment for 

the day while she went next door to ask the neighboring teacher 

something. So, we all thought nothing of it and began writing. Then 

we heard a loud crash and there was no denying that something was 

going on in our little town of Lenore, Rhode Island. 

"Sir, we've selected the planet with the best resources for our new 

colony," reported Commander Carrot. 

"Excellent, commence with the locking procedures. I want to be 

there in 20 minutes," demanded General Eggplant.

Commander Carrot began to input some codes into the control panel 

of the space ship. Soon, they were buzzing off through space. Before 

long, they could see this new found planet called Earth from the 

window of their ship. The entire crew was alight with the idea of a 

new home, one where their families could live bountiful lives. They 

didn't care if was at the expense of any other beings that may 

currently habitate the planet. Besides, their mission as soldiers was to 

conquer the planet with any means necessary. They didn't concern 

themselves with whether it was right. They left that kind of thinking 

to higher command; and higher command only cared for one thing, 

themselves.

When the crash was heard, any sense of normalcy had vanished. 

Some students started crying for their mothers, some started yelling, 

others panicked and started running around the room. At this point 

our teacher came back into the class and attempted to settled us 

down. She locked all doors and covered all windows, telling us to be 

quiet because we had no idea what was going on.

Just as she had gotten everyone quiet, the principal's voice boomed

on the loud speaker. "Teachers and students, please stay calm. We 

realize that there is little known about what is occurring, and ask that 

all classes please join us in the cafeteria. We will sound bells for each 

grade level to travel to the cafeteria in an orderly fashion." 

By the time the fifth bell rang, the rest of my class was quite antsy. 

We started walking to the cafeteria as we were thinking things 

couldn't get any stranger. Then they did. We watched as huge blobs 

of color fell from the sky. Where they... vegetables?

From the televisions in the cafeteria, we watched the invasion of 

giant vegetables fold out. Soon the vegetables that had fallen from 

the sky began to make their intentions clear by destroying the 

buildings around them. 

The invading vegetables had no way of moving other than rolling or 

jumping up and down in the direction they desired. They squished 

cars under their massive bodies, rolled over homes, and   crushed 

stores. They only left destruction in their wake. But their size wasn't 

their only weapon, they also had ray guns that shot out lasers. 

Unfortunately, we saw what these ray guns did when a curious 

news reporter got too close to these strange aliens. As the reporter 

approached the giant onion, she was shot and instantly turned into a 

candlestick. It was clear that something had to be done about these 

aliens. But what? 

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