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- Herausgeber: Nosy Crow
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022
On a faraway planet, cute alien animals need help! Luckily, Charlie and her robot friend, Random, are ready for any rescue adventure... Charlie and her dad are on a mission with Captain Robertson to climb the highest mountain on planet Vela. When some very cute, very cheeky snowpops turn up and start to cause mischief, the captain is not amused. But a snowstorm threatens to put them all in danger. It's time for the snowpops to come to the rescue! Fans of Zoe's Rescue Zoo and Holly Webb will love Cosmic Creatures! Beautifully illustrated throughout by Sophy Williams, Cosmic Creatures is perfect for animal-mad readers aged 5+. Look out for the other Cosmic Creatures stories! - The Runaway Rumblebear - The Friendly Firecat - The Helpful Hootpuff
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The creatures followed them for the next hour, bounding over the snow on their flat, furry feet. They climbed on rocks and dangled from icicles, rolled in the snow and popped up unexpectedly from hidden burrows.
“Snowpops,” Charlie said. “That’s what we should call them. Because they keep popping out everywhere.”
Chapter One
Base Camp
Charlie stepped from the tent, wrapped her woolly coat around her and shivered. The mountain air was bitterly cold. In the sky, the two suns of planet Vela were setting behind the mountains, casting long blue shadows across the face of the glacier.
“Come on, Random,” Charlie called. “Before we freeze solid!”
Random the robot floated out, zipped the tent and secured its heat-seal. He bobbed beside Charlie as they started uphill. Snow crunched beneath Charlie’s padded boots as they passed the huddle of canvas tents that Captain Robertson had named Base Camp. Above them rose a nameless peak – the highest mountain on Vela.
“I wonder if we’ll be able to climb it tomorrow,” Charlie said.
Random peered into the sky. “It will depend on the weather,” he said. “We need a clear day if the captain wants to make his attempt on the summit.”
“I still don’t understand why he’s so keen to be the first one to climb it,” said Charlie. “Why doesn’t he just fly up there?”
Charlie’s family and their fellow settlers had travelled from Earth to study Vela, and to live in harmony with its incredible plants and animals. She didn’t see what trudging all the way up a massive mountain had to do with any of that.
There was a sudden humming behind them. It grew louder until, without warning, a flurry of powdery snow covered Charlie and Random.
Charlie groaned. “Hello, Miranda,” she said, as the girl skidded to a halt and kicked snow off her power-skis.
Miranda removed a pair of infrared goggles and tugged off her super-heated gloves. “Evening,” she smirked. “What have you two been up to? Something thrillingly exciting, no doubt.”
Charlie felt herself blush. She didn’t want to admit that she and Random had been sitting in their tent playing cards for the past hour while they waited for dinner.
She knew the captain’s daughter from school, but they’d never been friends. Miranda seemed to prefer the company of her father to that of her classmates. This was the first time they’d spent any time together – and Charlie was already hoping it would be the last.
Miranda laughed. “Honestly, you should get yourself some of these power-skis. They’re so much fun. Oh, wait, I forgot, this is the only pair on Vela. Bye!”
She squeezed the control pad and the skis powered up, carrying her away across the snow.
Charlie grimaced. “Just because she’s got those fancy skis and goggles and everything, she thinks she’s so much better than everyone else.”
Random let out an electronic sigh. “She is only human,” he said.
Charlie looked up as a beam of light slanted across the snowy ground. It was coming from a large tent just up ahead. The flap had opened to allow Miranda inside and Charlie saw her father in the doorway, beckoning as he spotted her.
“Come along,” he called out. “Dinner’s getting cold.”
Charlie hurried up the slope and pushed into the tent with Random right behind her. Her father, Kwame, secured the heat-seal and Charlie felt her cheeks flush in the sudden warmth.
In the centre of the tent was a table laid for dinner. Captain Robertson sat at the head with a mug of steaming tea. He was a big man with a black moustache and a very loud voice. He’d piloted the ship that had brought the settlers to Vela, and when they landed he’d nominated himself as their leader. It was two years since he’d flown the ship but he still wore a captain’s badge on his lapel.
Miranda took a seat, looking up at her father adoringly. Two young settlers entered from the adjoining kitchen. Their names were Hiroshi and Chiara, and they’d been helping the captain plan for the big climb. They placed a platter of freshly made bread and a steaming pan of stew on the table, and everyone tucked in.
“So, weatherman,” the captain said, fixing Kwame with a piercing stare. “Do you think it’ll be safe to climb tomorrow?”
Charlie’s father frowned, then he nodded. “The forecast’s looking good,” he said. “But remember, the weather on Vela can be extremely unpredictable. That’s what you get when you have five moons and two suns.”
“But we also have you,” said the captain. “The best meteorologist on the planet.”
Charlie smiled at her dad. Kwame did know a lot about the weather. It was what made him such a good farmer, and it was also why the captain had asked him to come along on this expedition.
