Planetary Exploration Team

By James Fielding and Janos Jantner

Hey, you! (Reading the description of this book) Is this your first Harold and Clara? Wow, you're in for a real treat! Evil aliens, secret missions, and an underground base on the moon. Sound interesting?

How about space battles, mysteries of the universe to solve, and of course, a sassy cat and brave dog?

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• Language: English
• Publisher: James Fielding
• Release date: May 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781778191114

James Fielding

James has always held a deep love of science, adventure and all things strange and mysterious. Although recognized as the inventor of the exclamation point and color burgundy, James is best known for his discovery of an alien civilization living at the center of Earth's nearest black hole. He also holds the patent on water, however, big water disputes this.

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For my children, Alison, Jimmy and Ava. You are my world.

Copyright © 2022 by James Fielding

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

ISBN: 978-1-7781911-0-7 (Paperback)

978-1-7781911-1-4 (eBook)

Also available for Kindle.

Contents

1. Aliens!

2. Put the Collar on the Goldfish and Get In!

3. The War of the Worlds!

4. Is That You, Mr. Meatballs?

5. An Endless Sea of Stars

6. To the Moon!

7. The Lunar Temple

8. There Are Some Who Call Me … Squeaky!

9. The Call to Adventure

10. Harold the Hero

11. Gloria the Space Fish

12. Maybe They Aren’t So Different?

13. It’s Your Time to Be a Hero!

14. How Long Is a Brachiosaurus Anyway!?

15. Furry Rodeo Rider (Into the Void)

16. Best Friends

17. And the Funny Thing Was …

18. The End … ?

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Front Matter

1

Aliens!

H ey, Clara?

Yeah, Harold?

Do you think she’ll bring us some biscuits?

You know I don’t like biscuits, Harold, Clara replied. They’re such a dog thing!

Clara flicked her bushy tail. And why are they always shaped like bones? Don’t they make mice or fish shapes? You know, something a cat would like.

Harold and Clara were best friends. Well, the best of friends a dog and cat could be. The two had grown up together with their owner, Alice, and her parents. Although the house they shared was small, it was home. Harold, for reasons better left unexplained, appreciated the large yard, dotted with a variety of bushes and shrubs. Clara, being more interested in climbing and chasing birds, was fond of the grippy, red roof, which matched the older, white house perfectly.

Life was good. Alice, who was ten years old, was a wonderful and considerate owner. She brought them biscuits quite regularly. Always bone-shaped, though …

Alice absolutely adored animals. Her bedroom looked more like a zoo than anything a little girl would sleep in. Currently, it was home to a large elderly tortoise named Dorothy, two feisty ferret brothers, Simon and Garfunkel, a praying mantis known as Mr. Meatballs, Gloria the goldfish, and four rhinoceros beetles, John, Paul, George, and Richard. The little girl took great care of all her pets, but Harold and Clara held a special place in her heart.

What do you want to do today, Harold? Clara was perched on the windowsill, watching brightly colored birds flit by. I was thinking about going downstairs and climbing around on the kitchen counters. Might be some food left out.

Harold thought back to the one and only time he tried that … His long droopy