Jim and Frank are determined not to let this happen. Then Jim finds out that Howe is trying to sell him to the London Zoo! Jim persuades Frank to help him rescue Willis and Willis plays back a conversation between Howe and the General where the two boys learn that the Company (the Earth conglomerate who owns the colony) is determined to save money by making the colonists stay on one half of the planet where they will live in bitter cold, -100 below freezing, for one Earth year and then have a normal year, etc. It is instant hate between Jim and Howe, who infuriates Jim by confiscating Willis and caging him up in his office. Jim has cause to regret his insistence that Willis accompany him when their new headmaster, Marquis Howe, arrives to take over the school. There Jim makes friends with Gekko, a Martian, but insists that Willis must come with him when Gekko tries to persuade Jim to leave him there. They are pleasantly surprised to meet and speak with some Martians, as they usually ignore the human colonists. Bored, the two boys decide to go and see the Martian city that lies just outside of the station. On his way to school with his friend, Frank, they stop off at Cynia Station to wait for the ice to harden.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |