Home Again

I was away too long. 

On a routine excursion with my employer, Mr. Smythe, we became separated.  I found myself in a strange land – filled with clean air (yikes!) and vivid colors.  The smells were vibrant and stung my nose.  My body had changed.  I was larger, much larger – a giant.  I wandered this way for months until it seemed as if my life in Babbage had been only a dream.

Dreaming.  I found that I could not dream.  My nights were filled with darkness – my mind void of the vivid imagery that once took me to lands undiscovered.

I had nearly resigned myself to a life without smog, without dreams, without furries (!) and without time machines – when one night a voice came in my sleep.  A whip.  A whisper. My Doctor’s voice beckoning me back. 

“June.  June – come back.  You must only open your eyes and see.”

My eyes flew open.  I was lying on my back on the time machine’s floor.  I was myself again.  He told me I had been wandering the time machine’s many rooms for months – rambling to myself – when I had eventually collapsed. 

I asked him to take me home at once.  When we landed, we took a tumble down a hill – my house was gone.

I discovered my land had recently been sold to an Elvin farmer (not Mr. Tenk’s fault, he had tried to get a hold of me) – my house leveled.

I have taken up residence at Mr. Mornington’s Brunel Hall as I have done many times in the past.  I will eventually look for new land – when I am ready to rebuild.  For now, Brunel Hall more than satisfies my need for a living space.

I am glad to be back.