Pondering at Nine

It was a bright sunny day in July when the aliens came. By August, they had taken over the world. By September they had tired of the planet and decided to leave.

“We’ve had our fun, so we’ll be going now,” they announced.

So they gathered everything on the planet and loaded it onto their spaceship. By the time they finished taking what they wanted, the land was barren. There were no trees, no grass, no cities, no animals, no food, and no water.

“Wait, what will you leave for us?” cried the desperate humans.

“Hmm, let us see...” replied the aliens. They went back into their ship to look for something to give the humans. They returned with all of the world’s hot dogs they had taken. “Here take these," they said. "They’re of no use to us.”

And so the aliens gave the hot dogs back to the humans and returned to their spaceships. Within seconds they were gone.

“Well, at least we have the hot dogs,” the humans said before letting out a great sigh.