[ WP ] A child is playing in the woods and stumbles upon a piece of 'Old Earth ' technology , managing accidentally to turn it back on ...

The black ball was lying in the opening of an ancient tree trunk. I reached in and pulled it out, juggling the weighty object in my hand. 
 
 *What the heck is this? * I wondered. My first guess was aliens, but then I remembered... The people of the old earth made some pretty cool stuff. I'd seen other people find tape recorders and skateboards. They got to go on the news and share their findings. Would I be that lucky? 
 
 The ball had two white loops on the back, and a heavy triangle at its center. It wobbled in my hands nearly falling out, and something moved inside. 
 
 
 I shook the ball again, trying to get the creature to show its face. It came up with a sign,'Do n't count on it.' I giggled. So it's a talking ball, that's pretty damn smart. We do n't even have those yet. 
 
 `` Should I go home?'' I asked the ball. 
 
'Signs point to yes.' It showed. 
 
 I nodded, beginning my trek back through the brush. `` Were you born before my time?'' I shook it. 
 
 The ball answered,'Without a doubt.' Hmm, so it is an intelligent being born before my time. I kept walking, I could smell salt in the air. That's odd I thought, I had n't smelled that earlier. 
 
 I came out of the forest and onto a cliff edge. The ocean loomed far below me, I could see small white waves smashing onto pointy rocks. Butterflies flitted in my stomach, I never even knew the sea was this close to home. 
 
 `` Sorry ball, but we have to turn back.'' 
 
 The sign flipped,'No.' 
 
 I paused mid-turn, `` What...? You ca n't be serious, you want me to go forward?'' 
 
 I shook the ball,'Ask again later.' I sighed, `` It is later. Are you saying I should step over the edge?'' 
 
 I shook once more,'Without a doubt.' 
 
 I looked down at the steep drop. This ball was much older and wiser then me... What did I know. This might be the magical entrance to a land like Narnia, like in the movies. 
 
 I shook it one more time. `` Are you ready?'' 
 
'Yes, definitely.' 
 
 I gulped and then stepped forward over the cliff and into the abyss. The magical ball rotated one more time as the world blurred around me. 
 
'Outlook not so good.' 
 
 
 
 
 

