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ELMO’S SOJOURN: CHAPTER 14, THE FUTURE OF ELMO AND MILDRED

October 10, 2026 at 12:42 pm Leave a comment

                                      ELMO’S SOJOURN

                                           CHAPTER 14

                 THE FUTURE FOR ELMO AND MILDRED

The three stood in front of Valmid’s house.  Elmo admired Mildred’s youthful body and long blond hair.  Mildred also admired the feelings of her body and experienced for the first time in years the pleasures of youth that old age had robbed her of.  She had not expected to make the same transition that Elmo had made on his first trip to Roth, because he’d been going back and forth so many times since then and had not changed a bit.

“Elmo, I can’t believe it!  I’m as young as you.”

“Welcome to Roth my dear.”  He reached for her hand.  “Let’s take a short walk. Then we will go inside, and you’ll meet Cal, Valmid’s wife.”  They walked towards the rise that would afford a view of the ocean.  “We’ll have so many adventures, Mildred.  We’ve got so much life to live.  Once we have something to eat, I’ll show you to our bedroom.”

Mildred noticed a twinkle in Elmo’s eyes that she had not seen for a long time, felt a thrill she had not felt for years.  The sky was darkening, the day was ending, and pinpricks of light began to populate the night.  Elmo squeezed Mildred’s hand excitedly as they walked hand in hand toward an emerald, green sunset made more beautiful by thoughts of all the tomorrows they would share.

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Elmo and Mildred will ‘Live Happily Ever After’ on Roth. And now, with being young again and Roth’s advanced science, who knows how long that will be?

Valmid gave Elmo a present, a tablet. But the tablet it unlike any Elmo has ever seen. To get an idea of the power of information this device can provide, imagine a tablet available here but now on steroids and that on steroids. With this tablet Elmo can access the entire science of Roth and that of all the inhabited planets known to Roth. Now he can refine his pet project of travel through wormholes and dream up new ones.

Milderd watches Elmo as he uses the device and observes the twinkle in his eyes and the smile starting across his lips which in the past meant the prospect of trouble. A true sign that Elmo’s mind is popping out ideas. Ideas bringing pleasure and excitement to Elmo. Ideas which Mildred anticipates might bring her worry and upset her peaceful life on Roth.

                                                The End

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                   I hope you enjoyed my novella, Elmo’s Sojourn.

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