Chapter 1
Milo button was very good at three things:
1 Losing his socks
2 Tripping over air
3 Being in the wrong place at exactly the wrong time
This was impressive, because Milo was only 9 years old.
On the morning everything went a bit wobbly,Milo was sitting at the kitchen table eating cereal that had gone slightly soggy but not soggy enough to complain about.His mom was rushing around,his dad was reading the newspaper upside down (again),and his little sister,Tilly,was staring at Milo like she knew something he didn't.
"You've got cereal on your face",Tilly said.
"I do not",Milo replied, wiping his chin.
"You missed".
Milo wiped again.
"Still there".
He wiped harder.
"That's not cereal anymore", Tilly added thoughtfully."I think it's just your face now".
Milo sighed.being a big brother was exhausting.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
Nobody ever rang the doorbell.Friends knocked.Delivery people knocked.People who were lost knocked.Doorbells were only for important things,like bad news or mysterious packages or singing telegrams(which Milo surely hope this was).
"I'll get it",Milo said, Mostly because he was closest.
He opened the door.
On the doorstep sat a purple box.
It was about the size of a shoebox, covered in stickers, and gently wiggling.
Milo stared at it.
The box stared back
(Okay, technically boxes don't have eyes,but Milo had a strong feeling this one was staring.)
Very slowly, the lid popped open.
Out jumped a tiny creature wearing a crooked hat,striped socks, and a smile far too confident for something that was only about as tall as a banana.
"FINALLY!" The creature shouted."you have no idea how stuffy boxes are."
Milo blinked.
The creature blinked back.
"Hi,"Milo said.
"Hello!". Said the creature." You're Milo Button."
Milo blinked again."Hoe do you know my name?"
The creature grinned."oh, you're famous."
Behind Milo,his mom called out,"who's at the door?"
Milo opened his mouth to answer.before he could, the creature grabbed his shoelace,tugged hard, and said:
"Right then. No time to explain.The world may or may not be in danger, and you're already late".
And with that,Milo Button -sock-loser,air-tripper, professional
Wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time kid- was pulled straight into the most unlikely adventure of his life.