I had always felt that my neighbor's behavior was a bit strange, but I never expected that he would turn out to be an alien.
That day, I was just about to go out to take out the trash. As soon as I opened the door, I saw Uncle Neighbor standing at the door wearing a peculiar set of clothes. He was wearing a huge helmet with various colorful lights flashing on it. He had on a silver jumpsuit and was carrying something like a rocket launcher on his back.
"Hi! Good morning!" Uncle Neighbor greeted me enthusiastically. His voice came out of the helmet, sounding a bit muffled.
"G-Good morning," I replied rather dazedly, my eyes fixed on his strange attire all the time.
"What are you going to do?" Uncle Neighbor asked.
"I... I'm going to take out the trash." I pointed to the garbage bag in my hand.
"Oh, then you'd better hurry up. The weather is quite nice today!" After saying that, Uncle Neighbor strode towards the stairs.
I watched his back, filled with doubts. What on earth was this uncle up to? Could he be shooting a science fiction movie?
At night, I was lying in bed when suddenly I heard a strange noise, as if something was flying back and forth above the roof. I opened the window and stuck my head out to check. I saw a dark shadow flash by in the night sky and disappear in an instant. It was moving incredibly fast.
"Could it be an alien?" I couldn't help but let my thoughts run wild.
The next day, I ran into Uncle Neighbor in the neighborhood. He looked just as usual, wearing ordinary clothes and without the strange outfit from the day before.
"Uncle, what was going on with that outfit of yours yesterday?" I couldn't hold back my curiosity and asked.
Uncle Neighbor was slightly taken aback for a moment, and then he smiled and said, "Oh, that was the costume I wore to a science fiction enthusiasts' gathering. Isn't it quite interesting?"
"So that's how it is," I said, although I still felt a bit uneasy in my heart.
A few days later, when I got home from work, I found that the door of Uncle Neighbor's house was open a crack. Curiously, I walked over and peeked through the crack. What I saw gave me quite a scare. The living room was filled with all kinds of strange instruments and equipment. Some of the instruments were flashing with light and making a buzzing sound.
Just as I was looking intently, Uncle Neighbor suddenly appeared at the door.
"What are you doing?" Uncle Neighbor's face looked a bit serious.
"I... I was just passing by and saw the door was open, so..." I explained in a flustered manner.
Uncle Neighbor stared at me for a while, then sighed and said, "Since you've seen it all, I won't hide it from you anymore. Actually, I'm an alien."
"Ah?" I widened my eyes, unable to believe my ears.
"I'm from a distant planet. Due to a malfunction of my spaceship, I was forced to land on Earth. I've been looking for a way to repair my spaceship all this time, and these instruments are what I use for my research," Uncle Neighbor said.
Hearing Uncle Neighbor's words, I was both shocked and excited inside. I couldn't believe that I was living next door to an alien. It was just too fantastic!
Since then, I often went to Uncle Neighbor's house to help him research ways to repair the spaceship. Uncle Neighbor would also tell me some things about his planet, which really broadened my horizons.
Although sometimes I still felt as if all of this was just a dream, I knew that it was a truly wonderful experience in my life.