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The Gremlins Complete Text

"Control calling Red two, aircraft, twenty thousand feet over Sevenoaks, steer 210° and climb to intercept – over."

"Hello control, Red two answering; message received and understood. Over." And away he went.

Gus climbed steadily to twenty thousand. He was frozen stiff, and little bads of cold sweat were starting out on his forehead and running down onto his oxygen mask, and Gremlin Gus was still sitting on his shoudler and whispering, "You can't fly with flu, you can't fly with flu. Be careful what you do, be careful what you do."

Gus felt like death. Gremlin Gus was so right; you can't fly when you are ill. His head was spinning. He searched the air with watery eyes.

Then he saw it. First just a glint of reflected sunshine caught his eye; gradually, as he got a little closer, it grew into a tiny airplane. It was heading south and traveling very fast.