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[00:01.52]Chapter 2 Visit to Australia
[00:07.71]On Friday,after three weeks in space,
[00:12.94]Kiah and Rilla finished work and left Ship OM-45 on a space plane to Kisangani．
[00:25.11]Kiah phoned Adai and Rilla phoned Commander Zadak in Australia．
[00:33.79]The next morning they took an aeroplane to Sydney．
[00:40.67]A taxi took them from the airport to Commander Zadak's office,
[00:46.93]some kilometres north of Sydney．
[00:52.11]'Wait for us here,'Kiah said to the taxi driver．
[00:57.45]Kiah and Rilla walked to the gate．
[01:01.89]About ten guards stood in front of the gate．
[01:06.83]Across the road,a train waited．
[01:11.54]'Rilla,OM-45,'Rilla said．
[01:16.65]'To see Commander Zadak at four-thirty．'
[01:21.06]'Let me call the Commander's office,'the guard said．
[01:26.41]Kiah and Rilla waited．
[01:30.87]It was hot and Kiah began to feel thirsty．
[01:36.50]The guard came back．'I'm sorry,'
[01:40.59]he said．'The Commander can't see you．'
[01:44.75]'But I talked to the Commander yesterday,'Rilla said．
[01:50.33]'He wanted to see us at four-thirty．'
[01:54.57]'The Commander is leaving on the train in three minutes,'the guard said．
[02:01.41]'Can we wait and see him here?'Kiah asked．
[02:06.28]'No!'the guard shouted．'Get out of here!'
[02:13.41]Kiah and Rilla walked back to the taxi．
[02:18.02]'Where's the driver?'Kiah asked．
[02:21.61]'Look!He's sitting under that tree,'Rilla said．
[02:27.38]Just then,Commander Zadak came out of the gate．
[02:32.66]He was a very tall,
[02:34.68]big man with blue eyes and a lot of white hair．
[02:40.73]Two guards marched in front of him,
[02:44.13]and two guards marched behind him．
[02:49.20]They all carried guns．
[02:52.51]'There he is!'Rilla cried．'Commander!'
[02:58.34]And she began to run along the road to him．
[03:03.00]'Commander Zadak did not stop．
[03:06.34]A guard opened the door of the train and the Commander got in．
[03:12.54]Slowly,the train began to move．'
[03:17.00]Kiah ran to the taxi and jumped in．
[03:21.83]Then he drove the taxi fast down the road．
[03:26.89]The taxi driver saw him and ran after him．
[03:32.74]The train began to move faster．
[03:37.97]Suddenly,Kiah drove the taxi off the road．
[03:43.12]He drove in front of the train and stopped．
[03:48.77]The train came nearer．
[03:51.88]And then the train stopped, very near the taxi,
[03:58.47]and some guards jumped off．
[04:02.12]Kiah opened the door and got out of the taxi．
[04:08.35]'Put up your hands!'the guards shouted．
[04:13.27]Two of the guards began to hit Kiah．
[04:17.23]'Stop that!'someone shouted．
[04:21.22]'Bring him over here!'It was Commander Zadak．
[04:27.96]Kiah stood in front of the Commander．
[04:31.37]Just then,Rilla arrived．
[04:35.07]'Oh,it's you!'commander Zadak said．
[04:40.42]He did not smile．'Rilla,your father's going to be angry．'
[04:48.09]'We want to talk to you,Commander,'
[04:51.43]Rilla said．'It's very important．'
[04:55.90]'Very well．I'm listening．'
[05:00.21]Kiah began to talk．
[05:03.18]'Two years ago,Adai told you about the holes in the AOL．
[05:08.91]Now they're worse．
[05:11.97]The AOL is breaking up over Europe．
[05:16.17]Please look at these numbers and this satellite picture．'
[05:21.09]He gave his book to Commander Zadak
[05:24.65]and the Commander looked at the numbers．
[05:28.61]'It's important,Commander,'Kiah said．
[05:33.08]'In ten years Earth is going to die．'
[05:38.78]'You stopped my train because of this?'
[05:42.36]commander Zadak asked．
[05:45.19]'Two years ago Adai talked to me about the AOL．
[05:51.20]Then he talked to Earth Commander,and what happened?
[05:56.17]Where is Adai now?Is the Moon colony helping the AOL?'
[06:03.41]'We know about Adai,Commander,'Rilla said．
[06:08.17]'But someone needs to talk to Earth Commander again．'
[06:13.45]'I'm going to talk to Gog about rain,
[06:16.54]I can tell you that．Earth needs rain：
[06:21.52]there was no rain last winter．
[06:24.34]Half of Australia has no water and my trees here are dying．
[06:30.47]Without rain,many people are going to die．
[06:34.88]Is Gog going to understand that?I don't know!'
[06:40.98]Commander Zadak began to walk back to his train．
[06:45.40]'Move that taxi!'he called to his guards．
[06:50.74]Some guards moved the taxi back to the road
[06:53.73]and then they jumped on to the train again．
[06:57.33]The train began to move．
[07:00.48]'OK,'the taxi driver shouted．
[07:04.55]'What are you going to do next?
[07:06.89]Drive my taxi into the river?'
[07:10.49]Kiah smiled．
[07:12.72]He took some money from his pocket
[07:15.06]and gave it to the taxi driver．
[07:18.25]The taxi driver looked at the money．
[07:21.69]'OK,OK,'he said．'Where now?
[07:26.92]Back to the airport?'
[07:29.24]Kiah took Rilla's hand,'Yes,'he said．
[07:33.97]'Let's get back to Kisangani．
[07:36.39]We can phone Adai again tomorrow．'