Saturday 8 February 2014

The invisibility bubble

I was thinking about visibility in general and then out of nowhere came the idea of an "invisbility bubble". Clearly this is something an inventor ought to sink his teeth into. But... to mix it up a bit I have let the Professor be much younger when this episode takes place. And it rhymes too!


Young Al was a curious boy
That found all his pleasures and joy
In making up crazy inventions
Defying all normal conventions

Some were spectacular, shiny
Others were small, often tiny
But one caused him no end of trouble
The invisibility bubble

It was an amazing machine
The like of it hasn’t been seen
Not even a closer inspection
Revealed a single reflection

The bubble was cosy inside
Which made it a good place to hide
Away from the world for his scheming
Quite simply a great place for dreaming

It happened in less than a blink
That left him with no chance to think
That possibly, rather than cheering
He should have equipped it with steering

The moment it started to roll
There was no way to regain control
There seemed to be no way of stopping
It simply was not keen on popping

The boy and his wonderous ball
Went crashing right into a wall
When it came it was quite a surprise
The end of this brilliant device