ET- Plants and Quarters

  E.T.’s telepathic beam, homing in on Mary’s vibration, entered through the roof of the laundromat and landed in a dryer, where it was spun around at a high speed.

  Gertie, sitting in the laundry basket, looked up. A row of tropical plants hung in the window, and every one of them had just blossomed, petals opening out in a riotous burst of color.

  “E.T.!”

  The telepathic creature was whirled out of the dryer and spun dizzily through the laundromat; but it sensed Mary’s desire, to get something out of a machine on the wall, for she was striking it with an empty soda bottle. “Quarters, you monster, I’m a working woman and I’m tired!”

  E.T.’s beam shot into the machine, analyzed its mechanism and tripped it until the thing emptied itself, spilling quarters all over the floor.

  “Shhhhhh,” said Mary to Gertie, as they quickly scooped up the jackpot.

- E.T. The Book of the Green Planet, chapter 16