But what is it?

Said Ellie.

What does it do?

She put the headset on again.

I can't see anything.

I haven't turned it on yet, Laughed her father.

Wait.

Ellie's father was an inventor.

He worked for a big company and was always making new gadgets.

Sometimes he brought them home so Ellie could try them.

Can you see anything now?

Yes, said L.

E a screen with words.

A list, exactly, said her father, sounding pleased.

It is a life list.

This'll is a lifeless viewer.

The list shows different jobs.

See Dr Teacher Builder.

So you choose one like Dr.

Then you can see what it is like to be a doctor for a day.

Cool, said Ellie.

How does it work?

Easy, said her father.

A doctor wore a head camera for 24 hours.

It filmed everything they did, so you can see and hear it, too.

It's fun on.

It will help people to choose jobs.

I like that idea, said Ellie.

I don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

This will really help, said her father.

Okay.

It works like this.

Ellie learned how to choose and change jobs.

Then she went to her bedroom and lay on the bed.

She put on the headset.

It was enormous, like a crash helmet.

She went down the list.

Who did she want to be?

Actress, dentist, taxi driver?

No, no, no Airline pilot, factory worker, nurse?

No, no, no model firefighter.

Firefighter.

That sounded exciting.

She would ride in a fast fire engine where a helmet on boots and thick, thick clothes hold a hose, shoot water at a burning building, climb a ladder, save someone.

She would be a hero.

She moved her eyes and chose firefighter.

The movie began.

It was quite dark, but Ellie saw a big carriage with equipment.

She turned her head a fire engine.

Right there.

She started to walk forward.

What?

She wasn't walking.

She was still lying on her bed.

It was the firefighter who was walking forward.

Of course, the camera was on top of his head.

This is weird, giggled Ellie.

It's like being inside his body.

The firefighter walked past the fire engine and went into a room.

It was full of equipment.

The firefighters sat down, picked up something made of metal.

Ellie didn't know what it waas.

Then he took up a rag and a tin of polish and began to clean the metal object Ellie watched.

Time went by 10 minutes, 20 minutes.

The firefighter finished polishing the metal object, then picked up another one and began to polish that more time went by.

The firefighter started whistling that he was happy, but Ellie was bought.

Where is the fire?

She said.

The excitement.

The race.

Through the streets, on a fire engine.

She blinked her eyes to get rid of the movie.

The life list screen came back on.

Footballer, Painter Baker.

No TV presenter, Archaeologist, true ruler, Worker, Trawler worker.

Now that sounded exciting.

Going out to see every day?

Yes, Ellie liked boats.

She chose Trawler Worker.

The movie began instantly.

She was on a trawler, Ah, huge fishing boat with an enormous crane at one end toe hall in the fishing net.

She was not alone.

Other people were there, wrapped up in waterproof coats, hats and boots.

It looked very cold.

She could hear the wind drawing and racing.

The sky was dark and stormy.

Everyone was busy doing things.

Ellie turned her head.

The sea was deep blue, almost black.

The waves were rolling fast and high.

It was just a movie, but she could almost feel the wind biting hard and cold.

She turned her gaze back.

The trawler worker was walking forward, but the boat was moving on her feet.

Ellie started to feel sick.

The rolling never stopped.

The trawler worker began to work.

She was fixing some piece of machinery, but soon it began to rain hard gray rain that blew everywhere.

The trawler worker pulled the hood up.

Part of the scream was cut off, but she kept working.

Go inside, said Ellie.

It's raining.

But the trawler workers stayed Where she waas.

The rain blew harder.

Any heard it drumming on the deck.

The waves grew bigger on.

The boat was rocking from side to side.

Just stop, she said.

But she didn't Early began to feel sicker and sicker.

She stopped the movie.

That was not nice, she said.

I'm not going to be a trawler worker.

She looked at the life list again.

Architect, jeweler Ah, now this'll looks interesting.

The new movie began.

Elie sare a room in a house.

It looked warm and cozy.

A really fire was burning in the fireplace.

A cat's was asleep on the sofa.

The room was full of books on the floor.

On dawn bookshelves.

There was a desk with a computer, lots of sheets of paper with writing on a mug of hot chocolate and a plate of biscuits.

The person bit into a biscuit, then began to type.

Ellie saw the words come up on the computer screen.

Once there was a land where every wish came true.

Ellie pulled up the bed blanket and snuggle down.

This'll is the best job in the world, she said happily.

I am going to be an author.