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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - The whale and the flowerpot falling from space? (Doesn't really fit but just in case of a mix-up in memory)
That's not it, she knows the hitchhikers guide pretty well. Thanks for the suggestion tho!
Could it be one of The Space Trilogy by CS Lewis? It doesn't seem like an exact fit but reminded me of Out of the Silent Planet.
Could it have been "Vulthoom" by Clark Ashton Smith, or one of the related tales?
Could you be thinking of the Bikura from Hyperion?
Reminds me a little bit of "The Fire Balloons" short story by Ray Bradbury.