Once upon a third a boy named always dreamed to flying to the Mom evening when Bill wat Trong bo to see he was by ko big brother Ron, Ron was playing his new home is too And The only way Bill could go to shoepe was to put on has headphones aid play a tape. His favourite tape had the sound of the ocean waves iplashing up on shove,
As he lay there in bed with his eyes closed, pretending he was lying on the beach under a full moon, he began to daydevam about flying to the Moon in a rocket shipa
The rocket ship was not very big-just big enough for two astronauts, Bill and Ron were co-astronauts.
Alcalled out to Ron Navigator ready?"
navigator ready
called back in the headset Yes,
" Bill asked into the headset
Missot csattol ready?
Mission control ready. We will begin countdown woods.
len seconds, nine seconds, eight
fs heart began to race
five seconds, one... BLAST-OFFT
foll and Son were thrown back into their seats. They could feel the skin on their faces being stretched back towards their cars. Then, they felt like they weighed 100 pounds apiece. Their rocket ship zoomed up into the sky so fast that everything outside the window was just a blur. It seemed like just a couple of minutes had gone by when everything got really smooth and quiet. They were now in outer space!
Bill was sitting in the front seat and Ron was in the back. Bill asked Ron, "What does it look like out of the back window?
It looks like Earth is just a blue and white ball) You can see the clouds and oceans, but you cannot see any cities or trees.
Ron asked Bill, 'Can you see the Moon coming up?
'Yes, I see it, Bill said. 'I think we will be there in about thirty minutes, if my calculations are correct.
'Cool, said Ron. 'I think I will listen to some music on my boom box.'
You brought your boom box? You brought your boom box Bill was obviously annoyest
without my boom bon," said Ron. He turned om music and the boys listened to it. The time quickly passed.
Mission control to Bill, came over the headsets
Bill here.
You will need to prepare for landing in two minutes," said the voice
Roget, we'll be landing ready, said Bill. Here we go! Hold on, it looks like it might
The rocket ship came in very rough. So rough, that both Bill and Ron's deployed. Finally, they came to rest
'Bill, are you okay?" asked Ron.
Yes, I'm. But that airbag hit me in the face like a rock-hard pillow. I think my to would be bleeding if I didn't have on this helmet. Let's take a look around and see if rocket ship is fine."
'Good idea,' agreed Ron.
They put on their spacesuits. The suits were big and heavy. They had built-in conditioners to cool them when the sun was on them and a heater to warm them up when they were in the shade. Since they were in outer space, it would go way below freezing in the shade and get so hot you could get burned in the sun. When they stepped outside, they felt like they were floating on air. They only weighed about pounds each. So, when they walked, it was as if they bounced. They bounced up abou ten feet with each step. They quickly gathered up some Moon rocks as souvenin Then, they began to inspect the rocket to make sure it was flyable for the return inp Things did not look good. The portion of the ship that housed the rocket starter wa heavily damaged. The batteries that turned the starter were completely destroyed They began to fear that they might be trapped on the Moon.
'What are we going to do?" asked Ron. He looked scared.
I don't know, Bill answered. 'Let's call Mission Control and see if they have any suggestions."
They went back inside and tossed the Moon rocks aside.
They called Mission Control.
'We will get back to you' was the answer. They needed time to think.
We only have enough food and water for one more day, Ron reminded Bill. Yeah, we will really need to conserve it. They nervously sat in their seats and waited for Mission Control. No reply. After a while, Bill jumped up and said, T've got it! Give your boom box
What? Are you crazy?"
No just give it to me, Bill insisted.
Ron surrendered his boom box. Bill took it and turned it on real loud and smiled. Ron looked sad. He just knew that Bill was losing his mind.
Then, Bill turned off the music and flipped the boom box upside down. He opened the battery compartment and took out the eight large batteries.
I think we can tape these together and make one big battery that will start the rocket, said Bill. Hand me that duct tape from the tool kit.'
'Sounds like a good idea to me,' said Ron.
Bill lined up the batteries in two rows of four and taped them together in a bundle. He took a piece of tape and connected a wire to the batteries on each end. He hooked one up to the starter. He took the other wire and ran it back up to his seat in the front. Bill told Ron to get in his seat.
'If I touch the wire to the metal on the dashboard, the starter should work and we can blast-off.'
Ron hoped that he was right.'Are you ready?'Bill asked ron without waiting for an answer.'Here goes!'
As he touched the wire to dashboard. the they could hear the roar of the rocket Before they knew it, they were zooming back through towards space earth Yippee How they both yelled Just then. Bill's mom pulled the headphones off his head and told him to go on to sleep.
Itwas easy for Bill to get back to sleep, because he hoped he could pick up his rocket ship dream right where he left off.