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A dish shattered on the floor. Rachel bent The elevator rose and then came to a stop.
down to pick it up. The doors opened and they all scrambled
into the spaceship.
“ What’s the matter? asked her daughter
Mary. The children gasped when they saw how
high it was from the ground.
Nothing dear, Rachel said. Drink your
juice. Our friends John and Joey will be “Shouldn’t we tell them now?” asked
here soon. Rachel. “Shouldn’t we let them know it’s
their last look?”
They heard a car’s horn, Frank saw the
other family was waiting for them by the Yes, said Frank, “go ahead and tell them.”
ground car.
He turned to Rachel, “Should we lock the
house?” As Frank touched a switch, deep in the
spaceship a spark ignited the rocket. Frank
“Does it matter?” Rachel replied sad heart- reached his trembling hand toward the
ed, turning away. control button and saw that they were all
staring at him. He pressed it. The ship
The two families rode in silence through quivered for a second, and then they felt it
the deserted streets. At the entrance to the rushing up into the air, faster and faster.
field Frank warned, “Remember, not a
word from any of you.” “You know where we are headed?
Frank’s friend asked him.
The guard recognized Frank as the chief
test pilot for the new spaceship. Frank Frank leaned over the chart and pointed to
informed the guard “My family and some a planet far away in another part of space.
friends are coming down to watch me take ”Yes,”Frank replied, “that small one over
off.” there, the one near that moon.”
“That’s fine,”the guard replied and waved “This one, third from the Sun... replied
them through. Frank’s friend. I seached about this one and
it has better living condition for us.
As they hurried to the spaceship, Frank
stopped a moment leaned down, and ”That’s right,”Frank said,“the one, third
picked up some soil, Goodbye,he whis- from the Sun. I call it Earth.”...
pered, putting it in his pocket.
Sabita Varun
PGT Biology
SV No- 1, Mori Gate
1207022
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