earphones.
“Yes, a pickle!” said the astronaut, “And it’s
motioning to me. In fact I think it’s trying to talk.”
“Hello,” said Henry.
“The pickle just said “hello’!” said the astronaut.
“You’re seeing things,” came the answer. “It’s the
effect of weightlessness. Take pill number 3.”
The astronaut took a pill from a rack and stuck it
into a hole under his helmet. Soon it popped up inside
and the astronaut swallowed it.
“Took pill number 3,” said the astronaut into the
microphone.
“Is the pickle gone?” came from the earphones.
The astronaut peered at Henry. “It’s still there.”
“Take pills number 4 and 14!”
The astronaut took two more pills.
“It’s still there!” he said.
“Pleased to meet you,” said, Henry. “My name’s
Henry. What’s yours?”
“It says it’s name is Henry,” said the astronaut into
the little microphone.
Then there was silence.
“I guess he doesn’t want to talk to me,” thought
Henry.
“Just ignore the pickle!” was the answer that
finally came through the astronaut’s earphones. “How’s
everything else?”
Then the astronaut said a lot of numbers.
“In five minutes you’ll be around the world once!
Congratulations!” came from the earphones. “How’s
HENRY
THE
PICKLE
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