Dr. Herbert Benjamin
Henry?”
“How are you?” asked the astronaut.,
“Fine,” said Henry,” except I’m a little dizzy.”
“He says he’s dizzy,” said the astronaut.
“Give him a pill.”
The astronaut handed Henry a pill and Henry took
a little bite of it.
“I feel much better now,” he told the astronaut.
“He feels better,” the astronaut radioed back to
earth.
“That’s good,” came the answer. “Ask him how he’s
enjoying the trip.”
“Are you enjoying the trip?” asked the astronaut.
“Oh yes,” said Henry agreeably. “It’s very
enjoyable. Are we going to land now?”
“Oh no,“ said the astronaut. “We’re going around
thousands of times more! We’re testing a new space
ship.”
“We are?” sighed Henry. “Do you mind if I get out
after just once?”
“He wants to get out,” radioed the astronaut.
“Look,” came back the answer, “Will you get your
eyes on the controls and stop talking to that non-
existent
pickle
! You’re just
imagining
it. That pickle
doesn’t exist. In one minute you’ll be directly over the
starting point.”
From then on, the astronaut paid no attention to
Henry. He pulled switches back and forth and said a lot
of numbers again.
So Henry looked into his pack and saw a
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