Essays

Once I had a wonderful dream. It was soon after I had read an article that how the Americans had landed on the moon. I dreamt I was an astronaut.

At first I had many months of difficult training for my job. They saw that I was in perfect health. They also made me practice all that I had to do on my flight. I had two other companions undergoing the training with me.

We were all excited as the day for our flight approached. Our space ship and capsule were kept in readiness for our flight.

A big crowd assembled to see us take off from the earth. We suddenly shot into space and orbited the earth at an unimaginable speed. Soon we were about to land on the moon. We were thrilled at the thought that we were going to land on another heavenly body.

We landed cautiously. We felt as light as a feather. We collected specimens of moon soil and rocks. Then we started on our flight back to the earth. We kept in touch with people on earth. We constantly sent them messages.

We were about to land on the earth when we crashed into the sea. I let out a scream of terror. My parents rushed into the room. They found that I had fallen from my bed. My pleasant experience was, after all, only a dream.