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Spider
Оглавление– Hans, I think I’ve seen this nebula in reverse before.
– I don’t quite dig it, sir!
– Well, yesterday it was like that, but today, it is as if it was turned from left to right…
– I’m afraid you’re right, sir!
– What happened?
– We passed that nebula, we now have it on the other side, sir.
– What? But how did it happen, Hans? Did you slip through the rabbit hole? You can’t go there! It is strictly forbidden!
– Yes, sir, but we’re on our way back already.
– But how did you get there?
– Due to a spider, sir!
– What spider?
– I let it out for a sec so that it could catch the fruit flies. Remember that experiment we did last week? The flies almost all survived, and some even got out of the container.
– Hans, but they were infected with a virus.
– True sir, that’s why I released a spider on them, I thought it would be easier to catch the spider after it had caught the flies…
– Now you have to set a bird on it…
– A bird, sir?
– Well, yes, and let a cat after a bird, a dog for a cat, a cow for a dog… Have you never heard this children’s song?
– Never heard it, sir!
– I see! Each time to solve a smaller problem a bigger problem is created. It looks like it’s a common practice now.
– Quite so, sir! But what are we to do with our spider and flies?
– Your spider and your flies, Hans! Put on your spacesuit, lower the temperature inside the ship to minus 20, bleed the air out, turn off gravity, we will fly like birds in the compartments and catch your damn flies and the damn spider!
– We’ll make it, sir!
– Hold on! I need to put on my spacesuit, too!
