STORY (2)
He was carrying the shiny new silver attaché case he had received as a birthday gift the Sunday before. Gabi had picked it out as the, “perfect gift for someone in a hurry.” Oh yes, she had noticed it too. “Piper”, she said, “can’t you slow down for just a moment?” Piper screeched to a halt, let out a deep sigh, and looked her straight in the eye: “Slow down? Slow down? Why you might as well ask the sun to ssslllooowww down as it travels in the sky.” Gabi, always the deep thinker, blurted “Aha! Well there you have it. The Sun does not travel in the sky. In fact, it does not move at all. It is the earth that moves around the sun.” She felt real proud of her scientific insight. Piper turned beet red, as two perfectly oval drops of sweat rolled down his forehead. Letting out another sigh –only this time a longer one—he quipped, “The sun doesn’t travel? The sun doesn’t? The sun…. Rats! Gabi! Whatever!
He was carrying the shiny new silver attaché case he had received as a birthday gift the Sunday before. Gabi had picked it out as the, “perfect gift for someone in a hurry.” Oh yes, she had noticed it too. “Piper”, she said, “can’t you slow down for just a moment?” Piper screeched to a halt, let out a deep sigh, and looked her straight in the eye: “Slow down? Slow down? Why you might as well ask the sun to ssslllooowww down as it travels in the sky.” Gabi, always the deep thinker, blurted “Aha! Well there you have it. The Sun does not travel in the sky. In fact, it does not move at all. It is the earth that moves around the sun.” She felt real proud of her scientific insight. Piper turned beet red, as two perfectly oval drops of sweat rolled down his forehead. Letting out another sigh –only this time a longer one—he quipped, “The sun doesn’t travel? The sun doesn’t? The sun…. Rats! Gabi! Whatever!
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