hard on the glass. The astronauts heard a tremendous thump, looked up to see Zekeâs flat face, and then all fainted into their spacecorn buckets.
âOh fabulous,â said Zeke, dangling from the window. âHelp me, you great fat burp heads!â And then he quietly began to cry, feeling very sorry for himself until he was rudely interrupted by a gentle rrrrrrrrrrrrripping sound. âMy pants!â shrieked Zeke. âMy Superboy suit is tearing!â And sure enough it was.
âThis is all Eppieâs fault,â mumbled Zeke bitterly as finally his suit tore completely off and once again he was caught in his undies. (Yep! The Barbie ones his mum gave him for Christmas last year, nineteen pairs for the price of one.) âHelp!â he screamed into the dark universe, as he was hurtled through the atmosphere.
âHelp, help,â he called as he raced through the galaxy at a billion trillion zillion dillion hillion kilometres an hour. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!
âDonât cry my little fellow,â said the kind deep voice of The Man in the Moon as he caught Zeke in his great big hand. âHere put this cheese suit on and cover up those Barbie Doll undies.â
âI canât wear a suit made out of cheese,â replied Zeke.
âOh, all right then,â said The Man in the Moon. âIf you want everyone to see your â¦â
âOkay, okay, âinterrupted Zeke as he grabbed the suit made of cheese and The Man in the Moon.
While The Man in the Moon whispered in his ear, âMy mum gave me twelve pairs of Barbie Doll undies for my birthday, and boy do I know theyâre embarrassing.â
Once he was dressed in the cheese suit, which I must say wasnât all that warm because it was full of holes, Zeke told The Man in the Moon all about strawberry-sized Eppie, the possums, the owl, the Internet, the kaboom, the astronomers, and even his motherâs loud snoring.
âSo thatâs what that dreadful noise is,â said The Man in the Moon.
And sure enough, when Zekestopped sobbing, even though he was sitting on the moon, he could still hear his motherâs dreadful snorts.
âSo you see, my sister Eppie was last seen up in space and I absolutelyhave to find her before my mum wakes up and blames me and yells and screams and carries on until my ears burst and my head explodes and Iâm stuffed and put in a museum. And besides,â continued Zeke very softly, âI want my yoyo back.â
âOh I understand,â said The Man in the Moon, or Moonie as he liked to be called. âI used to have a yoyo myself but I dropped it one day and it fell to Earth ⦠and created the Grand Canyon I believe. But enough of that. Tell me, son, where was little Eppie last seen?â
âWell some astronomers saw her on Planet Sock. Do you know where that is?â
âHavenât got a clue,â said Moonie. âBut