Elegy

By Gadfly on Sep 20, 2015

A three-man spaceship is lost and low on fuel. The crewmen, Captain James Webber, Peter Kirby, and Kurt Meyers, strap in to land. The asteroid’s atmosphere, gravity, and temperature are all Earth-normal. The younger Kirby prepares to go outside, pointing out that whatever the risks, they’re out of options. They open the hatch and discover that despite the fact they’re 665 million miles from Earth, they have set down in a farmyard.The men spot a dog nearby and Kirby calls it over. However, the do…