Zion was a child but his imagination knew no bounds. Unlike other children of his age who loved to play games like hide n seek or Tag, the young Zion treasured looking up in the sky through his father’s telescope. He loved exploring the stars and listening to the stories of space.
Among the many fables and legends of the universe, the tale of the red planet was his favourite. Although he was much younger when he first heard the story, he remembered the details vividly. His father used to tell him that soon humanity will land on the red planet and turn it into a paradise. “That could be our home one day,” his father would say.
“But how come our planet has all the people, animals, and ocean but that planet is all dust,” Zion would often ask his dad. The young boy had a curious mind after all. Strangely, his father never answered him. He would sigh, embrace him and say, “That’s what happens when you don’t make your bed and litter.” Zion knew his father was not telling the truth. What does a bed have to do with a planet covered in the sand anyway?
One day, Zion went to his father’s study room when no one was home. He was looking for the book his father used to tell the stories from.
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