9 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

CHAPTER 9 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 'See?' says Terry. 'What did I tell you? There is such a thing as an un-inventor. And Professor Stupido is the best un-inventor in the world.' 'Yes,' I say, 'I can see that, but the only problem is he's not in the world—he's on the dark side of the moon. How would we even get in touch with him?'

'Easy!' says Terry. 'We get a rocket, fly to the moon, find him and bring him back. What could be easier— or more simple—than that?' 'Um, well, nothing,' I say, 'except for the fact that we don't have a rocket.' 'No, not at the moment,' says Terry, 'but I could

draw one.' 'How are you going to do that?' I say. 'Your drawing hand is all bandaged up, remember?' 'Oh yeah,' says Terry. 'I forgot.' 'I guess I could try,' I say. 'I don't think that's such a good idea, Andy,' says Terry. 'You can't draw, remember?' 'Not as well as you, no, but I think I could draw a rocket, I mean, how hard could it be to draw a rectangle with a triangle on the top? Watch this!' I pick up a pen and draw a rocket. But it's not quite as easy as I thought.

'No offence, Andy,' says Terry, 'but that's pretty much the worst drawing of a rocket I've ever seen.' 'There's something wrong with the pen!' I say. 'The pen is fine,' says Terry. 'I think it's you that's the problem. But I've got an idea. How about I do a dot-to-dot rocket? Then all you have to do is join the dots.' 'I don't know,' I say. 'I'm not very good at dot-to-dot pictures. They're really hard.' 'Don't worry,' says Terry. 'I'll make it really easy for you.' Terry takes the pen with his good hand and starts dotting the air in front of us.

'There's your dots, Andy,' he says when he's finished. 'Now all you have to do is join them up. Good luck!'

He hands me the pen. I start connecting the dots. 'It doesn't look much like a rocket to me,' I say, as I join the last dot.