Helypants

Last journal entry of Dmitri Asimov (Дмитрий Азимов) translated from Russian to English by his grandson Aleksandr Asimov (Александр Азимов) October 20th 1973 Journal, Tonight is my last on Earth, of this I am certain. What will become of me after my departure cannot be set in stone, but I know that tomorrow at 8am I will leave this planet in a space shuttle headed for Mars. If all goes to plan, once my shuttle has entered the orbit of Mars, I will jettison myself off it in a

Moira was, for all intents and purposes, a chicken. She had wide, beady eyes, scaly feet, and enjoyed speculatively pecking at things. She was, however, different from other chickens in one very important way. She lacked all of the trepidation and cowardice that, over the years, has come to give chickens such a bad name. To put it simply, Moira was a detective. She enjoyed strutting around the farm yard and boldly pecking things that no other chicken had ever pecked. This kind of irresponsible, reckless behaviour inevitably inspired a great deal of quiet, disapproving clucks from her fellow coop-dwellers, but Moira took no heed of them. Her u