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@ppoli611674629039 · 04 Dec 2020

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Only the sound of the wind

#shortstory #sciencefiction 


A month ago I stretched out my legs and slipped from the support that supported me. When the wheels began to spin, their hands began to clap.
On the morning of departure, I remember, they were all around me and made a great noise. I felt that great things were expected of me. And then there was Frank.
“Have a good trip, Spirit”, he said, then he touched me: “You are all of us”, he added, and I left happy.
During the trip I slept. I woke up only to send the agreed signals.
I landed bouncing, protected by the air bags. I sent my beep and immediately heard them scream. They sang that Beatles song that they taught me too.
Let it be, let it be. Let it be!
They were really satisfied with me.
I immediately recognized Frank's voice among all the others.
During this month, I explored a crater in which Frank thinks there may be water. I took soil samples as he taught me to do. There is water in the glaciers of the poles and in some rocks. I carefully analyzed the air: 95% carbon dioxide, 2% nitrogen and traces of oxygen.
I worked with enthusiasm waiting to see Frank and the others again.
I'll stay here instead, Frank told me yesterday. “The signal will get weaker and weaker,” he explained, “and one day we will lose contact. It has already happened to Laika. "
Laika was a dog. I, they say, am not even a dog.
I look around. Suddenly I don't like being here anymore. There are only stones on this planet, the surface is all canyons and mountains. I don't like this yellow sky, and the night is cold (-120 °)
I wish I was down with them. I liked the noise that Frank's spoon made as it turned in the cup. Click, click ...
I liked Frank's voice.
Here there is only the sound of the wind. 400 km per hour and furious sandstorms.
I'm thinking about Frank.
Click, click… Frank was my friend.
Wisper words of wisdom, she it be ...
Let it be ...
Now there is only the sound of the wind.