AN ASTRONAUT IN MY DREAM

A week ago, my grandmother gifted me a set of books on the universe and several aspects of becoming an astronaut. It was a holiday and I read about outer space the whole day and imagined myself thrusting through space. That night as I fell asleep, I had the most wonderful dream ever - I was travelling through space as an astronaut!

I found myself at the space research centre. I was asked to go for a training session by an officer where I was dressed as an astronaut and had to listen to a whole lot of instructions. The officer then led me to a place where there was a huge rocket. I was amazed at its gigantic size. I was then asked to enter the cockpit along with the rest of the crew. I soon realised that I was the captain of the spaceship. In a moment the final countdown began and soon the rocket jet propelled into the air towards outer space. I was on an expedition to Mars.

Soon the rocket left the earth's atmosphere and I was feeling light as ever. I realised that there was less gravity than on the earth. It was a great experience to find myself floating in the air. But the conditions inside the shuttle were so adjusted that we could ground ourselves at will. It was a magnificent sight to view our planet earth from space. The earth looked blue because of three-fourth being water. As we moved on we could see the moon that looked like a planet itself, but reflected the light of the sun. We kept moving ahead and could see many stars located very far from us. I was already some light years away. As we moved on I could see several other galaxies at a distance. I wondered if life existed on those planets. I also saw some meteors pass us by. The Asteroid belt could be seen from a distance as well. Soon I saw our shuttle reaching the planet Mars. It was 'red' just as I had studied in the books and it was beyond description. 

I soon began to wonder whether it is possible to live on Mars or not. Are there aliens on Mars? Would I get a chance to meet one of them? As I was thinking about this, I suddenly heard a voice that said, "Wake up Mohammed, it's time to get ready for school!" Well, so this is how my dream came to an end. I'm happy that I got a chance to be an astronaut in my dream... It was indeed the best dream ever!