Nom de code "IOONOS"
Chapter 1 : The application
- “Hugo!”
- “Hmm?”
- “Hugo, wake up!”
- “Mum, let me sleep, there’s no school this morning!”
- “Hey, I’m not your mother, get up, it’s Louise!
Today’s the day for enrolling in the ‘My ticket to space’ competition.”
- “What? What are you talking about?”
- “Come on Hugo, it was you who asked the principal if the fourth year could enter. You’ve been going on about it ever since the summer holidays. So, come on, get your skates on!”
Half an hour later, and after a quick breakfast, Louise and Hugo left the family apartment and headed for their school. The principal was waiting for them in his office. He was looking rather severe this morning. Turning to face his visitors, he adjusted his wire-rimmed spectacles and then took them off and swung them between his fingers. He seemed to be scrutinizing certain details of Hugo’s appearance: the hole in his trainers, through which his little toe was poking out; the traces of his hastily eaten breakfast on his polo shirt; his unruly mop of blond hair… Hugo remained unperturbed and offered his winning smile, the one that usually worked on the English teacher when he had forgotten his book or his exercise papers. But the principal remained stony-faced and Hugo began to ask himself if he had done something wrong.
- “I’d like to thank you sir, on behalf of everyone in 4B for registering our class for the ‘My ticket to space’ competition.”
- “Yes, you may thank me young lady, but you know very well that I take a somewhat sceptical view of this initiative. You have an examination at the end of the year and I cannot have you being distracted by launching satellites, the conquest of the moon or the possibility of life on Mars…”
- “Don’t worry, Sir, we won’t disappoint you.”
- “That’s for sure!” added Hugo, nodding his head, although a vague sense of concern crept into the back of his mind.
- “All right then, here are the application forms, with my authorization. You have to attach the class project and the letter saying why your class should be accepted. There...so hurry up, as you know the application has to be delivered to the offices of the European Space Agency before noon.”
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- What adventures are in store for Louise and Hugo ?
What adventures are in store for Louise and Hugo ?
