noble fly

Once upon a time, there was a noble fly. His name was Barney. Barney was a magnificent creature, a quarter inch long, with transparent wings that glittered in sunlight. He could fly up. He could fly down. He could fly all around. His eyes had many, many facets and he could see almost everything in all directions around him. His reflexes were such that if danger approached, like the tongue of a frog, he was up and gone before the frog could catch him. He groomed himself while perched on a twig, and liked to fly to flowers, and walk - he had six feet! - deep into the tunnel inside to find nectar.

One day, he was perched on a box at an airport and before he knew it, he and the box were loaded into the cabin of a spaceship. There was big noise and he was rattled and confused and so kept very still atop the box. When the ship landed, he flew around the cabin and through a very big tunnel.  Nothing seemed quite normal.  That's because the noble earth fly was now on the moon...