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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">A story about a
misundersanding of what an experience meant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">The pictures taken could be interpreted as prooving the earth was flat,
but actually told the story</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">of how the
world was round. But the wrong interpretation was accepted and it became the
world view.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">But there were those who saw
that it was wrong.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">The problem I have
with the story if of how the one time flight to the moon was accomptlished</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">without realizing that the erth was round. I
don’t see how that was possible. You have to take all of those into
consideration when plotting a course to the moon..<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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It Is <br>
by Sly Duck</font></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jeff studied the gallery of
photos surrounding the sixty inch monitor on the wall in front of him. The
pictures, taken fifty years ago by astronaut John Skites during the historical
one time flight to the moon, proved once and for all that the world was
flat.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In the screen saver shot, the
sun had been over the center of the earth bathing all the continents and bodies
of water in light. The other, smaller pictures showed the earth with the sun
and moon in various positions as they orbited their floating world. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">There was no mythical god
standing on a turtle holding it up. It just hung there in space. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">Phil, who had been standing in
the doorway, stepped up beside Jeff. <br></font><font size="3">
“It’s beautiful, isn’t it? I never tire of looking at it. </font></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jeff nodded. He reached up and
touched a barely visible line within the sun's rays.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"You know, some people
still insist it is round,” continued Phil.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jeff nodded again, His gaze
never leaving the display of photos. "They present some pretty good
arguments. Something about two sticks 100 miles apart casting a different
shadow, and what becomes visible first when a ship at sea comes into view.”</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Ridiculous. It's plain
to see that it is flat.” said Phil looking appreciatively at the display. Then
at Jeff. “How is he?"</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"He passed a little while
ago."</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Did anyone find out why
he kept saying ‘It is.” Over and over?"</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jeff nodded. "You know?
If you look closely, you can tell."</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Phil’s eyebrows rose wrinkling
his brow. "Tell what?" </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"That It is."</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3137634996msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"That It is what? What
are you talking about?"</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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"Round,” he said, “and it orbits the sun."</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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