The Elephant Moon of Sir Herbert Spoon

by Kelly Terwilliger

SIR HERBERT SPOON lived in a very tall house with his butler, Cecil Spout. The house had several sets of stairs for going up and a pole for sliding down, which worked well, except when Sir Herbert snagged his pajamas on the coat hook in the second-floor bedroom and dangled like a plum. “Help, Cecil! Help!” he’d cry. “Sir Herbert,” Cecil would grumble as he unhitched Sir Herbert and watched him whiz down the pole. “This won’t do!” The house was tall because Sir Herbert studied stars and liked to be close to the sky. Every night he climbed to the observatory on the topmost floor where he focused his telescope, stared, and scribbled notes. Cecil followed, stepping over crumpled papers and running his fingers along dusty windowsills. Sir Herbert…

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