‘I want to go to Mars, now!‘ Jessie stamped
her foot and had the air of a scream building
up.
.....‘But baby youse can only do that in story
books,’ said Mama Sue, feeling all of her
seventy years.
.....‘Well I’m going’, Jessie said.
.....And she did—fifty years later
Bored by working the crowd for funds, Pete
caught a glimpse of the news … Crash. The
TV broke into fragments. It was a lesson.
Rules were rules. Missing the moon
landing was a consequence of poor school
grades…
......He had learned, it’s why he founded the Children Matter Helpline.