THE MAGICAL PHONE

Once upon a time there was a boy named Joy. Joy had high fever one day, and his mother took him to a doctor. The doctor prescribed some medicines and asked Joy to take them regularly. Joy took plenty of rest and took the medicines on time. He ate nutritious food that his mother made, and was healthy again! His mother was very proud of him. Someone else was proud too—
The Blue Fairy.
The Blue Fairy came in Joy’s dreams and said, “Joy, you were very nice during your illness. So I’ll reward you with a magical telephone. With this phone, you can call up anybody, anywhere. But remember, you can use it only thrice. Bye”
Joy woke up to find the magical phone besides his table. He immediately called up his best friend, Sid with it. “I’ve got this amazing new magic phone with which I can call anyone!!” Joy excitedly told Sid.
“Then why are you wasting a chance by calling me? You could have called me even by a normal phone!!” Sid asked. Joy realized that he had indeed thrown away one turn to use the magic. The friends decided to be more careful about whom to call in the next two chances.
“Let’s call someone who lives in a very far away land.” Joy suggested.
“I know!!” exclaimed Sid. “Eskimos live in extreme cold climate near Alaska.
It is full of snow and ice all the year long, even their houses, called Igloos, are made of ice. It is very difficult for people like us to reach there or talk to them. So let’s call up an Eskimo and talk to him!”
So the children called up an Eskimo. No doubt the Eskimo was extremely surprised to get their phone call, but he was very happy too. It had been ages since he had spoken to someone from the rest of the world, and they spoke for hours. At last, the Eskimo asked, “Tell me children, how did you choose to call me and no one else?”
“We chose you because you are the farthest human we know of!” told the kids truthfully.
“Well, that’s not entirely true”, said the Eskimo. “Astronauts living in the space station are definitely much further away than I am!! May be you should call them next. It must be really lonely up there.”
So the kids called up the international space station. Astronauts of different nationalities go to ISS to do many scientific experiments in space, and stay there for long periods of time. An astronaut picked up their phone. He was very happy to get a direct call from earth. He told them how earth looks like from the space. He also told them more about their mission, satellites and rockets.
Sid was most excited. “Can you tell me how can I become an astronaut?” He asked.
“An astronaut needs to be intelligent and strong. So you study, eat and play well. Visit a planetarium or watch the night sky with a telescope. I have to go now to complete my experiment, but you guys can call me again” said the nice astronaut.
However, the kids could never call him again, because the magic phone disappeared. But they thought of him every time they saw the night sky glittering with stars and planets!