Fly Me To The Moon Page #2

That ocean was like black pavement,

and it was coming up real fast!

We were gonna die.

- What did you do, Grandpa?

- What any brave fly would do.

I flew straight up her nose.

She blew out one serious booger.

I was almost a goner.

You saved the day, Grandpa.

Darn right, I did.

After that, it was smooth flying.

Couple hours later, we landed in France.

The rest is history.

That's when I met Nadia.

Who's Nadia?

You never told me about her.

Oh, I guess I haven't.

Well, she was just about the prettiest

thing with wings I'd ever seen.

Russian, from Minsk.

Wow. You knew a Russian?

Sure did.

- How come you didn't marry her?

- Well...

That's kind of hard to explain.

Wasn't meant to be, I guess.

But she could put away the vodka.

We once drank so much, we...

Oh, Nat?

Why don't you go say hello

to your cousin Sheila?

- She just came out of her cocoon.

- Yeah. Sure, Mom.

See if anybody needs anything.

Don't let Scooter eat all the food.

Let me know

when you're taking off for the moon!

- I might want to come along with you.

- Don't put crazy ideas in his head, Dad.

Nothing crazy about a boy

having an imagination.

Can't hold him back forever.

I'm just trying to prepare him

for the real world out there, Dad.

Dreamers get swatted.

Mrs. McFly, one of your maggots

just jumped on the Baxters' dog.

- They're halfway down the block.

- Coming.

All right!

Who wants to twist an antenna

with old Louie?

When I don't know what to do

I just wanna fly, fly, fly

I wanna be with you

and make you dance, dance, dance

Baby, baby, baby,

make me feel so hot, hot, hot

Let me know

when you're taking off for the moon!

I might want to come along with you.

Okay. I've been doing a lot of thinking.

I was doing a lot of sleeping.

Couldn't this have waited until tomorrow?

- I'm going to the moon.

- The moon?

Are you crazy?

A fly can't make it to the moon.

We can if we hitch a ride.

Wait a minute. What's this "we" stuff?

Guys, we've watched a ton of these flights.

They only last a few minutes.

We'll be back before anyone misses us.

Oh, gosh, I don't know.

The odds of making it are...

Where's your sense of adventure?

We're always talking about

taking a road trip.

Yeah, road trip. Earth. Terra firma.

Is that a dessert?

Oh, just forget it, then.

You don't want to go? I'll go myself.

He's crazy, sleep-deprived.

Nat, wait!

What... What are you doing? Let him go.

Okay.

Don't do it.

I'm in.

You did it.

What?

Oh, no. You guys don't need me to go.

No way.

- We need you.

- Come on, Scooter. We're a team!

You guys, this is not good.

I've got heartburn just thinking about it.

Scooter!

All right. All right, I'm in.

Adventure forever!

Dreamers get swatted? Never!

All right, first thing we have to do

is finish the space suits.

- Can we get them done by tomorrow?

- Yeah, if I don't sleep.

Kind of late

to be wandering around, isn't it?

I was just getting some fresh air, was all.

Really? Gee,

I can smell wood burning a mile away.

Maybe there's a fire at the dump, then.

I'm talking up here.

I'd say the gears are turning pretty hard.

You want to tell your Grandpa

what's going on?

So, tell your old Grandpa

what's on your mind,

because I know something is.

I want to do something special, Grandpa.

I want to have a big adventure like you.

- Is that right?

- Yeah.

You know, I'm all for adventure.

Nothing better than

being out there, taking risks,

having that excitement

pumping through you.

Yeah! You can't beat it.

But I'll tell you something.

Sometimes, you gotta know

that maybe you're just not ready

for the big adventure.

I bet you never waited for adventure.

You're right about that.

But, well, I have come up short.

What do you mean "short"?

Well, as a matter of fact,

you talking about the moon tonight

reminded me of the time

I got my first taste of coming up short.

The humans over at NASA

were sending a monkey into space.

Just a handful of years ago,

I was planning on hitching a ride.

I was gonna be the first fly

to go into space.

You actually went into space?

No, not exactly.

Darn scientist knocked me clean

off the monkey's head.

Before I knew what hit

me, they were gone!

I had missed my shot,

my trip into space.

Yeah, kind of knocked me back to Earth,

in a manner of speaking.

I guess somebody was reminding me

I'm an old fly.

Ever since then, well, I began thinking

maybe I should start acting my age.

Your time will come, little one.

Wait and see.

Your time will come.

How'd we make out with the space suits?

Great. Okay, you guys, this is it.

Mikey's house is our ticket to the moon.

I sure hope it's a round-trip ticket.

I need some breakfast.

Okay, we split up,

and when the time is right,

we get into the lunch pail.

- Okay. Let's do it.

- I can't wait to get in there.

- Scooter! IQ's been hit!

- What? Where is he?

IQ, get up! Move!

No!

- You okay?

- You guys are gonna give me a heart attack.

- This is gonna be a crazy ride.

- Hurry! She's closing the lunch box!

- Thanks, Nat.

- Now we're talking. Breakfast.

Wow!

Moon, here we come.

- Morning, everybody. What's for breakfast?

- I made mold fritters. Where's Nat?

I thought he was down here already.

Wasn't in his bed.

Maggots, stop playing with your grease.

Nat, time for breakfast! Where is he?

He's not here. He left.

What do you mean, he left?

Where did he go?

Hi, everybody.

Has my Scooter been here this morning?

- I haven't seen him.

- Are the boys here?

Don't tell us. IQ's missing, too?

- Mommy! Mommy! They went to the moon!

- Not now. Mommy's talking.

They took a rocket to the moon, Mommy.

- What did you say, sweetheart?

- He said rocket! He clearly said rocket.

- I heard moon.

- What's today's date?

- Please, not now, Dad.

- Of course!

Of course what?

Today's the day the humans are

sending a man to the moon.

- Nat's going to the moon!

- Nat's going to the moon!

- Nat's going to the moon!

- Nat's going to the moon!

The heat from the rocket

could kill them!

I told IQ, "Never, ever, cross the fence."

Oh, my lord of the flies!

They are going to the moon!

Well, I'll be.

Hey, man. How's it going?

- Good, guys. Everything a-okay?

- Oh, yeah. Good to see you, Ben.

Big day, huh?

What if he doesn't open

his lunch pail?

Don't worry. He'll open it.

Humans love a second cup of coffee.

Just remember, when he does,

we get out of here pronto.

He'll be swatting at anything that moves.

Regroup on the nearest wall.

Okay. This is it, guys! Be alert.

Whoa, that was close.

- He almost got me!

- Where's Scooter?

I didn't see him.

There he is! What is he doing?

Scooter!

Oh, no. Scooter!

- What's up, guys?

- I thought that was you down there.

- Where?

- On the donut. Well, was on the donut.

You thought that fatso was me?

I'm insulted.

Nice fake-out, fly.

Okay, listen up. Phase one, complete.

Now, we find the astronauts.

This is Apollo launch control.

T minus 58 minutes, 55 seconds

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