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The Strange Ticking Sound
Posted by Holger:
Reposted from NOVEMBER 4, 2017:
Thereās this story about a Russian astronaut, the first man to ever go into space. After launching, heās totally alone in his huge spaceship, of which only a very tiny cabine is habitable. Heās looking at the curvature of Earth, the first ever to look at his home planet. Heās lost in that moment, thinking about life in the void of outer space. And then, a strange ticking starts. Tickā¦ tickā¦ tickā¦ Every few seconds. Itās coming from one of the panels, one of the dashboards. He takes a screwdriver and opens a panel to see where it is, what is, to try and find the sound to make it stop. But he canāt find it, and cannot stop the sound. Tickā¦ tickā¦ tickā¦ He figures itāll go over, but a few hours on, the ticking still continues. Itās starting to drive him mad. Heās in space alone, in a tiny capsule, with twenty days left in his mission. The ticking continues. Tickā¦ tickā¦ tickā¦ A few days go by, and he knows that this sound will break him if he doesnāt find a solution quickly. Tickā¦ tickā¦ tickā¦ But then, the astronaut decides that his only hope is to simplyā¦ fall in love with the sound. So he closes his eyes, goes into imagination ā and opens the sound again. He doesnāt hear the ticking anymore, but he hears beautiful music. And from then on, heās sailing through space in total bliss, and peace…
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