Fluency U4L2

People like to look at the moon. Some people think

they see a man’s face in the moon. Others see a rabbit

or even a buffalo. What are people really seeing? They

are seeing mountains, craters, and shadows on the

moon’s surface. These things only look like animals

when you use your imagination.

Almost two hundred years ago, a man said there

were real animals on the moon. He wrote six stories in

a newspaper. People were surprised at what he wrote.

It sounded really crazy, but no one was sure if he was

telling the truth.

The stories said that goats and unicorns lived on

the moon! They also said that the moon had beavers

without tails. The biggest news was that people with

wings lived on the moon and that the moon had its own

trees, beaches, and oceans. The writer of the stories

said he could see all of this because had made a new

kind of telescope.

At that time, there were a lot of new science discoveries.

Some of them were hard to believe, but they were true.

One scientist found a new planet, while another invented

an electric battery.

Of course, none of the moon news was true. The man

made up the whole story, and there were no animals

or people on the moon. But many people bought the

newspapers. They believed the stories, and they were

not happy when they discovered it was just a big joke.

The writer only wanted to get people excited. He wrote

the stories to sell a lot of newspapers, which he did.

People got excited about the moon, and the paper made

a lot of money.