[00:01.04] Chapter 6 Spaceship to the Moon
[00:06.70]And so they waited．And waited. Rilla slept in her chair．
[00:13.19]Kiah and Seru talked quietly．Seru's brother came and went．
[00:18.00]Most of the prison guards ran away with the prisoners．
[00:25.75]Seven or eight people—some prisoners and some guards—didn't want to run away，
[00:34.27]So they came into the room and waited，too．
[00:38.06]Ten o'clock came，then eleven o'clock．It was very quiet．
[00:45.79]Seru walked up and down the room．Kiah sat next to Rilla．
[00:53.26]Seru's brother came into the room again．
[00:57.47]‘It's after midnight，’he said．
[01:01.51]Just then, they heard the noise of a plane．Kiah stood up．
[01:08.82]‘Come on，’he said．‘Let's get out of the building．’
[01:14.83]Quietly，they left the building．It was a dark，hot night．
[01:23.04]There were no guards in front of the prison，
[01:25.82]so they went to the gate and waited there．
[01:29.14]Suddenly，they saw the plane．It was a little plane，
[01:35.85]And it was going to come down on the road in front of the prison！
[01:39.94]Rilla took Kiah's hand．‘You were right，’she said．‘I'm sorry．’
[01:49.26]Kiah smiled．He began to feel happy．
[01:55.94]‘That's all right．I under stand．I know Adai very well，and you don't．’
[02:01.85]The plane stopped and someone opened the door．
[02:07.45]Kiah ran across to the plane．
[02:11.59]‘How many can you take？’he called．‘There are twelve of us．’
[02:17.74]‘That's all right，’someone said．‘Quickly，the spaceship is waiting．’
[02:23.19]The twelve people got into the little plane，and the plane be-gan to move．
[02:28.94]Rilla looked at the captain of the plane．He was tall，with brown hair．
[02:35.93]He looked nice．Was this the famous Commander Adai？
[02:42.31]‘Where is the spaceship？’Kiah asked．
[02:47.03]‘At the old airport，’the man said．
[02:51.20]‘One of the fires is moving very quickly across the new forest．
[02:55.44]It's going to arrive at the west of Kisangani before tomorrow，I think．
[03:02.09]But the old airport is OK．’
[03:05.74]then the man looked at Kiah and smiled warmly．
[03:11.59]‘My brother’，he said．‘My little brother，in prison 888！’
[03:19.37]‘Your brother？Commander Adai？’Rilla asked．
[03:26.29]‘But you didn't tell me that！’
[03:29.81]Kiah smiled．‘Nobody knew，’he said．
[03:34.75]‘But now—it doesn't  matter now．Everyone can know．’
[03:40.88]The little plane came down at the old airport，south of the town．
[03:49.13]‘Let's be careful，’Adai said．
[03:52.17]‘We don't want someone to shoot us before we leave．’
[03:55.92]The spaceship was dark．
[03:58.90]Quickly, everyone jumped down from the plane and ran across to the spaceship．
[04:05.42]Soon，the spaceship left Earth，
[04:10.38]And everyone looked down at the burning planet．
[04:14.59]They saw the dark smoke over Africa，and here and there，
[04:22.36]through the smoke，the red，angry fires．
[04:27.85]‘The fires are destroying the forest very quickly，’seru said．
[04:33.37]Adai put his hand on Kiah's arm．‘I'm sorry about Zadak，’he said．
[04:42.24]‘I wanted him to wait，’Kiah said．‘I wanted him to talk to you．’
[04:49.67]Adai's face was sad．‘He didn't want me to die，’
[04:57.01]he said quietly．‘He was a good man．And now he's dead．’
[05:05.74]‘And Gog is going to Mars，’seru said．
[05:10.55]‘Mars？He's crazy！Mars isn't ready for people，’Adai said．
[05:19.74]‘But Gog wants to go，and so he's going，’seru said．
[05:27.42]‘Tell us about the Moon colony．That isn't ready：you need more money．’
[05:33.71]‘No，I don't，’Adai said．‘The Moon colony is ready．
[05:39.79]I asked for more money because of Zadak：
[05:44.13]I wanted to give him money for rain．But Gog didn't listen；
[05:49.66]He wanted all Earth's money for the spaceship to Mars．’
[05:54.50]‘I don't want to leave Earth，’Rilla said sadly．She felt tired and afraid．
[06:03.65]Adai smiled warmly at Rilla．‘Nobody wants to leave Earth，’he said．
[06:12.74]‘But under the Moon is the best home for us now．
[06:16.77]Wait and see．The Moon colony is a beautiful，wonderful country，
[06:24.21]with rivers and rain，forests and flowers，buildings—and the first town．
[06:33.19]You can visit Earth again soon，and bring more people to the Moon colony．
[06:40.34]We all want to help Earth，because it's our first home．
[06:45.90]I know that．At the same time，you are going to be happy under the Moon．’
[06:54.83]Suddenly，someone cried：‘Look at the Moon！’
[07:01.58]And through the window of the spaceship they saw the Moon before them，
[07:08.79]cold，white and beautiful；
[07:13.77]and under the Moon，there was the Moon colony！