Moon Child – or the Secret History of Neil Armstrong*

When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, he did not know he was being watched. Moon dwellers followed his arrival with curiosity. They watched as the spaceship landed on the surface of their planet, just as millions of people on Earth did. After a six-hour stay, he had to return to Earth. Like a lover, he left the moon and climbed into his rocket. A moon girl watched him. She absorbed his longing, chewed it very slowly until it was soft, spat it into the moon dust and began to sing a song. From this connection a moon child was born. Only it was completely different from the other moon dwellers. It felt like "a stranger" on the moon... And the longing to get to know its father's world was great - so it came to Earth. It wanted to adapt as well as possible. But on Earth, where people are so similar and so different at the same time, this is a difficult task.

*so secret that he didn't even know it himself

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