Tolstoy and the peasants, part 3: Space race

Tolstoy's dog in its pie tin orbited the earth. The space race was on. The Americans launched a cat in a box. "Our cat in a box will orbit the planet twice as fast as your dog."

It did. Then the French launched a hamster in a shoe. It flew to the moon and back but burnt up on re-entry. The nation mourned. International headlines read: BRAVE HAMSTER.

But nobody mentioned the shoe. "I see which way the wind is blowing," said the pie tin. "I see those headlines." It ditched the dog and vowed never to orbit the earth again. A profession with no reward.

The dog limped back to Tolstoy's estate, and all the peasants shouted when they saw it:

"The Tsar! The Tsar!"

Woof woof.

"The Tsar has fallen!"

Aroo.


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Tolstoy and the peasants, again. (Part 2)