Beads of sweat popped out on Gylly’s forehead, as he steered the Nertian spaceship low over the cloudy target planet, K4. His mission was to pass along the notebook containing priceless information from his doomed planet.

Hovering even closer, the clouds cleared and he could make out a populated area.  A crescendo of accomplishment swept over him as Gylly  ejected the notebook containing the precious algorithm and watched it fall, landing on a rock outcropping near the domiciles.

The people below heard the notebook land and picked it up curiously,  then cast it aside. It was not in braille!

                         Rapunzel’s tower

Rapunzel–she of the long hair–was separated from her best friend club-footed Hans by her jealous father, and locked in a tower. One day Hans heard her singing out the window of the locked tower. “Let down you hair,” he called, hoping to reach her in this way.

She let down her hair but as soon as he pulled on it, it flew into the air, a wig, whereupon she confessed she had cancer, and no more hair.  Hans pointed to his foot and called, “we’re even now,” and when supper was brought to Rapunzel, Hans entered.