The Moon
The Moon
They were used to him asking if the moon was made of cheese, because nobody ever gave him a straight answer.
One of his friends said, No, and gave no explanation. The other came up with a wacky story about how he had traveled to the moon and defeated the fearsome Moon Man and his army of blood-thirsty rabbits, but he didn't say what the moon was made of. Then the reindeer got distracted by the story, and between gasps of awe, forgot to answer. By then he'd forget and go on being their captain.
Then there was her, and she didn't know what to say. She remained silent, wondering if he was a child trapped in a man's body, or a man hiding in a child's mind.