The Moon Landing

Once upon a time, years ago,
There were two boys called Neil and Buzz.
They were having an argument
And this is what it was
 
"I think the moon's a giant face"
Said Neil. "Everybody agrees."
But Buzz said "No, Everyone knows
The moon is made of cheese!"

They argued on, "I'm right!" said Buzz
But Neil said "No you're not, I am!"
Eventually they decided
To ask their Uncle Sam.
 
So old uncle Sam listened to
The two young boys argue and shout,
And he said "My boys you must go
Up to the moon and find out!"

Now old Uncle Sam was really a
Very intelligent fellow,
He built the boys a rocket ship
And called it Apollo.
 
The boys climbed into the rocket
And they turned on the ignition.
"Three, two, one,...blast-off!" they were off
On their lunar mission.

Up they went high into the sky
Up higher, and higher, and soon
They'd left the earth far far behind
And landed on the moon.
 
The boys climbed down from the rocket,
But the stairs were really quite steep.
Perhaps a small step for a man
For boys, a giant leap.
 
Once on the moon they discovered
It was a cold and rocky place.
It was not made from cheese, and it
Was not a giant face.

"Well" said Buzz, quite disappointed,
"This is not a fun place at all.
I wish there was a cinema,
Or park, or shopping mall."
 
They had a good look round the place,
And took lots of photographs too.
They put up a flag, but then they
Ran out of things to do.
 
"I want to go back home" said Buzz,
And nodding, Neil said so did he.
They got back in Apollo and
Turned the ignition key.
 
The rocket took them back to Earth
It was just like an aeroplane.
Space travel had been fun but they
Were glad to be home again.


Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first men on the moon. Their ship was Apollo 11, built by NASA. The moon landing was in 1969.

For more information, visit the Apollo program timeline at timeline-help.com


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