‘To build your own, get a carton and cut a hole in one side, big enough to poke your head through. Paste white paper on the inside surface that you will be facing. Then punch a pinhole into the opposite side, high enough so that the little shaft of light will miss your head.’ Life magazine. ‘A final word from Life: ‘Don’t forget to come out for air.’

‘Well here we are in the year of our Lord 1962 and we are going to have a total Solar Eclipse in February,’ said Chet triumphantly! ‘Mr. Gray said that it must not be missed and gave us all instructions on how to safely view the Solar event that he got from Life magazine, he continued.

‘I hear that President Kennedy and Jackie will be using the Viewing Box to take in the bloting out of the Sun, Jane said. ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to watch it with your eyes directly, she added.

‘You do know that my friend Mylo gave me special glasses to see the Eclipse through that will enable the viewing of it without any danger,’ Billy B said as he smiled a wide toothy grin. ‘Mylo is from out of town and he told me where but I did not recognize the name of the place where he lives, Billy B went on to say.

‘Was it near Pounds Hollow as I recall you talking with a rather strange fellow when we were there last summer,’ Neva J asked? She noted that he was wearing a silver jumpsuit and removed a helmet from his head so that I thought he might have been diving in the lake.

‘Mylo told me that he was from Mars and had seen the Sun and the Moon close up and had even walked on the Moon,’ Billy B answered. ‘I thought that he must be from Harrisburg as you know they are prone to tall tales,’ Billy B laughed.

‘Can you get some more of the special glasses for Neva J Chet and me,’ Jane asked?

‘Your wish is Mylo’s command as he left a pair for each of you,’ Billy B exulted!

‘Oh my goodness I see the Sun perfect and the Moon gliding across its face,’ Neva J said as she laughed a giddy laugh.

‘You know this is a bit of a spiritual experience, Billy B said with a tear in his eye.

‘Have you looked around you as we are not in Eldorado anymore,’ Chet queried?

‘Welcome to Mars my friends and please do not take your glasses off until we return to my home as they are providing you oxygen, Mylo said with a smile.