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GOODBYE FROM BELOW
15 As it happens with almost all legends, multiple versions contradict one
another, proof disappears, and word of mouth constructs stories that
differ greatly from the reality. No one knows for certain exactly what
happened to Captain Arsenio and his flying machines; all that is left is
his diary—ninety pages of consecutive failures—and one big question:
Did he eventually succeed?
16 Some say that Arsenio’s book was buried near Cairo, Egypt—7,508
miles away from where he lived in Patagonia, Argentina. Others
disagree and tell us it was in a chest at the bottom of the sea, buried
under a pile of rusty metal junk. But most people insist with
determination that Captain Arsenio’s diary was found on the surface
of the moon on July 20, 1969.
17 “Many years have passed since that first Motocanary.
Although I have failed many times, I have learned so much. And today, for the first time,
I am sure that this new machine I have developed is going to work.
I deserve a piece of heaven, and I am going for it!”
—Captain Arsenio, December 6, 1789
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