Forever Young — Gloria Gay

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After reading the tour pamphlet, Kate dozed off and awoke suddenly to a shrill sound so loud it made her cover her ears.
Brought out of her grogginess by panic she looked around and realized she was falling through space!
Had the bus had an accident?
Horror gripped her as she realized she was hurling alone through space and no one else was falling alongside her!
She was going to die! No one could fall this distance without smashing on landing!
Yet how was it possible that she was able to form a coherent thought even as she fell?
The fall lasted only a few more seconds, then Kate landed with a soft thump on an area strewn with grass, dead leaves and tall trees.
 She stood up from the dead leaves and nettles and touched herself all over to see if she was harmed.