There he was. Just sitting there watching the full moon outside the window. Oh, by the way, we are both dogs. Just getting that out there. Anyways, I’ve been here in the family for two years and have always been the only pet. That is, until now. He’s been here for three days and hasn’t said one word to me! His name is Ryley and I only know that because I hear the humans talking. I start walking up to this quit little dog and say,”What are you looking at?” He turned to me and said,”You know there are sunspots on the sun’s surface?” I glared at him for a second, studying him. Hesitatingly, I answered, “What are sunspots?” So he started explaining what they are, but I was half tuning him out. I was more concerned about why his first words to me were about sunspots. Just as he finished talking, the humans called for supper time. At dinner, while they were cleaning their plates, Ryley started telling me about solar flares and solar prominences. After that, he went back to the window. I was going to bed when he stopped me and gestured me towards the window to watch the night sky. All of a sudden, a comet flew by! Ryley turned to me and said,”That comet has an eliptical orbit, you know.” No, I didn’t know. So there he went, explaining that to me. Why is this guy so smart? Then he started telling me about meteoroids. Finally, he stopped and went to bed. After hearing all this science talk, so did I. The next morning, when the humans went to work, I got up. I walked to the living room and saw Ryley watching some space movie. He saw me and told me to sit next to him. “You know what I wish”, he said to me. “No, I replied.” “I wish they could send dogs to space because I’ve always wanted to be an astronaut.” I never thought about going to space, but obviously he has. I smiled at him. and turned to watch the T.V., studying the pictures of space. A little man appeared on the screen, explaning what a satellite was and what they do. The rest of the day we sat on that couch talking and getting to know each other a little more. A whole month had passed, and we had become just like brother and sister. One night, I found him starring out that same window, but this time, at a new moon.