A word from Mr. Wu: this Mercury issue features track team captain Liu Zixuan. His style is conversational, and he gets a scientific detail wrong, but his athletic energy shines through!
Mercury is closest to the Sun, so it runs the fastest! My book says it can finish a lap in 88 days. How cool is that? I'm our school's track team captain and I always win the hundred meters at sports day, but I'm nowhere near Mercury!
It's really hot there, though. Even lead melts! Wait, did Mr. Wu say that was Venus? Whatever, Mercury must be hot too. If I ran there, the new trainers Dad bought me would burn up in a second. No way! They were expensive.
Lately everything in class seems harder. Even the way people talk is complicated. It makes my head hurt. I can't understand their little riddles. Why can't they just say what they mean?
Come run a couple of laps with me instead! Whatever's bothering you, work up a sweat in the sunshine, then get an ice-cold cola from the shop. You'll feel better straight away!
Mercury may run fastest, but I still like Earth best. Earth has cool trainers, running tracks and lots of friends to play with. Come find me at track practice! I'll show you how to get the fastest start!