Project Gutenberg 2008-01-02 Public domain in the USA. 64 Kuykendall, Roger Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly Produced from Astounding Science Fiction May 1959. Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly" by Roger Kuykendall is a science fiction short story published in the late 1950s. The narrative revolves around the imaginative adventures of a group of kids who create their own spaceship using salvaged materials and concoct innovative scientific solutions. The story explores themes of childhood creativity and the innocence of youth, combined with a humorous take on the misunderstandings that arise from their escapades. In the story, the protagonist and his friend Skinny build a makeshift spaceship to explore the world, fueled by their imaginative interpretations of science and technology. As they embark on their journey, they accidentally come across a downed satellite, which they view as a harmless addition to their adventure. Their innocent act of taking the satellite back to their home is soon misinterpreted on a larger scale, leading to international scrutiny and humorous situations when the Russian authorities raise alarm. Ultimately, their actions, while misinterpreted as theft, are revealed to be less nefarious than they initially seem, and they highlight the playful nature of childhood curiosity amidst a backdrop of tense geopolitical relations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Humorous stories Boys -- Fiction Space flight -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Humour Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 37207 37208 2024-10-10T11:12:27.189719 2023-09-11T03:47:48.175890 text/html text/html 33217 2021-01-03T05:45:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 51830 2021-01-03T05:45:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 142395 2024-10-10T11:12:33.102655 application/epub+zip 140759 2024-10-10T11:12:30.675684 application/epub+zip 78751 2024-10-10T11:12:29.358696 application/epub+zip 267672 2024-10-10T11:12:34.761660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260731 2024-10-10T11:12:32.259666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188283 2022-09-11T08:26:41.853687 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29575 29454 2024-10-10T11:12:26.901188 2023-09-11T03:47:47.984888 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 29434 2021-01-03T05:45:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10929 2021-01-03T05:45:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21471 2024-10-10T11:12:34.936640 application/rdf+xml 16610 2024-10-10T11:12:29.904674 image/jpeg 3836 2024-10-10T11:12:29.630690 image/jpeg 141441 2024-10-10T11:12:27.198191 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia