Drums in Space Brenda Bongos was a girl with one big ambition — to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to many old people. She knew that beating drums would really get on their nerves. Brenda was a very respectful girl. She always tried to find a way of practicing her drums without bothering other people. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen .... But it was no good; there was always someone it would annoy. However,determined to practice as much as she could, Brenda spent most of her time playing on books and boxes, and looking for new places to practice. One day, while watching TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there ’ s no air. At that moment, Brenda decided to become a sort of musical astronaut. With many efforts, Brenda built a space bubble( 密室). This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit and a chair. Brenda entered the bubble and played those drums wildly! It wasn ’ t long before Brenda had become very famous. So many people came to see her play in her space bubble that she had to fix speakers so that everyone could listen to her play. Shortly afterwards she started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government proposed that she form part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band. Years later, when they asked her how she had achieved this, she thought for a moment,and said, “ If those old people next-door hadn ’ t mattered so much to me, I wouldn ’ t have gone to such lengths to find a solution, and none of this would have ever happened. ”