“Socks,” Leo said, picking them up gently. “You are both rocket ships. Left foot and right foot are launch pads. If you go on the wrong pads, you’ll crash into each other. But if you go on the right pads—left sock on left foot, right sock on right foot—you can fly to the moon together.”
The socks went very still.
He slid the second sock onto his right foot. It fit perfectly. The two rockets were now side by side, aiming forward, a fleet of two. socks for 4