The Star

Professor Eugenius achieves his lifelong dream of discovering a new star and his schievement is a real sensation in the scientific world. When journalists from “Simply Space Magazine” visit the laboratory for their cover story “Discovery of a New Star” they accidently photograph Verda hiding as a screw in the frame together with Professor Eugenius. When Verda soon finds herself sharing the cover photo with the Professor, her new found fame goes straight to her head. Now Verda thinks she is a real star! She suggests to Eugenius that he name the star after her and starts demanding that her Fixie classmates give her the attention she deserves. The friends decide to play along with her star fever supplying her with a red carpet and crown. But things don’t turn out like Verda had hoped when she learns that the star is not called “Verda” but rather “VE03732”. The next day at school the Fixie kids play a joke putting VE03732 on the class attendance sheet in place of the name Verda. Grandpus is confused. Is this a new student? Yes, the kids tell their teacher, and she is a real star. Everyone, including Verda has a good laugh about it.