Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Appears to Lose Weight

Afterwards something happened which compelled Passepartout to forget about Moonstone for a while.What happened was so surprising and so unusual that it is difficult to even describe it.To put it simply, the know-it-all simply can't think about any stones, let alone such a stone that he can't see any use for. One day, know-it-all didn't get up immediately after waking up, but—unconventionally lay down in bed for a while.If this is not counted, then the day when these things happened began as usual.At first, he was just too lazy to get up, but later he felt a headache or dizziness.For a while he wondered whether he had a headache because he was lying in bed, or if he was lying in bed because he had a headache.However, Know-It-All has his own way to treat headaches, which is to ignore the pain at all, and do what should be done, as if there is no pain at all.Know-it-all decided to adopt this method, and he jumped out of bed full of energy and began to do morning exercises.After doing a few exercises and washing his face with cold water, Wan Shitong felt that his headache and dizziness were gone.

Know-it-all was in a better mood, but there was still some time before breakfast, so he decided to clean the room: he swept the floor, wiped the closet with a damp rag—there were jars of chemicals and collected insect specimens in the closet, and The most important thing is to put the books piled on the table, bedside table, and even the windowsill on the bookshelf according to the category.This should have been done a long time ago, but the know-it-all always runs out of time for some reason. "While picking up the books from the window sill, Jack of All Trades decided to put away the moonstone that was on it. He opened the closet where the mineral specimens were kept, and stuffed the moonstone into the bottom shelf, because there was a small dot in the top shelf. There was no room. For this he had to bend down, but when he bent down he felt a little dizzy.

"Look at this!" said Passepartout to himself. "I'm dizzy again! Maybe I'm really sick, I have to talk to Little Pill and ask him to give him some medicine." At the same time, the know-it-all also had a head-down feeling, that is to say, he—for a moment felt as if his feet had been turned upside down.He looked around to make sure his feet were not pointing upwards, closed the cupboard door, and was about to straighten up when something pushed him from below and threw him to the ceiling.Know-it-all's head hit the ceiling and fell back to the floor. He felt as if he was being blown up by the wind and was floating somewhere, so he grabbed a chair with his hands.It didn't help him stay where he was, though.Immediately afterwards he was in the air again, still clutching the chair.Know-it-all flew to the corner, hit the wall with his back, bounced off the wall like a ball, and flew to the opposite wall.In flight, he hooked a chair to a chandelier, smashing it to pieces, and then slammed his head into a bookshelf, causing the books to scatter in all directions.The know-it-all saw that the chair wasn't working and threw it away.The chair flew downwards, hit the floor and bounced up like rubber, and Jack-of-all-trades himself flew up to the ceiling, bounced off, and flew down again.During the flight, he hit a chair flying towards him.Let the back of the chair knock a guy on the bridge of the nose.The knock was so heavy that Wanshitong was stunned by the pain, and he stopped tossing about in the air for a while.

The know-it-all gradually came to his senses.He saw with conviction that he was levitating between the floor and the ceiling in an absurd posture.Not far from him, there was a chair hanging there with its legs up. The chandelier was hanging in a supernatural state: it was not vertical as usual, but inclined, as if there was some mysterious power to hold it. It was drawn toward the walls; books were floating all over the room.Know-it-all finds it strange that neither chairs nor books fall to the floor, but are suspended in the air.All this is very similar to the weightlessness that Know-it-all observed in the cabin of the spacecraft when he traveled to the moon.

"Strange!" murmured the know-it-all. "very strange!" He tried to lift his arms up as slowly as possible.To his surprise, it took no effort at all.The arm seemed to lift itself.The arms are as light as fluff.Know-it-all raised his other arm.The arm also seemed to have no weight at all.It even seemed as if something was holding it up from below.Now, the flustered mood of the passer-by has calmed down a bit, and he feels extremely relaxed all over his body.He felt that with a wave of his arm he could fly about the room like a moth or some other winged insect. "What the hell is wrong with me?" Passionate thought in a panic. "Either I'm weightless or I'm sleeping, it's all a dream, one or the other."

He tried with all his might to keep his eyes wide open, and tried to wake up, but seeing that he was not sleeping, he was utterly discouraged, and cried out in a mournful voice, "Help, my brethren!" As no one came to help, Know-It-All decided to leave the room as soon as possible to see what the other little friends were doing. Know-it-all carefully made swimming movements with his hands and feet, slowly moved in the air, and gradually swam to the door.He grasped the lintel with both hands and kicked hard with his feet.Opening the door does not seem to be a complicated matter, but it is not as simple as it seems in the weightless state.It was with great difficulty that Passepartout opened the door.

He finally got out of the room, came to the stairs (to be more precise, came to the sky above the stairs), and began to think about how to get down.Everyone can easily imagine that the usual way to go downstairs is to go down the stairs step by step. Know-it-all can't do it now, because gravity can no longer pull him down, and no matter how hard he strides, there is no result. Jack-of-all-trades finally came up with a good solution.He moved to the banister of the stair, grasped it with both hands and began to descend.From the sidelines, this may seem ridiculous, because the two legs of the jack-of-all-trades are dangling in the air, like the legs of a mosquito, and the lower he goes, the higher his legs are raised, and the lower his head is. Low.

After going down the stairs in this unorthodox way, Jack-of-all-trades came out into the corridor and in front of the dining-room door.A burst of muffled shouts came from the door. Know-it-all listened, and knew what the little boys in the dining-room were panicking about.After several failed attempts, Passepartout finally opened the door and came into the dining room.What he saw startled him.The little ones gathered in the dining room did not sit at the table as usual.Instead, it floats in the air in various poses.Chairs, stools, pots, plates, spoons floated around them.A large aluminum pot full of gruel gruel was also floating.

When the little dwarfs saw that they knew everything, they immediately shouted loudly. "Know everything, my dear, please help me!" Little Panic shouted. "I just can't figure out what happened to me!" "I said, know-it-all, for some reason we're all flying!" shouted the doctor, Little Pill. "My legs are paralyzed! I can't walk!" screamed Syrup. "My legs are paralyzed too! Everyone's legs are paralyzed! The walls are shaking too!" shouted Little Nagging. "Quiet, brethren!" cried the Know-it-all. "I can't figure it out myself. I think we're in weightlessness. We're losing weight. I went through that when I flew to the moon in a rocket."

"But we're not flying anywhere," said the little tin pipe. "It's probably because someone deliberately came up with such a way to make fun!" Little Brat shouted. "Someone made fun of us!" Xiao Panic echoed. "Are you kidding me!" Little Bread screamed. "Stop it now! I'm dizzy! Why are the walls shaking? Why is everything upside down?" "Everything is in place," the know-it-all replied to Bread. "It was you who turned your head upside down, so you feel like everything around you is upside down." "Then let them turn me back right away, otherwise, I will feel sorry for them!" Little Bread continued to shout.

"Calm down!" said the know-it-all. "We have to figure out why we lost weight in the first place." Quan Wu said: "Since we have lost weight, we should get it back, or we should just get it. What else is there to find out!" "You fool, don't hold your breath if you can't come up with a good idea," said the little chisel angrily. "Don't call me a fool, or else, see if I don't beat you with my fist!" As he said that, he raised his fist and hit the little chisel hard on the back of the head.The little chisel was beaten and spun straight, flying across the entire room. Unaware and unable to stop in place, he flew to the opposite wall and hit his head on the porridge pot again.The broken barley porridge was knocked out, and just splashed on the face of Bun, who was not far away. "Brothers, what's going on!"... Why? ... How can this be reasonable! Little Bread yelled while wiping the porridge all over his face and spitting all over. In order to avoid the spitting buns and balls of porridge floating in the air, the little dwarfs used their hands and feet to make violent movements. As a result, everyone flew away in the room, bumping into each other. , All kinds of trauma. "Be quiet, brothers! Be calm!" the know-it-all shouted desperately after being bumped around. "Try not to move. Brothers, otherwise I don't know what will happen! You can't make too much movement in weightlessness. Did you hear what I said? Be--sed--quiet!!!" Angry, the jack-of-all-trades fist hit the table next to him at that moment.Because of such a violent action.Know-it-all turned somersaults in the air, and hit the back of his head heavily on the corner of the table. "Look, didn't I say it!" Wan Shitong shouted while touching the sore place with his hands. The dwarfs at last understood what was required of them, and stopped moving about aimlessly, and all stayed in the air: some were above, under the canopy, and some were below, not far from the floor.Some are head-up, some are head-down, some are horizontal, and some are tilted, that is, crooked. The know-it-all, seeing that everyone was finally quiet, said, "Listen to me now. I'm going to give you a lesson on the problem of weightlessness. . . . You all know that all objects are attracted to the earth, and this attraction we feel is Gravity or weight. Because of gravity or weight, we can move freely on the ground, because our feet can stick to the ground and be attached to the ground under the action of body weight. If we lose weight, it is like Now, then, there is no attachment, and we cannot move in the usual way, that is, we cannot walk on the ground or on the floor. What is to be done in this case?" "Yes, yes, what should we do?" the little dwarfs asked from all directions. "Should be adapted to the new conditions formed," replied the know-it-all. "For this, you must all master the third law of mechanics, which is especially useful in the state of weightlessness. What does this law say? It says that any action of force can cause equal forces and opposite directions. The reaction force. For example, if I lift my arms up in weightlessness, my whole body will immediately fall down. You see..." Wan Shitong raised his hands decisively, and his whole body began to descend steadily. "If I put my arms down," he said.Then my body will start to go up. " Jack-of-all-trades quickly put his hands down before he even hit the floor, and ended up flying up smoothly by himself. "Now you see!" cried Passepartout, stopping under the canopy. "If I stretch my arm out to the side, let's say to the right, my body starts to rotate in the opposite direction, to the left." Know-it-all swung his right arm down hard, and he began a rotational motion, rolling over on his head. "See?" he called. "I'm head down now, so I feel like the whole room has been turned over. How do I get it back? It's just a swing of the arms sideways." Know-it-all swung his left arm down, and he began to spin again, turning his head upside down. "You see, you can put your body into any position in the air by doing a few uncomplicated movements with your hands. Now listen to me, what we need to do first. First of all, you who are head-down should head Turn it upside down." "Should a person with his head upside down turn over his head down," asked Quan Wu. "Precisely it doesn't need to be," replied the know-it-all. "All should be on their heads, because that's what every normal little man is used to. Second, all should be down, as close to the floor as possible for every normal little man. It's all natural to be on the floor, not poking under the ceiling. I think, get it!" Everyone began to make steady movements with their hands, bringing themselves into a vertical position and descending downward.Not everyone was able to do it all at once, because when the body fell vertically, the little man's feet hit the floor and were bounced back under the ceiling. "Keep close to the wall, brethren," the know-it-all advised the dwarfs. "When you fall down, you need to grab something fixed with your hands: window sills, doorknobs, heating pipes, whatever." This advice is very useful.After a while, all the dwarfs fell down, only the little bread was still doing somersaults clumsily in the air.Everyone scrambled to give him advice and tell him how to fall, but to no avail. "Never mind," said Know-it-all. "Let him practice. He'll be fine in a while. Let's rest. Get used to the weightlessness as best you can." "What? I'm still used to the state of weightlessness!" Little Nagging muttered, frowning. "Get used to everything," answered Know-It-All calmly. "The main thing is to ignore the weightlessness. If someone feels that he is falling downwards, or that his feet are turned upside down, as is often the case in weightlessness, take a quick look around. You'll see that you're in the room and not falling anywhere, and you won't panic. Anyone have any questions?" "There is a same question that disturbs me," Quan Mo said. "Are we having breakfast today? Or have we canceled all breakfast and lunch because of the weightlessness?" "Breakfast and lunch are not canceled at all," replied Passepartout. "The kitchen watchman will be preparing breakfast at once, and we shall begin our work. First of all, all moving objects must be secured from flying in the air. Tables, chairs, cupboards, and other furniture must be nailed. Nailed to the floor; and all the rooms and hallways are to be drawn with clothes-drying lines. Let us hold the line with our hands, and it will be easier to move about." All but Bun set to work at once: some were pulling ropes in the various rooms, others were nailing furniture to the floor.This is not an easy task.Every time you hit the hammer, the reaction throws you in the opposite direction, and you fly away in a daze, not knowing what you're going to hit your head against, in which case you try to drive a nail into the wall.Today, everything has to be done in new ways.In order to drive a nail, at least three dwarfs are needed.One held the nail, and the other hammered the nail.The third supported the nail-knocker so that the reaction force would not throw him backwards. The kitchen staff were especially tough.Fortunately, it was the little screw and the little chisel who were on duty that day.These are two very inventive people.As soon as they arrived in the kitchen, they immediately began to use their brains to think of various improvements. "In order to work properly, you have to stand still," said the little screw. "Otherwise, the body is floating in the air without support, how can we knead noodles, chop cabbage, cut bread or shake the meat grinder." "We can't stand because our feet are not connected to the floor," said Little Chisel. "Since they are not connected, they should be connected," said the little screw. "If we nailed our shoes to the floor, that would be fine." "Very clever idea!" said Little Chisel approvingly. The two friends immediately took off the shoes and nailed them to the floor. "Did you see that," said Screwdriver, putting his foot into the shoe. "Now we stand firmly, and we won't fly when our bodies are shaken. With both hands empty, we can do whatever we want." "It would be nice if we nailed a chair next to the shoes so that we could sit and work," suggested the little chisel. "That's a great idea!" said the little screw happily. The friends quickly nailed two chairs to the floor.Now.The feet are joined to the floor, and it is easy to drive the nails. "Look how good it is," said Little Chisel, sitting down on the chair. "If the shoes were not nailed, would I be able to sit on the chair? I could only sit if I held the chair with my hands, but then I couldn't do anything. Now, my hands are idle. I can do whatever I want. I can sit at my desk and write, or I can work, and if I get tired of sitting, I can stand up and work standing up." The little chisel sat down on the chair as he spoke, and stood up from the chair again, performing the bento place of the new method. The little screw pulled one foot out of the shoe and said: "In order to be firmly connected with the floor, one foot is enough. With one foot removed, I can take a step forward, backward or sideways. Step sideways , I’m at the stove; step back and I can still work at the desk. This way, I’m more mobile.” "What a great idea!" said Little Chisel, jumping up from his chair. "Look! I take a step to the right and I can reach the cabinets with my hands, and a step to the left to reach the faucet. This way, we can move around almost the entire kitchen without losing our balance. It's technical talent!" At this time, Wan Shitong took a look in the kitchen: "How is your place? Breakfast is almost ready?" "Breakfast is not ready, but a shocking invention has been made." The little screw and the little chisel scrambled to tell the know-it-all about their improvement measures. "Okay," said Know-it-all. "We'll use your invention, but we still have to make breakfast. Everyone wants it." "Soon," said Little Screw and Little Chisel. Know-it-all came out of the kitchen, or rather swam away, and Little Screw and Little Chisel set about making breakfast.It's not as easy as they first thought.First, rice, flour, sugar, and dried noodles are not willing to come out of the paper bag. Even if it is poured out, it will not go where it should go, but will be scattered in the air, floating around, and jumping into your mouth and nose. In the inside, in the eyes, it caused a lot of trouble for the little screw and the little chisel.Second, the water in the pipe does not want to stay in the pot.The water flows out of the tap under pressure, hits the bottom of the pot, and splashes out of the pot.It gathers into large and small drops of water outside, floating in the air, and also drills into the mouths, noses, eyes, and even necks of small screws and chisels, which is not so comfortable. In addition to these misfortunes, the fire in the stove was unwilling to light.To make the flame burn.Fresh oxygen has to be blown in constantly.As the flame burns, it heats the air around it.The hot air is lighter than the cold air, so it rises, and the fresh air rich in oxygen flows from all directions to the flame to replenish the original position of the hot air.But in zero-gravity conditions, both cold and hot air are completely weightless.So, hot air cannot become lighter than cold air and therefore cannot rise upwards.As soon as the oxygen around the flame is consumed by the combustion, the flame goes out.There is really no way! Our friend thought of this reason and decided to cook breakfast on the electric stove. "It would be fine if we didn't cook anything, but just boiled a pot of tea," suggested the little chisel. "It's easier to fill a teapot after all." "Smart idea!" Little Screw agreed. The friends acted as carefully as they could, filling the pot with water, putting it on the electric stove, and tying it tightly to the table with strings so that it wouldn't fly away.At first everything was fine, but after a few minutes the small screws and small chisels saw that the water in the pot began to turn into blisters and come out of the spout, as if someone had pushed it out from the inside.The little chisel quickly plugged the spout with his fingers, but the blisters came out from under the lid again.The bubble grew bigger and bigger, and finally it left the lid of the pot, and flew into the air tremblingly like jelly. The little screw hurriedly lifted the lid of the pot and took a look. The pot was empty. "What happened!" complained the little chisel. The two friends filled the pot with water again and put it on the hot electric stove.A minute later, water began to bubble out of the pot again. At this time, the jack-of-all-trades came again. "Hey, are you fast? The dwarfs are all hungry!" "A strange thing happened to us!" said the little chisel in a panic. "The pot is bubbling straight out." "Blisters are nothing unusual," said Know-It-All. He flew to the teapot and looked carefully at the bubbles bubbling from the spout. He let out a "huh" and tried to plug the spout with his fingers.Know-it-all saw that the blisters began to seep out from under the lid of the pot, and he gave another "hmm" and pressed the lid tighter.Know-it-all was convinced that it would be useless to do so, and said "um" for the third time, and after thinking for a while, he said: "This is nothing strange, but a completely explainable scientific phenomenon. You all know that water heating is Due to convection. The lower layer of water in the pot becomes lighter when heated on a fire or an electric stove, and flows upward, while the upper layer of cold water flows down to take its place. The inside of the pot is formed, so to speak, and the cycle of water is formed. However, this cycle can only occur when the water has weight. If there is no weight, as it is now, the water in the lower layer will not become lighter after being heated, nor will it rise up, but will stay at the bottom and be heated until it turns into steam. The steam increases in volume due to heating, and begins to hold up the cold water above it. As a result, the cold water bubbles out of the kettle. What conclusion can be drawn from this?" "What conclusion do you draw?" Little Chisel spread his hands and said. "Probably the conclusion is that the blister will break free from the teapot and float in the air until it rubs against someone's back." "Conclusions can be drawn from this," said Passepartout gravely. "To boil water in weightlessness, you must use a sealed container, that is, a container with a tightly closed lid that does not leak water or electricity." "We have a pot with an airtight lid in our workshop. I'll get it right away," said Little Screw. "Go and get it, please hurry up. Don't destroy the diet system." Know-it-all said and left. The little screw pulled the foot out of the shoe nailed to the floor, kicked off the table, and flew out of the kitchen at the speed of a bee.To get to the workshop, he had to fly into the yard.He flew out of the kitchen and down the corridor pushing and kicking the walls and everything he encountered along the way.He finally reached the door of the building and tried to open it.However, the door was closed tightly, and the little screw opened the door for a long time without success: when the little screw pushed the door forward, the reaction force always threw him back, and he had to make great efforts to get back to the door. When the little screw saw that there was no result, he decided to take another approach.He bent down hard, held the doorknob with both hands, and kicked his feet on the floor a little away from the door.Little Screw felt that his feet were firmly attached to the floor, he lifted his body up like a spring, and leaned against the door with all his strength.The door swung wide open, and the little screw flew out of the door like a torpedo from a torpedo launcher, hurtling upward through the air.He flew higher and higher, flew past the pavilion at one end of the courtyard, and disappeared outside the fence. No one saw this happening.