"Are you sure?" Maxy asked TJ incredulously.

"Of course!" TJ replied, "I usually let Sam help, but he's grounded this weekend."

Maxy picked up the bucket and sponge, and began to scrub away while TJ hosed off the giant meteorite he kept in his backyard.

After a half hour of scrubbing, Maxy's arms began to tire. "This isn't as enjoyable as you led be to believe, TJ," he complained.

"How do you think I feel?" TJ sighed, "You have the fun job--spraying the hose is boring."

Maxy offered to trade, but TJ declined, saying that they were almost done anyway, and switching jobs would be silly.

After another fifteen minutes of hard work, TJ's meteorite was clean and looking good. After Maxy went home, TJ showed his parents what a good job he did scrubbing his meteorite clean.

TJ © me
Maxy ©  maxythefoxcub
Art by  maxythefoxcub
Meteorite © NASA