Planets

Jasper worked as a cleaner at the Planetarium. He knew all the secrets; that you had to polish Saturn's acrylic rings, that Neptune required dusting, and that there was a secret compartment in the Sun where they kept a mop and bucket. Jasper had once tried to shine Pluto - he'd sprayed it with some blue liquid from the cupboard, but it was made of polystyrene and shrivelled up to a thing the size and texture of a raisin. The next day, they announced that Pluto was no longer a planet. Jasper resigned that afternoon.