“Granny
Moon and Star Mia”
“Little stars,
are you ready?” Star Mia said to her star-friends.
“Yes, we are
ready.” They answered all together. The night is coming and they must shine it
through.
Wow! one, two,
three… go, and all the little stars light up! The sky becomes a blanket of
crystals that covers the Earth.
How brightly!
But there is something wrong. Star Mia looks around carefully. It’s true! There
is a lot of light but it‘s not the light they always see! It seems as something
is missing! But what?
Star Mia
wonders…What may it be? Yessss! I know! Granny Moon isn’t here! Her light is
missing!
Star Mia runs to
look for her. “ Maybe she has fallen asleep. Maybe she isn’t feeling well.”
“Granny
Moonnnnn, Granny Moonnnn, where are you? No answer.
Star Mia is very
worried and keeps on looking for her. She looks and looks, she is exhausted but
suddenly: “ There she is, behind a cloud!”
“Thank goodness
I have found you! Why are you hiding here? Why don’t you shine the Earth as
usual?
“I am sorry,
Star Mia” Granny Moon said. ” I am too tired and I have no more light to
illuminate the Earth. Leave me here, go to the other stars and light up high in
the sky.”
“But Granny Moon
we need you!” said star Mia crying.
“Go” said Granny
Moon” don’t cry, I am sure the sky will be shining brightly even without me.”
“No, it’s not
right! We must help you Granny Moon! We can’t leave you alone in an isolated
corner in the sky! You are the Granny of all the little stars!
There can’t be a
sky without our Granny Moon!"
“My dear little
stars, listen to me. Granny Moon isn’t feeling very well, she has lost her
light and she is hiding behind a cloud.”
“We must help
her. She is our beloved Granny! What can we do?”
“ I have got an
idea! We can give her some of our light and I am sure she will shine brighter
than before.”
“What a great
idea!” but where shall we put our light?
“Let’s gather
all the clouds and make a big basket” star Mia suggested.
So they prepare
a big, big basket in a flash and fill it up with their own light. Then all
together they blow the basket away until it reaches the place Granny Moon was
hiding in.
“Granny Moon,
where are you? We are your little stars. We have a present for you. Come and
get it. “
“Go away my
little stars. I am tired and with no light and I prefer staying alone in the
darkness.“
“Granny come, we
have got something for you…”
“Ok, ok” Granny
Moon said, “ I am coming, let me see it. What did you bring me?
“Here you are”,
and the little stars poured all the light of the basket on Granny Moon.
“But…what’s
happening? Where does all this light come from? I can’t see anything!” said
Granny Moon.
“Yeah! Granny
Moon is as beautiful and bright as never before!” all the happy little stars
shouted .
The little stars
surround her in a happy and loving ring-around-the-rosy. Granny Moon is deeply
touched and cries tears of joy.
Now she is ready
to illuminate the Earth together with her little stars.
Nonna and Mia
