Day and Night were great friends.
There was no darkness because they were always together.
Kids played the whole day, without feeling sleepy.
No one in the world knew anything about pillows on beds or sleeping.
One day, as they swam together, they met the Sea.
She was the most beautiful thing that they had ever seen.
The Sea enjoyed the Day's light, and the Night's blanket.
She loved the Night more than the Day.
Whenever her eyes gazed upon the Night, she created waves and tides in excitement.
This made the Day very jealous.
One afternoon, as the Sea slept, the Day did something terrible.
He slowly lifted the Night, and threw him against the wall of the Sky!
Instead of breaking like glass, the Night created millions of sparks which couldn’t go out.
He called these sparks “stars.”
The Stars knew what the Day had done to the Night.
Angry at the Day, they formed an army and attacked him!
Before they could attack the Day, the Sea stopped them with a question.
“Where are you going little Stars?” she asked them.
“We are going to destroy the Day!” they replied.
The Sea did not want either the Day or Night to be hurt in a fight. She liked them both you see. This made her think of a plan.
“I have an idea!” she told the Stars.
The Sea called both the Night and Day.
She told them to share their time with her.
Day would visit her when the sun was out, and the Night when sun had set.
Both of them were very happy with the idea!
This made the Sea very happy too!
The Stars followed the Night everyday, to protect him from the anger of the Day.
From that day onwards, people saw Stars at Night.
3 comments:
Such a sweet little tale!
I was looking for a story to read before I sleep, and this made my night! :P
Thank You! I read it out as a part of a story-telling session to eleven enthusiastic kids at Oxford last Friday.
I love this story..
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