Moon Grandpa Tale
Once upon a time, once upon a time… Grandfather Moon shone brightly in the night sky and was the best friend of curious children as he shone his light all over the world every night. Grandpa Moon’s greatest joy was watching what was happening in the world and listening to children’s dreams. But one night when Grandpa Moon was looking up in the sky, he noticed that the light of one of his favorite stars, the Bright Star, had started to dim. This made Grandpa Moon very sad; the Bright Star was one of the stars that always blinked and sent the most light to the world.
Grandfather Moon immediately called his cloud friends to him. “Cloud brothers,” he said, ”why has the light of the Bright Star become so dim? We must find a way to bring his light back.” When the clouds heard Grandfather Moon’s request, they were worried, because they knew that the Bright Star had always shone with a strong light. One of the clouds said, “Maybe Bright Star is looking for a friend in the sky. Maybe its light has dimmed because it feels lonely,” said one of the clouds.
Grandpa Moon thought about what the cloud had said and quickly came up with a solution. As he traveled across the night sky, he searched for an adventurous friend to keep him company around the Bright Star. For several nights, Grandpa Moon asked all the stars: “Who wants to be a friend to the Bright Star?” But the stars did not want to go anywhere else because they were all happy in their own places.
Then one night, Grandfather Moon saw a boy sitting on a hill above the world, watching the moon. This boy was dreaming of finding his own star by looking at Grandfather Moon’s glow. When Grandfather Moon heard the boy’s dream, he smiled and decided to make him an offer. That night, he came to the boy in his dream and said: “Hello, brave boy, I am Grandfather Moon. Bright Star needs a friend to bring back his light. How would you like to keep him company?”
The boy was very excited and asked, “Will I go up to the sky?” Grandfather Moon nodded his head: “Yes! If you make a good wish for him from your heart, the Bright Star will shine brightly again.” The boy closed his eyes and made a wish with all his heart for the Bright Star to shine brightly. His wish was so powerful that the Bright Star instantly began to shine brightly and the sky lit up again.
From that day on, Grandfather Moon promised to keep the Bright Star’s light brighter every night with wishes from the child’s heart. Every night, the boy looked up at the sky and winked at the Bright Star. Thus, a warm friendship was born between Grandfather Moon, Bright Star and the boy. And thanks to that boy, Grandfather Moon realized once again that friendship is a light more precious than the brightest star.
The stars that shine in the sky every night bear the traces of this warm friendship!
Summary of the Tale of Grandfather Moon
The Tale of Grandpa Moon begins when the Bright Star in the sky loses its light. Grandfather Moon realizes that the star feels lonely and decides to find a friend for it. Seeing a boy on Earth admiring the sky, Grandfather Moon enters his dream and asks him to make a wish for the Bright Star. The boy makes a wish with all his heart and Bright Star begins to shine brightly again. From that day on, a strong friendship is forged between the boy and Bright Star and they continue to shine in the sky every night.
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