In tonight’s bedtime story for kids, we're going on a magical starlit adventure to discover what makes the moon shine so brightly in our night sky and hear about the amazing journey that led him there. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Narrator 🎙 Abbe Opher
Author ✍️ Gillian Rogerson
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Speaker 1: Hello and welcome back to Coco Sleep, a podcast of
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Speaker 1: original children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime
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Speaker 1: you all on being so enterprising and so Now before
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Speaker 1: we begin tonight's story, I have a question for you all.
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Speaker 1: What was the last thing you said good night to
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Speaker 1: this evening before going to bed. Was it your pet,
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Speaker 1: your favorite soft toy, your toothbrush, or did you look
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Speaker 1: outside and say good night to the moon. As you
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Speaker 1: think about it, snuggle down into bed, close your eyes
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Speaker 1: and imagine the moon, a big, bright, glowing moon beaming
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Speaker 1: light down upon you. Take a lovely deep breath in
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Speaker 1: and let it out. Breathe in, and tonight we're going
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Speaker 1: to discover what makes the moon shine so brightly in
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Speaker 1: our night sky, and hear about the amazing journey that
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Speaker 1: led it there. On his journey, he sees many spectacular
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Speaker 1: planets and wonderful sights, and he meets someone very special
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Speaker 1: who becomes a dear friend. I think it's time to
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Speaker 1: begin How the Moon found his Glow by Gillian Rogerson.
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Speaker 1: Once upon a time there was a young moon who
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Speaker 1: lived in a magical universe far far away. It was
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Speaker 1: a universe made of many moons and millions of stars.
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Speaker 1: The young moon loved playing games with the other moons,
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Speaker 1: and they often chased each other in and out of
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Speaker 1: their glimmering stars. He was a happy moon and spent
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Speaker 1: a lot of time smiling and laughing. The little moon
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Speaker 1: was just like the other moons. But then one day,
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Speaker 1: when he was having a particularly fun time with his friends,
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Speaker 1: something strange happened to him. He began to glow. His
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Speaker 1: friends stopped what they were doing and gazed at his
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Speaker 1: gentle light in wonder. They told him how beautiful his
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Speaker 1: glow was. The moon smiled shyly and thanked them, and
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Speaker 1: then he glowed a little brighter. As time went by,
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Speaker 1: the young Moon got used to his glow. He realized
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Speaker 1: that he glowed more brightly when he felt happy. Sometimes,
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Speaker 1: if he wasn't feeling so happy and his glow dimmed,
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Speaker 1: he would think about all his lovely friends and how
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Speaker 1: beautiful the sky was, and his glow would soon return,
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Speaker 1: shining even brighter than before. His moon friends loved looking
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Speaker 1: at his gentle light, and they said seeing the moon's
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Speaker 1: glow made them feel warm and happy inside. Their kind
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Speaker 1: words made the moon glow even more. One day, the
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Speaker 1: oldest moon in the Magical Universe asked to see him
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Speaker 1: when he arrived at her starry home in the sky.
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Speaker 1: She told the young Moon that his beautiful light was
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Speaker 1: a special one and he should consider sharing it with
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Speaker 1: a planet which would greatly benefit from his soothing glow.
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Speaker 1: As there were only moons and stars in the magical
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Speaker 1: universe where the young Moon lived, he was confused and
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Speaker 1: asked what a planet was. The old Moon replied, our
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Speaker 1: universe isn't the only one. There are other universes out
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Speaker 1: there beyond our. A lot of them have planets, and
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Speaker 1: some of those planets have moons that travel slowly around them.
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Speaker 1: Those moons have a special light, just like yours, and
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Speaker 1: they shine their light over their planets. The young moon
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Speaker 1: said it would be wonderful to shine his light over
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Speaker 1: a planet, but how would he find the right one
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Speaker 1: for him. The wise moon suggested he travel through the
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Speaker 1: universes and have a look at many planets until he
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Speaker 1: found the one that he loved. But how I know
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Speaker 1: if I love a planet, the young moon asked. The
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Speaker 1: older moon smiled and replied, you will know because you'll
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Speaker 1: glow more brightly than you ever have done before, and
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Speaker 1: you'll feel a love for the planet deep inside you.
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Speaker 1: The young moon thought about her words. Exploring other universes
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Speaker 1: would be fun, and if he found a planet to
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Speaker 1: call his home, well, that would be just wonderful. Yet
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Speaker 1: he still had some concerns. He said, Oh, I will
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Speaker 1: travel to other universes where the planets are, but if
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Speaker 1: I don't want to stay with any of them, can
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Speaker 1: I come back? Yes? Of course, The older moon said gently,
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Speaker 1: there is always a home for you here, but something
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Speaker 1: tells me that the perfect planet is out there, just
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Speaker 1: waiting for you. The young moon smiled and said, really
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Speaker 1: waiting for me. I'd better get going, then, The old
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Speaker 1: Moon wished him luck and said, please send me a
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Speaker 1: shooting star message when you have found your planet, and
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Speaker 1: I'll let the other moons know about your new home.
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Speaker 1: If you like, we can visit you now and again
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Speaker 1: enjoy your adventure. The moon said he would. He glowed brightly,
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Speaker 1: said good bye, and headed off to find his friends.
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Speaker 1: He told his friends where he was going and why.
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Speaker 1: They were very pleased for their friend and wished him
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Speaker 1: lots of luck. They said they would definitely visit him
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Speaker 1: and couldn't wait to see his special planet. The young
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Speaker 1: Moon went on his way through the sparkling skies of
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Speaker 1: the Magical Moon universe. He wasn't sure which direction he
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Speaker 1: should go in, so he stopped at the side of
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Speaker 1: a group of shimmering stars and asked for their help.
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Speaker 1: The stars were happy to help him and led the
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Speaker 1: Moon towards a cloud of twinkling star dust. They told
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Speaker 1: him the cloud was an extra magical one and it
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Speaker 1: was a portal into another universe, one that had many planets.
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Speaker 1: The Moon went through the cloud of twinkling star dust
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Speaker 1: and found himself in another universe. It had just as
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Speaker 1: many stars as the one he had left, and he
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Speaker 1: saw some moons too, but there were some large globes
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Speaker 1: moving slowly in the sky. He had never seen anything
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Speaker 1: like them before. He asked a nearby star if they
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Speaker 1: were planets. They certainly are, the friendly star replied, She
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Speaker 1: twinkled brightly. She looked at the glowing Moon. I've never
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Speaker 1: seen you here before. The Moon smiled and explained why
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Speaker 1: he was there. The star asked if he would like
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Speaker 1: some help choosing a planet. She had lived alongside them
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Speaker 1: for a very long time and knew a lot about them.
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Speaker 1: The Moon said he would like that very much, and
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Speaker 1: he thanked the kind star. The star twinkled some more
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Speaker 1: and said he was very welcome. She took him over
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Speaker 1: to the nearest planet, which was made of pale, pink crystals.
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Speaker 1: She told the moon what the planet's name was, but
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Speaker 1: it was such a long name that the Moon instantly
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Speaker 1: forgot it and was too shy to ask the star
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Speaker 1: to repeat it. The twinkling star told the young moon
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Speaker 1: that the other moons traveled slowly around their planets in
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Speaker 1: a circle, and suggested he do that with the crystal
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Speaker 1: planet to see how he felt about it. She offered
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Speaker 1: to go with him. The glowing moon and the twinkling
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Speaker 1: star circled the pale, pink planet. It didn't take long
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Speaker 1: because it was only a small planet. Once they had
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Speaker 1: completed their journey around the planet, the star asked the
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Speaker 1: moon how he felt about it. The Moon said it's
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Speaker 1: a lovely planet, but well, he didn't know how to
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Speaker 1: put words to his feelings. The star smiled and said,
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Speaker 1: he's not making you glow, is it. The Moon gave
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Speaker 1: her a small smile and said, no, it wasn't. Never mind,
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Speaker 1: the star said, there are plenty of other planets here,
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Speaker 1: and if you don't find the right one, I know
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Speaker 1: how to travel to other universes where there are even
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Speaker 1: more planets. I've been to those places before and spoken
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Speaker 1: to many planets. They're so very friendly. I'm sure you'll
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Speaker 1: find the perfect one for you, and if you'd like,
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Speaker 1: I'd be happy to go with you and help you
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Speaker 1: find your special planet. The Moon glowed at her kind
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Speaker 1: offer and said he would love that. Thank you. The
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Speaker 1: twinkling Star and the glowing Moon continued on their quest
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Speaker 1: to find the perfect planet. They saw many planets, each
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Speaker 1: one unique and special in its own way, and even
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Speaker 1: though the Moon thought they were all beautiful, could sense
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Speaker 1: that none of them was the right one for him.
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Speaker 1: The star said he shouldn't give up. He agreed and
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Speaker 1: said he was really enjoying their time together. The star
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Speaker 1: said she was too, and twinkled more brightly. They continued
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Speaker 1: on and traveled through more spectacular universes. The Moon was
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Speaker 1: having such a lovely time with his new friend, and
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Speaker 1: he didn't mind at all that he still hadn't found
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Speaker 1: his perfect planet. But then they traveled to a universe
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Speaker 1: that felt different to all the other ones, much much different.
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Speaker 1: The Moon could feel the magic of it. As with
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Speaker 1: the other universes they had been to, there were many
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Speaker 1: planets to look at, but this one had an enormous star,
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Speaker 1: and the planets there were moving slowly around it. It
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Speaker 1: was the biggest star that the Moon had ever seen,
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Speaker 1: and he felt the gentle heat of it flowing over him.
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Speaker 1: He asked his friend what the big star was called.
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Speaker 1: The star twinkled and said, it's called a sun, and
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Speaker 1: this part of the universe is called the Solar System.
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Speaker 1: Other universes have suns, but there's only one here. If
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Speaker 1: you look closer at those planets, you'll see that some
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Speaker 1: of them have moons above them. Oh wow, The moon
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Speaker 1: replied he couldn't think of anything else say. He felt
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Speaker 1: a warmth flowing all through him, and he glowed even more.
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Speaker 1: Would you like to talk to those moons? Perhaps you
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Speaker 1: can travel around their planets with them and see how
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Speaker 1: you feel. The moon said he would like to do that,
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Speaker 1: but he wasn't brave enough to talk to the other moons.
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Speaker 1: His new friend said she could ask the moons for him,
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Speaker 1: if that was okay. The moon said he would like
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Speaker 1: that and thanked his new friend. She really was a
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Speaker 1: great friend, the best a moon could have. The twinkling
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Speaker 1: Star and the glowing Moon moved over to one of
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Speaker 1: the planets. It had a huge swirling circle of red
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Speaker 1: gas in the middle of it, and many many moons.
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Speaker 1: The star said hello to the moon's and asked if
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Speaker 1: her friend could join them for a trip around their planet. Sure,
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Speaker 1: the nearest moon said, there are seventy nine of us,
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Speaker 1: and we always have room for one more. The glowing
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Speaker 1: moon joined the others and had a lovely time traveling
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Speaker 1: around the huge planet. His star friend stayed near by
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Speaker 1: and watched his journey. When he'd been all the way
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Speaker 1: around the big planet, he said thank you to the moons,
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Speaker 1: and joined his star friend. She could tell by his
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Speaker 1: expression he'd had a lovely time with the other moons,
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Speaker 1: but that the big planet wasn't the right one for him.
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Speaker 1: Never mind, she said, we'll soon find the right one.
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Speaker 1: The moon agreed and said he knew they were getting
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Speaker 1: closer to the perfect planet because he could feel it
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Speaker 1: in his heart. They visited the other moons that were
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Speaker 1: circling their planets. The moons were extremely friendly and invited
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Speaker 1: the glowing Moon to join them for a while. The
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Speaker 1: glowing Moon had a wonderful time going around each planet
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Speaker 1: with the other moons, but he knew he still hadn't
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Speaker 1: found the right planet. But he wasn't concerned because he
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Speaker 1: knew he was getting closer and closer to finding the
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Speaker 1: perfect one. As the Twinkling Star and the Glowing Moon
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Speaker 1: moved away from another planet that was lovely but not
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Speaker 1: quite right, the star asked if they should leave the
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Speaker 1: Solar System and try another union. The glowing Moon didn't
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Speaker 1: answer because his attention had been fully captured by a
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Speaker 1: beautiful planet in the distance. At first sight, the planet
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Speaker 1: seemed to be completely blue in color, but when he
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Speaker 1: looked closer, the moon saw glimpses of green on it too.
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Speaker 1: There was something so very captivating about the planet, and
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Speaker 1: the glowing Moon couldn't look away from it. He asked
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Speaker 1: the star what the planet was called. She said, is
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Speaker 1: called Earth. It's quite beautiful, isn't it. The moon said
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Speaker 1: it was very beautiful. He asked if Earth had any moons,
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Speaker 1: and if so, he would ask if he could join
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Speaker 1: them on their journey around the beautiful planet. The star
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Speaker 1: said Earth didn't have any moons. She moved closer to
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Speaker 1: her friend and said softly, but I think it would
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Speaker 1: like one. Why don't you go over and say hello
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Speaker 1: and ask if you can travel around it? This time,
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Speaker 1: the glowing Moon didn't feel any shyness at all. Even
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Speaker 1: though he had only just seen the lovely planet, it
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Speaker 1: already felt like a friend. He moved through the dark
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Speaker 1: sky and over to the blue and green planet. His
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Speaker 1: star friend followed him, twinkling brightly. The moon realized the
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Speaker 1: planet was even more beauty to fall. Close up, he
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Speaker 1: saw vast oceans, majestic mountains, glimmering gold deserts, and lush
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Speaker 1: green forests. Using his moon magic, he listened to the
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Speaker 1: soft sound of the ocean waves lapping upon the shores,
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Speaker 1: and the gentle wind whispering through the trees of the forest.
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Speaker 1: The soothing sounds filled his heart with love. The planet
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Speaker 1: noticed the glowing moon and said hello to him. The
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Speaker 1: planet's voice was full of warmth and love. She said
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Speaker 1: she'd been waiting for the perfect moon for many years,
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Speaker 1: and now here he was the most perfect moon of all.
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Speaker 1: The moon glowed and glowed. He asked, how do you
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Speaker 1: know I am the right moon for you. I can
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Speaker 1: feel it in my heart, at my very core. The
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Speaker 1: planet replied simply. The moon gazed at Earth and felt
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Speaker 1: the love in his heart growing and growing. The planet
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Speaker 1: said to him, may I ask, would you like to
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Speaker 1: be my moon? Oh? Yes, I would like that so
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Speaker 1: very much. Yes, please, the moon said. He shone more
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Speaker 1: brightly than he ever had done before. He looked back
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Speaker 1: at his star friend and asked her to come closer.
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Speaker 1: When the planet saw the twinkling star, she said, hello,
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Speaker 1: May I say you are the brightest, most beautiful star
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Speaker 1: I have ever seen. Would you like to be the
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Speaker 1: brightest star in my night sky? You would be the
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Speaker 1: first one to appear every night, and you'll never be
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Speaker 1: far away from your moon friend. The twinkling Star said
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Speaker 1: she would love to stay in the sky above Earth.
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Speaker 1: Upon hearing her words, the moon felt even more love
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Speaker 1: fill his heart. The glowing Moon and the twinkling Star
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Speaker 1: took up the positions above ears. The moon told the
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Speaker 1: star he felt like he had finally found his home,
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Speaker 1: and he was so glad he was sharing it with her.
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Speaker 1: The star glittered and glimmered and said she was so
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Speaker 1: very glad they had met. Earth explained how she traveled
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Speaker 1: around the Sun, and during her journey, the Moon would
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Speaker 1: travel around her. She said it was a kind of
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Speaker 1: celestial dance that the planets and the moons did, and
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Speaker 1: once the Moon got used to it, the movements would
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Speaker 1: become very natural to him. She explained about an invisible
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Speaker 1: force that came from her center, which would hold the
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Speaker 1: Moon in place above her sky. She said, it's a
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Speaker 1: bit like an invisible hu between us, which means you
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Speaker 1: will never drift away from me. The glowing Moon listened
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Speaker 1: carefully to every word. The planet said he liked the
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Speaker 1: idea of being held in an invisible hug by her,
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Speaker 1: and it made him feel so very happy and loved.
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Speaker 1: The beautiful planet talked some more and told the Moon
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Speaker 1: and the star about how she would evolve over the
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Speaker 1: coming years, and how sometimes her lands and oceans would
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Speaker 1: change positions. Her voice softened, and she said, in years
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Speaker 1: to come, life will appear and thrive in the oceans,
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Speaker 1: on land, and even in the sky. The moon and
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Speaker 1: the star looked at each other and smiled. What an
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Speaker 1: amazing time they were going to have with the beautiful planet.
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Speaker 1: The planet said, I am extremely glad you have joined
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Speaker 1: me on my journey around the Sun. If you have
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Speaker 1: any questions about anything, please ask me, and I'll do
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Speaker 1: my best to answer them. The moon knew he would
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Speaker 1: have plenty of questions as time went by, and he
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Speaker 1: knew the planet would answer him, for he sensed the
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Speaker 1: wisdom in her. He also sensed the love and kindness
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Speaker 1: that flowed from Earth and out into the universe, and
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Speaker 1: so their journey began. The blue and green planet traveled
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Speaker 1: slowly around the Sun, with the glowing Moon and the
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Speaker 1: twinkling star close companions. The Moon glowed brightly and cast
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Speaker 1: his golden beams of light across the surface of the Earth.
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Speaker 1: Each moonbeam highlighted the beauty of Earth and made the
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Speaker 1: Moon love the planet even more. The moon saw his
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Speaker 1: reflections in the vast oceans, the flowing rivers, and even
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Speaker 1: in puddles after the rain. His loving connection to the
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Speaker 1: beautiful planet grew deeper and stronger. Time went by, and
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Speaker 1: the Moon and the Star watched in wonder as life
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Speaker 1: began to evolve on the planet below them. They saw
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Speaker 1: life in the oceans appearing, and were amazed at how
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Speaker 1: different the creatures were, from the tiny fish that darted
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Speaker 1: along the ocean floor to the huge whales that swam
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Speaker 1: majestically through the waves. They watched birds soaring through the sky,
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Speaker 1: blissfully caught on a breeze and letting the wind take
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Speaker 1: them outwards. They witnessed animals appearing on the land, those
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Speaker 1: who lived in jungles and those who set up homes
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Speaker 1: in snowy landscapes. The Moon and Star often watched the
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Speaker 1: animals who came out at night, the ones who gazed
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Speaker 1: lovingly at the glowing moon and the twinkling star in
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Speaker 1: the dark sky. The beautiful planet continued to provide everything
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Speaker 1: that was needed for those who lived on her lands
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Speaker 1: and in the ocean. The moon continued to glow and
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Speaker 1: the star continued to twinkle. Many more years passed, and
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Speaker 1: humans started to appear on the planet. They were completely
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Speaker 1: different to anything else the Moon had seen before. Not
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Speaker 1: only did they begin to travel around the planet and
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Speaker 1: set up homes in many different places, but whenever he
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Speaker 1: appeared at night, the humans would stop what they were
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Speaker 1: doing and look up at him in wonder and admiration.
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Speaker 1: Their love for the glowing Moon rose from the planet
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Speaker 1: and flowed over him. He glowed and glowed, and just
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Speaker 1: when he thought he couldn't possibly glow anymore, the kind
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Speaker 1: humans did something else. They started to create art that
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Speaker 1: showed their deep love for him. They painted pictures of
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Speaker 1: the Moon in many different settings, over towns, above the oceans,
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Speaker 1: and peeping through branches of tall trees. They wrote poems
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Speaker 1: about him, expressing their love for his beauty and the
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Speaker 1: light he brought to the world. They wrote stories too,
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Speaker 1: long ones filled with adventure and unforgettable characters, and shorter
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Speaker 1: ones that they read to their children at night as
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Speaker 1: they snuggled down in their beds. The Moon heard every word,
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Speaker 1: and he beamed brightly in the night sky. The kind
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Speaker 1: humans wrote songs about him as well, and sometimes they
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Speaker 1: would sit on grassy hills at twilight and share their
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Speaker 1: wonderful melodies with him. Many people danced beneath the light
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Speaker 1: of the Moon, falling in love with each other and
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Speaker 1: also falling deeper in love with the Moon. Every night
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Speaker 1: he would hear the children of the planet sending out
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Speaker 1: soft calls of good night, Moon, sweet dreams. The Moon
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Speaker 1: would send an extra moonbeam over their homes and silently
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Speaker 1: wish them good night and sweet dreams too. There came
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Speaker 1: a time when some of his human friends traveled through
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Speaker 1: the sky eye on a rocket and landed on his surface.
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Speaker 1: He was so very pleased to see them and made
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Speaker 1: them as welcome as he possibly could. Sometimes, his magical
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Speaker 1: moon friends came to visit him. When humans appeared on
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Speaker 1: the planet, the moons used their magic to make themselves
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Speaker 1: invisible because they didn't want to confuse the people below.
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Speaker 1: The other moons agreed that Earth was a very special planet.
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Speaker 1: The kind humans sent their love and appreciation to the
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Speaker 1: stars too, and created pictures, poems, and songs about them
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Speaker 1: as well. And just as the Sun had said, the
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Speaker 1: Moon's star friend was always the first star to appear.
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Speaker 1: Every night. When the people saw her, they would make
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Speaker 1: a wish upon her twinkling light and send love her way.
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Speaker 1: Hearing their wishes made the star twinkle even more, and
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Speaker 1: seeing his friend twinkle made the moon glow even more brightly.
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Speaker 1: The moon was so glad he had made the journey
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Speaker 1: through the universes in search of the perfect planet, and
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Speaker 1: he felt so very thankful to be able to share
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Speaker 1: his special light with all those who lived on the planet.
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Speaker 1: He loved them so very dearly, and he knew from
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Speaker 1: the love that came his way that they loved him too.
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Speaker 1: That love continued to make him glow and go and
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