Once upon a time, a girl was walking along the beach and saw a star in the blueish morning sky. She looked up at it, and stared in awe. She wish she knew how to get there. She wished she could fly. She gazed at the sky. As time went by, the star faded. The girl, saddened by the disappearing star. stood there all day, and waited for the night. The night came, yet the star was not there. The girl still stared, and hoped and prayed it would show again. She stood there for the longest of time. Finally, the sun began to rise, and once again, she saw the star. A smile grew on her face, and she gazed at the star, in awe once again, and looked towards the sky. A boy walked up to the girl, and looked up at the star. "Whatcha looking at?" the boy asked, as he began to stare at the star as well. "Gazing at that star" she said, and took a seat upon the sandy beach. The boy sat down in the sand next to her. "Why?" he asked, looked over at her, and then back at the star. "I find it exciting" she said, and kept her eyes on the star. Finally, the star disappeared into the bright blue sky, and her face grew saddened. "Why are you sad?" He asked. "It's gone." she said simply, and looked at her feet. He felt sorry for the girl. If only he knew how to make her better. "I'll be back at midnight." The boy said, and went off from the direction he came from. She watched the boy disappear from the beach, and she once again, stared at the sky. The day flew past, and once again it grew dark, and the stars came out. She looked around at the stars, but none of them seemed as interesting to her as the one she had seen the following morning. She stared into the black sky, until she heard foot steps. It was the boy who had been there before. He arrived with a tube on a stand. "Here." the boy said, and set up the tube. She gazed at the tube, wondering what powers it would possess. She walked over to the boy, and looked at the tube. "Look." he said simply, and pointed to the end of the tube. She sat down on the ground, and looked through the tube. She was shocked at what she saw in the tube. Her star! The star she had been looking at in the blueish morning sky. She gazed at it, and looked back at the boy. "Thank you." She said, and hugged the boy. "You're welcome." He said, and started to walk away. "Don't you want your tube back?" She whispered to him, as he took a step. "No. I want you to have it. Look at your star. It's beautiful. You should continue looking at it, as some day, it will disappear from the sky." He whispered back, and walked off that beach. The girl was upset at his words. She thought it could never leave. Her star. Her love. She had loved the darkened sky since she was little, yet she was still young in age. She wanted to explore the sky. She wanted to know. She wondered if she ever would. She gazed at it for the longest time that night. Finally in the morning. She finally set the tube aside, and gazed at her star. It glowed. She smiled. Her morning glory. She gazed still, and sat down. Finally, she laid her head down on the sand, and slept. Every night, she would look into that tube and gaze at her star, and every morning, watch her star in awe. Her star amazed her. It was the only star left in the sky that shined early on in the morning. She still wished she could fly, to reach her star, and wish it luck. She wished she could touch it, even if it burned. She loved her star. She grew through her childhood gazing at that star, and in her adulthood, told her children of the same star, and they gazed at is as well.
One morning, the girl's daughter was walking on that same beach. She looked up into the sky, and saw the star. The blueish sky grew brighter. The daughter gazed at the star, until it went out. She blinked her eyes. She didn't believe it. It could not have. She had to tell her mother she thought. She turned around and saw a boy. A young looking boy. "The star went out." he said, staring blankly at the young girl. "How?" She asked, looking glum. "Stars are like people. Stars have lives as well. They die out. All stars will. Eventually, over time. It was time for you star to die. No star can live forever. I'm sorry." He said, and started to walk off. "How do you know it died?" She said. "I just do. I felt it. They just...have this aura to them. If you are close enough to stars, you will know when they go out. I felt it years ago." The boy said, looking ill. "You felt it years ago?" The girl said, and fell to the soft sand. "When stars die, it may take years for us to finally see their demise. The time between stars and ourselves, its a very long time. We never see right when they come to an end." He said as he stared blankly, at the girl. "But with the death of stars, new ones are born. The death of your star, it will end up with the birth of another. Don't worry. You will find your star." He said, and walked away. As soon as he disappeared, the girl ran to tell her mother of what happened. She told him of the boy, and the star. The once young girl, went and took a look outside. She walked onto her porch, and gazed into the sky. Her daughter was right. It was gone. The elder woman, fell to the porch, and cried. Tears poured from her. Her daughter said she would watch for a new star. The elder woman cared not now. Her star. Her love. Her inspiration. Gone. Died. She was truly depressed. She went and sat in her living room, as tears rolled down her checks, now no longer smooth, but wrinkled. She put her face in her hands. She cried for many days and nights. Her daughter had decided it would be best if for a night, her mother would get out of the house, and she took her outside. They sat down on the smooth, golden sand, and gazed into the night sky. The morning came. And the mother gasped. A single star, stayed out in the morning sunlight. She gazed into it, and shed several tears. She smiled, and laid her head on the sand. She was happy once again. Her morning glory, had returned. |
