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| (c) Quirky Cow Shed - Melissa Simm |
Sometimes I like to lie down and look up at the stars
twinkling in the sky. They flicker and
sparkle and make me smile. I like to
just lie and watch them and wonder if one day I will be able to run to them…
One evening I was sitting staring at the brightest star in
the sky and suddenly the brown boy husky appeared by my side. I am no longer scared of him and I like it
when he visits me. He is lots of fun and
tells me lots of exciting stuff.
He asked me why I like to stare so much at the sky. I told him that once when I was a little baby
my mum had said to me that if I ever felt sad and lonely I should look to the
brightest star in the sky and think of her.
She told me that it was a very special star and it would help me not be
sad.
When my first humans left me alone in the cold and darkness
I was so frightened and I curled up in a ball and waited for them to come back. They never returned and I got colder and
hungrier. I was so sad and lonely and
then I remembered what my mum told me. I
looked high up into the sky and found the star.
I looked to this star and thought of happy thoughts. The star helped me feel better. My second humans found where I was hiding in
the railway station. They cuddled me and
gave me food for my tummy and a warm bed to sleep in. I think my star told them where to find me.
I told him that every night I look at the star and dream
that one day I will run to the star and find my mum there. I think she might have gone to live there so
that she could watch over me wherever I was.
The brown husky smiled at me and told me that the star has a
name and a special story.
“It is called Sirius and is also known as “the Dog Star” because
it lives in a constellation called Canis Major, which is Latin for “the greater
dog”. It is the brightest star in the
constellation.
In the mid-summer Sirius rises in conjunction with the sun
and ancient human people believed that it was the combination of the sun during
the day and the star at night that made the earth so hot during mid-summer. They created the expression “dog days”, to
refer to this period of time.
The ancient Egyptian people called it “Nile Star” because when it appeared in the eastern sky it announced the coming of flood waters from the River Nile that would help their dry lands grow food.”
The ancient Egyptian people called it “Nile Star” because when it appeared in the eastern sky it announced the coming of flood waters from the River Nile that would help their dry lands grow food.”
He told me lots about the stars and the planets in the
sky. He told me that stars are giant
balls of energy held together by their own gravity and that the planets, of
which there are nine move across this fixed background of stars. This confused me because I thought that the
stars moved too. He smiled and told me I
would to wait until my next lesson to understand more about the universe and
all its galaxies and how they interact…
He looked up to my star then smiled at me.
“Spike, you are just like a little star – a furry ball of
energy that shines brightly. As your
legs get bigger and stronger your pulling power will increase and extend beyond
the confines of this house and garden.
There is a world out there waiting for you and you will grow and shine more
and more as each day passes”.
I looked at my special star and remembered my dreams. I know that one day my star will help me
achieve the biggest dream of them all…..
Spike
Spike
