Anne and the Starlets

Stars, those tiny pieces of light which forever holds mans fascination. Even after millions of years of star gazing we are yet to getover their beauty or even to comprehend their magnitude in scientific terms.

I remember going for a trek couple of years ago to a beautiful hill nearby. We camped near the summit that night and that was the night etched in my memory as I saw the sky lit up by stars a sight a city bred like me had never ever seen before. Even today I can recall the splendid sight and the star studded night is the most reassuring thought I have.. millions and millions of pieces of light watching over us earth beings...

This is a story of stars watching over a small girl Anne and helping her out.. Read on..

Whoopsville a small hamlet fringing the big woods in YoYo state was a beautiful place. There were few settlers in the hamlet, simple folks who made their living out of the woods. There were the Tyer family who are woodsmiths, the Quakers who run sell bread and cereals, Spencers, the local grocers and Dr. Brooks. The kind doctor also took lessons for the children in the hamlet. 



Anne was the only child of the Tyer family was a bright and smart fourth grader. She was a good student and also helped out  her parents with errands and collecting firewood, berries and fruits from the forest. She has her own pink bike fitted with a colorful basket and a nice multitone ringing bell.

But what she missed the most is other  young kids like her to play around. However she found a way out of her loneliness. She had starlets and starlets for friends. The stars loved to watch the Whoopsville hamlet and especially loved Anne. Every night Anne spoke to her starlet friends. She would draw imaginary squares, and circles in the air and the starlets would arrange themselves closer to form her drawing. Through clusters of stars she drew various pictures like crowns, spoons, hunter etc. She sang poems, read her lessons out to the stars. The starlets loved to play along silently with little Anne.

One day, a new family moved to Whoopsville, the Parkers. Parkers had a young daughter Nina. Anne was happy to finally have a friend. Anne and Nina became the best of friends. In time she forgot about the starlets. The starlets were unhappy and kept gazing down at Anne.

Many months passed and one day Anne was out in the woods collecting berries in her pretty little basket. She was busy picking blueberries and forgot that it was getting late. Once her basket was full she decided to return back, but by then she had gone deep into the woods and the place was unfamiliar for her. There was no trail and she was completely lost.

Anne was scared and started crying out. She was alone and frightened. But Anne was not alone, the starlets were looking out for her from the skies above. They heard her cry and was wondering how to help her. Then they came up with an idea, all the starlets formed a big cluster and shone brightly. 

Anne gazed at the bright light that shone in between the dark canopy of the woods and walked in the direction of the light. Anne soon discovered the trail back to her home. She started singing happily to the stars..

“ Starlight, Starbright, Starlets my first friends,

You led me out of the woods,

And kept a watch over me,

I’m glad and happy as can be

To have such great and dear friends ”

Anne reached home safely. Her parents were happy to see her back safe. Anne had dinner,said her prayers and went to bed, happy thinking of her many friends up above the sky silently gazing at her and keeping a watch over. 

Mr. Sun plays a Prank

In a far far away land, in the middle of a vast blue ocean there exists an island called the Whoopee island. The island has a long beach with a reef where fishes of all hues live. There are red clown fishes, blue green fishes, fluorescent colored fishes with white darting eyes,angelic fishes, star fishes, yellow mini fishes, slimy jelly fishes and what not. All these fishes swam together as a school of fish visiting the nearby reefs and playing around in the sun.

Here there were three friends Chris, Tina and Remo who were always together. They darted in and out of the plants in the sea, played hide and seek in the ocean and had fun all day long. Their parents often told them to take care of each other and be careful of hurting their delicate fins in the reefs. Chris, Tina and Remo were good kids and listened to their parents. 

One day in December when winter had almost set in and a thin sheet of ice had formed on the ocean, the three of them where feeling very very cold. Remo suggested that they swim up to the sea surface and bask in the sun. Tina & Chris said great idea and decided to make it a picnic. Chris’s mom made the best sandwiches in the reef and he hurriedly went over to pack 4 tiered peanut butter sandwiches along with hot cocoa. The three of them reached the surface and lazed around. The sun’s rays splashed their body with warmth and all of them were happy to be free from the icy chill. Tina said, we should thank Sunny uncle for warming us up. Chris being the loudest of them all, called loudly.. Sunny Uncle, Sunny Uncle.. The sun was deep in slumber and did not wake up. Then Tina & Remo joined Chris and shouted out and this time, Mr Sun did wake up. But he was crossed to be woken up from his deep sleep. Mr Sun frowned and showed his angry freckles.. He threatened the little children that he would go away and then the world will freeze.All of a sudden darkness began to set in and then it seemed like the sun had vanished. Tina, Remo and Chris began to cry and thought that the sun had gone away crossed at them. 

They rushed back home and were worried that they had done terribly wrong. Wondering what to do, they headed to meet the old wise clown fish,Mr Brown. Mr. Brown, assured the kids that all is well and that Mr. Sun would be back by now. The lil fishes were still worried. Mr Brown said, Ok come with me and I shall show you.


The all swam together and then voila, there was the beaming Sun. Mr.  Brown explained that the Sun had gone behind the moon in an eclipse and was back now. Mr. Sun winked and smiled at the lil fishes. He said, ha ha ..that was a small prank. I would never go away and freeze all of you. Its wonderful to be part of your world. 


Tina, Remo and Chris were relieved and swam back home after thanking Mr. Brown. They slept well that night and dreamt of the beauty of the Sun andglorious sunny days at the beach