The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-11
The
Sandman Story
For Tonight

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Once upon time a little star that
had been shining for hundreds Of years
became tired Of shining every night
and wanted to go down upon the
there.
Il wonder what there is away down
there where we cannot see," it said
one night to brother star that had
been shining beside it for hundreds of
years also.
Il do not know. and cannot under
stand why you should care when we
are happy up here and have only to
| shine every night" replied the broth
er star.
The old moon had been listening to
| all that the little star said, and when
both had finished speaking he said:
You had better stay where you are
and not go down upon the earth. for
while it is good place for people to
live, 1t is not good place for little
stars. Why. you would be lost the
| minute you landed there, and no one
would know where you belonged. You
had better stay here with your broth
ers and keep on shining.
| But the little star kept on thinking
about the big space below it. and one
night when everything was quiet and
the wind was sleeping the little star
saw nice, fleecy cloud floating right
toward the old moon.
Nov is my time. 1T said to itself.
THAT cloud will soon cover the old
moons face and he will not Sc me-"
So the foolish little star slipped out
of its inches In the sky and down,
down, it went to the earth.
"A shooting STAR" someone said.
and then the foolish little star found
itself in big field Of daisies and
rested on the green grass, where 1t
could not see a thing.
A big beetle crawled UP to it and
asked, Where did you come from?"
81 am a star come to visit your
EARTH" was the reply.
oh, come here called the beetle
% cncther. Here's star come down
to EARTH
THAT is not STAR" said the sec
ond beetle; stars are bright and
shine: that is only a piece of stone"
By and by the daisies heard a
sound of crying, and they bent their
heads and listened.
1T comes from down deep in the
grass" said one. "We must look and
find who is unhappy"
"Oh, please tell me how to get to
my home again." cried the little star
when it saw the daisies looking for it,
Where do you come from?" they
asked.
II am a star, and I live away up
above the EARTH" said the little star
II have been shining up there for hun.
dreds of years, and l wanted to see
the earth, so just dropped down and
now I cannot find my way back.
Il am afraid we can not help you to
get back to your home; none of us
know the way"
Il want to go home moaned TIC
little star; 1T is ALL dark here and
can not see. Will no one show me the
way home?''
do you suppose the moon would
, know where this lost stars home isl
asked one daisy.
"Where is he. where is he?" cried
the little star. "Old moon will surely
know the way home"
He is not here just now" said this
, daisies, but when the cloud in front
of him has passed we will see if he
can help YOU"
In few minutes the moon was
shining on field of daisies, and il
reached the spot where the little stat
was.
"Mr Moon" cried all the daisies al
once, there is lost star down here
Can you show it the way homer
But before the daisies had finished
their question the little star had seer
the moonbeam. and it lifted it's face
and cried out for joy:
II can see! l can ,see!" it said
This is the path that will take me te
my home."'
By the bright rays of the moon the
little star climbed back to the sky
but when it passed its brother stars Il
hung its head in shame. for they were
weeping because it had left them anC
would never shine beside them any
more.
!, The little star had left his brother:
without a thought of them, but only
thinking of what it would see OF
earth.
Far away from it's brothers it fount
place where it must shine for a hun
dred years before it can ever be a!
bright as it was when it left it's place
to visit the earth.
r And when it regains it former
brightness it's brothers will have gain
ed in brightness. and so be lost to thu
little star forever. Poor little los