"I know you would, dear." Her smile's fond. "But there are many songs, you know. And sometimes it's hard to hear the Lion's for all the rest. Some are pretty on their own, and mix well with the Lion's, and some don't. It's hard to know sometimes.
"But Alambil refused to listen to the sounds of war and discord, loud songs that clang in the ear and stay in one's head for the rest of one's life. Instead she urged her siblings, all the stars that were, to dance instead of fight and sing with her.
"They didn't listen, though, and stars began to fall, hitting the land with their lights gone out, dim and pale and lost."
Re: Story Time
Date: 2007-06-02 05:03 am (UTC)"But Alambil refused to listen to the sounds of war and discord, loud songs that clang in the ear and stay in one's head for the rest of one's life. Instead she urged her siblings, all the stars that were, to dance instead of fight and sing with her.
"They didn't listen, though, and stars began to fall, hitting the land with their lights gone out, dim and pale and lost."