Earth Day
A Universal Bedtime Story.

Written & Illustrated by: Barbara L. George

Once upon an Earth Day
In a cosmos, way up high
All the stars did gather
like diamonds in the sky

No one could sleep a wink
until each star compared
Every single planet,
at least those that were their’s

Every star had their favorite
and different was each one
But EARTH was the favorite
of the star they called the SUN

Still each planet was so special
from the first one to the last
which caused the stars to argue
over planets as they passed

Sun, why pick planet THREE
when there’s planet ONE or TWO?
MERCURY is the CLOSEST
And VENUS sure loves you

But after a good meteor shower
And it’s time to go to bed
I prefer MARS
It’s the only one that’s RED

But JUPITER is the BIGGEST
and it’s not because he’s fat
He even has MORE MOONS
No one can argue that

I can, said another,
feeling rather bold
SATURN’S the only planet
with shiny RINGS of gold
But URANUS is true BLUE
And NEPTUNE is all about the GREEN
How could the Earth be better?
Sun, you just must not have seen!

"And Pluto, Eris and Makemake are even more cool and far out!
They don't need to be planets. They're plutoids
They know what it's all about!

And if you like dwarfs there's C-e-r-e-s
Just cause he's little don't make him less!"

And just in case you're wondering what could be next
There's a very special orb and it's called Planet X

So the SUN considered carefully
each point the Stars had made
But SUN was not so fickle
and his feelings did not fade

Still puzzled by his choice
The stars asked him, just for fun
“What makes the EARTH so special?”

“PEOPLE”
Said the SUN!

“PEOPLE? What’s a people?
Whatever do you mean?”
“How can we understand
a thing we have not seen?”

Just because they’re small
and somewhat hard to see
That never is a reason
to not look carefully!
This time the Stars looked harder
and peeked around a CLOUD
“OH MY GOSH WE SEE THEM”
Exclaimed the stars out loud!
“Do PEOPLE see us too?
They seem so far away”
“They see PLANETS, MOONS and STARS through the NIGHT
and ME… I light their DAY!

And like PLANETS ~ PEOPLE differ
But this I truly know…
Without people, none of us would glow!

They have a special power
when they wish on you and I
the next thing you know,
you’re lighting up the sky!

At last the Stars could see
the Sun was absolutely right
And thus began their practice
of twinkling every night

But let me not forget
What all Stars love to do
listen for the wishes
of people just like YOU

In fact they’re are listening now
so make sure they can hear
your very special wish
because to them it is so dear

Now, sweet dreams little one
It’s time to go to bed
And remember
the Stars all love you
as they twinkle overhead

Sound Recording ~ Read by:
Even Steven Levee as The Voice of
The Sun

Steve Nichol as The Voices of
The Fans of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Uranus and
The Star Who Quizzes The Sun About “People”

Arthur Steuer as The Voice of
Plutoids, Drawf and Planet “X”

Barbara L. George as The Voice of
The Narrator And Saturn’s Fan

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