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The Star Polisher
by
Leah Becks
My job is to take stars in, and shine them
and buff them and then send them out into the sky. I have a great job in the
universe of occupations. What do I do? I'm a "star polisher."
It's a very important job. If you want to
know how important, just go out at night and look at the stars twinkling and
sparkling.
You see, I'm a teacher. The stars are the
children in my class. My job is to take them in – in whatever shape they come
- and shine and buff them and send them out to take their places as bright
little twinkling beacons in the sky.
They come into my room in all shapes and
sizes. Sometimes they're bent, tarnished, dirty, crinkly and broken. Some
stars are cuddly, soft and sweet. Some stars are prickly and thorny.
As I buff, polish, train and teach my
little stars, I tell them that the world cannot do without them. I tell them
they can do anything they set their minds to do. I tell them they can be the
brightest, shiniest stars in the sky and the world will be a better place
because of them.
Each night as I look at the sky, I'm
reminded of my very important job and awesome responsibility. I go and get my
soft buffing cloth and my bottle of polish in preparation for tomorrow and for
my class of little stars.
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