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A Child's Dream of a Star

children of the stars; and they would all
be grieved to see their playmates, the
children of men, no more."

There was one clear, shining star that
used to come out in the sky before the
rest, near the church spire, above the
graves. It was larger and more beautiful,
they thought, than all the others, and
every night they watched for it, standing
hand in hand at a window. Whoever
saw it first cried out: "I see the star!"
And often they cried out both together,
knowing so well when it would rise, and
where. So they grew to be such friends
with it, that, before lying down in their
beds, they always looked out once
again, to bid it good-night; and when
they were turning round to sleep, they
used to say: "God bless the star!"

But while she was still very young, oh,
very, very young, the sister drooped,
and came to be so weak that she could
no longer stand in the window at night;
and then the child looked sadly out by
himself, and when he saw the star
turned round and said to the patient,
pale face on the bed: "I see the star!"
and then a smile would come upon the
face, and a little weak voice used to say:
"God bless my brother and the star!"

And so the time came all too soon,
when the child looked out alone, and
when there was no face on the bed; and
when there was a little grave among the
graves, not there before; and when the

GOD BLESS THE STAR