A Big Book of Little Stories Book : Chapter 2 - How the Moon Became Happy

Listen Up: A Reading Adventure with John Maytham · 4 November 2025 · 2m

Speaker 1: Chapter two, How the moon became happy. Have you ever seen the moon looking through Speaker 1: your window at night? Listen and I will tell you why the moon likes to Speaker 1: look through your window at night. A long time ago, the moon was sad because Speaker 1: it was stuck high in the sky, all alone, high in the sky, it sat Speaker 1: night after night, never moving. Then one dark night, the sad moon called out to Speaker 1: a passing star, Oh Star, I'm so lonely up here in the dark sky, and Speaker 1: the nights are so long. I am stuck high in the sky and I cannot Speaker 1: move. Won't you please tell me a story? One by one, the star stopped and Speaker 1: told the moon a story. The storytelling lasted for many happy nights, until one night Speaker 1: the stars moved on and the sad moon was lonely again. Mother Sky saw the Speaker 1: sad moon and called out, why are you so sad? The sad moon sniffed and Speaker 1: said, the nights are so dark, and I am so lonely stuck high in the Speaker 1: sky. The stars have left and there are no more stories. Mother Sky was very Speaker 1: wise, There are always many stories. She said, let me show you something. Look down Speaker 1: at Mother Earth. Can you see all the bright, winking lights, all over the world, Speaker 1: mothers and fathers are telling their children's stories. So sad Moon looked down at the Speaker 1: houses with blinking lights. But I am stuck high in the sky and I cannot Speaker 1: hear any thing from up here, she said. Mother…

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