One fine evening, Oaky the oak elf was lolling about on a branch of his oak tree. He was just humming a little tune to himself and gazing into the night sky when he suddenly saw a shooting star. A moment later, the star was gone. Oaky was about to make a wish, when he heard a commotion down at the bottom of the
"Uff, ow, ouchy."
Oaky looked down. Something was flickering right down on the ground.
"Who are you, what are you?" shouted Oaky at the strange thing.
"I'm a star," came the reply from below.
"Actress or singer?" asked Oaky as he started climbing down.
"A star from the sky! Ouch," said the star
"How did you get here?" Oaky asked, looking up at the sky, then at the star again.
"What do you think? I fell from up there!" Now the little star was gazing sadly up into the
"Oh, so that was you?" Oaky said as he jumped off the lowest branch onto the ground. "I saw you fall."
"How do I get back into the sky now?" whined the
"Don't worry, we'll figure something out," Oaky reassured her. "But how did you come to fall?"
"My sisters and I were playing chase, and I slipped on the edge of the Milky Way and fell. My sisters warned me not to go too close to the edge, but that’s just what I’m like. When someone tells me to do something, I just do the opposite," sighed
"And now you have paid for your contrariness. Well, never mind," Oaky said, stroking her gently, "we’ll just have to get you back up there somehow."
"Do you think that can be…
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