326 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



"Well, my little boy must be content to visit the sun and moon 

 in story land." 



"Mother tell me a story every night about the skyland, will you?" 



"Yes, but now you had better go off to dreamland," and before 

 very long that was just what Ted did. He went to really dream- 

 land, and suddenly he heard a little curious voice say; — 

 "Star bright — star light, 

 Moonbeams — star dreams." 

 And there before him was the most beautiful little star fairy with 

 silvery wings and all about shone a glimmering vaporing mist. 



"Why, who are you, said Ted?" 



"I am the fairy of star dreams and I have come to take you to 

 visit the moon." 



"Oh! Oh! that is the very place I want to visit and I should like 

 to visit the sun too." 



"I shan't take you to visit the sun to-night, but I know you 

 would enjoy the fireworks there for the sun has tremendous ex- 

 plosions which shoot out flames about 300,000 miles high and they 

 shoot two hundred times faster than a rifle bullet travels." 



Ted clapped his hands when he heard about the wonderful fire- 

 works on the sun. 



"Oh, wouldn't that be fine," said Ted. 



"Let us be off to the moon to-night, but first I must change you 

 into a fairy, for people like you could never live on the moon 

 because you must breathe air to live and the moon has no air." 



Whish! Twish!— 



On the wings of the night, 



By the moonbeams made bright. 



Up, up, through earth's air 



To the atmosphere rare. 



On, on, on, in their flight, 



The moon reached, what a sight! 



It was a grand sight to see those wonderful mountains and 

 valleys. The mountains are higher than the highest mountains 

 on earth. 



There were deep — deep holes and in the midst of the holes 

 great mountain peaks arose. 



"Why fairy, I do not see any water." 



"Oh, there is no air here on the moon, so of course there is no 

 water." 



