THE STARS 93 



THE STARS 

 midnight usually impossible happily 



Up in Greenland there is but one day and 

 but one night in the whole year. 



The short day is summer. 



The long night is winter. 



When it is midnight here it is usually very 

 dark. 



But in Greenland, in summer, the sun shines 

 at midnight. 



All day and all night he shines, for many 

 weeks. 



This does not seem at all strange to the little 

 Eskimo children. 



They have never known anything else. 



They would think it very strange to see a 

 moon and stars that shone only at night. 



And a sun that hid itself at night, even in 

 summer, " Oh, that is impossible ! " they 

 would say. 



We know that the silver moonlight is only 

 sunlight, after all. 



But what is true about the stars ? 



Can you believe some of the stars are suns ? 



