The Sun & The Moon

The Sun and Moon had been friends with each other for many years. When the Moon failed to shine on its own at night, the Sun would lend it some of its so humans could still look up and see it shining in all its glory.

The Moon began to feel upset about all the praise it was getting from the humans.

"I didn't use to get all of this praise when I shone on my own. The humans are only noticing me because of the suns rays that I borrow," it thought.

It felt broken and hurt and soon, the Moon stopped talking to the Sun. It stopped borrrowing its rays at night, casting the world below into darkness everytime the Sun went around to the other side.

The humans muttered and complained about how the Moon had stopped shining, blaming it on the Sun.

"If the Sun wasn't so bright, the Moon wouldn't feel so bad!" they said.

The Sun soon started to feel as if it was being misunderstood. The Moon heard news of this gossip and, for a few days, thought the Sun deserved it. The Sun had wanted all the attention, hadn't it?

But after a few days, the Moon began to be lonely. It wanted to talk to its best friend but it kept reminding itself that if couldn't. The Sun deserved to be shamed.

The Sun wanted to talk to the Moon but didn't know how to approach the now dark celestial body. It was also lonely but didn't want to hurt the Moon more.

The Moon got sick of being dark all the time and wanted badly to shine, even if it was borrowed from the Sun.

The humans bickering and complaining became even louder, some blaming the Moon, others blaming the Sun. They wanted their nightlight and they felt they couldn't live without it.

The Moon finally worked up courage to approach the Sun.

"I'm sorry, Sun, but I need some light," it confessed.

The Sun smiled. "Of course, my little Moon. However much you want."

The Moon smiled sheepishly.

"I would give you all the light I had if I could. I want you to shine like a lighthouse in the night, guiding the humans safely home and lulling them to sleep. I want you to shine. I want you to be happy," the Sun explained.

The Moon hugged the Sun. The Moon was happy. The Sun gave it some light when it went around the earth and the humans sang its praises.

"The Sun was so nice to give light back to the moon," the younger children would say.

"Oh, but dear, the Sun never took it away," their parents explained. "The Moon just stopped receiving it."

The children would look at their parents, confused, until they would explain.

"You see, the Moon and the Sun have been lifelong friends and no matter what, they will never stop shining together," they would begin. "Because the Sun loves the Moon and the Moon loves the sun. And because of that, we never have to fear of either of them disappearing."