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Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 28, 2022

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“That Beauty Just out of Reach ” by Abby Irwin

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Esther stared up at the stars, tears rolling down her face silently. The smoke from all of the power plants curled into the sky blurring the bright specks of light above her.  This had been her life ever since she could remember. All around her people were smiling, laughing with their friends and family. Never noticing the girl in the alley. Always seeing through the girl in the corner.  As Esther went through the day in her head she swallowed the pain she felt.  That had been her life ever since she could remember. A...

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“Stars” by 𝕂𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕒 🏵 𝕧𝕒𝕟 ℕ𝕚𝕖𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕜 🏵

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Have you ever lain on the ground at 2 am outside, looking at the stars above? Completely on your own? Or, at least you thought you were alone?Jasmine has a fascination with stars. It feels like they hold secrets no one will ever know, because they only come out at night, and no one looks up anymore anyway; they’re too busy checking the media and wondering if they should or should not follow this person on Instagram.Jasmine Harper lied there, thinking she was alone, but then she heard a rustle in a bush nearby. Her mother and father, Jessica ...

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“What The Heavens Say” by Kristine Murdock

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“Mama, I see it!” Sierra’s small voice cried across the moonlit yard. Mrs. Stone jogged eagerly up to her child. Leaning over, she asked in a quiet voice, “Little Sicily, what do you see?” The child’s eyes didn’t leave the sky as she whispered back in awe, “I see the scales.” Emily Stone took a seat on the grass beside Sierra and lay down so her view of her daughter and the heavens was just perfect. Not another sound was to be heard, but the duo’s breath and the frogs in the pond beyond the hayfield. “It’s Libra, darling. See how they’re no...

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“He stole the stars from me” by Thistle Arellano

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I used to love watching the stars.  When the summer nights were warm and the cicadas chirped in the bushes, Mama would set up folding lawn chairs for us in the backyard. We would lean back and watch the stars stretching on for miles and miles, the hundreds, thousands, millions of them twinkling in the sky above us.  “That’s Sirius A,” she says, pointing to a glowing dot that looked just like all the other. “And that one is Polaris.” “It doesn’t matter,” I whine. “They’re just stars. They aren’t important.”  “Not important?...

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“A fortnight with you” by Rinsha P

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How many nights would it take to count the stars? I’ve tried to count, many a times. But my mind wanders off. How could it not when you shine so bright, every night. The sun comes and it goes. Nothing to thank for. The moon shines, giving me a night full of you. A star that smiles. Everything I will ever want. ~ Remember the day I lost you? Took a full month before I found you. Never want to lose you again. Never want to feel that pain. ~ Red and blue. Yellow and green. Colors that remind me of you. Those popsicles we used to love, on a s...

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“Up at the stars ” by JKRv Chain

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Jerry was on his back porch with a cool glass of water staring up at the stars wondering if there is any real meaning in the universe or if it was all some silly game, watching stars burn out and new ones twinkle to life. He Just stares at the stars, looking at their beauty and admiring his favorite star, Selena . All Seems well until he hears a branch snap and a shallow voice Behind the bushes in his yard, “who’s there?” He demands to know as he hears who or what it is moving behind the plants. Jerry gets up to investigate, creeping closer ...

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“Dreams under Stars” by Lindsey Starrberri

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August 1997 It always seemed like such a vast universe, looking up at the stars. During the day, you just have thoughts rushing through your mind, never really thinking about the world, just the present. What flavor of ice cream you're going to get, what store you want to go to next, when you should hit the beach. It's when you look up at the empty night time sky when you really let your mind rest from the hustle and bustle of the day's events. You just think. I finished washing my plate, a fragile white one with small flowers on the edges...

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“Wiped” by Donna Lane

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Stars. I was on my back staring at the stars. A crushing confusion flooded me. The stars winked among the thick overhang of branches like strings of tiny white lights decorating a…decorating a…what? Something. I tried to lift my head but regretted it as a blinding pain forced my eyes to close against the twinkling lights. What had happened to me? I searched for the last thing I could remember and came up blank. I listened for any ambient noise, but the silence was absolute. When I squeezed one eye open, a squint to check the surroundings, I ...

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“comet and lost souls” by Jr. Romars

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On an empty bench she sat down.Staring at the sky,full of stars.Her dark hair fluttering in wind while her blue eyes searching for something in the sky.Her search was interrupted by a voice.                            'Hi, hello!'.'Hello ? '.'Sorry ,if I disturbed you. I saw you sitting here all by yourself and I need some company. I'm quite nervous actually. May I sit here, if yo...

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“The Last Star Jake saw Tonight” by Chet McHenry

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Jake stared up at the night sky. "You ever wonder where it all leads too?" "What?" "The stars. The cosmos, man. I mean, think about it. The infinite expanse. Put in perspective humans live a nano second of existence if that." "Interesting theory. If you like that kind of shit." "Always have ever since I was a kid. You didn't know this, but my father was an engineer for NASA. He helped design the Apollo space craft." "No shit." "Yeah, no shit. The stories he used to tell me of how the astronauts would see strange stuff while in orbit." "Reall...

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“Memories shining with the Stars” by Pika Okoye

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"They are so far from us, right dad" - the child joyfully exclaimed to his father pointing towards the beautiful starry night-sky."Yes Hoshi, they are. Do you like watching them?" - asked Joben, his father"No dadda I love watching them, they look beautiful" - replied the child"Even I loved watching them when I was of your age" - Joben said"And now, you don't?" - asked Hoshi"Yeah, now I don't,I loved the sky, the blazing sun, and especially those tiny twinkling stars until that sky took my parents away from me. But anyways…….I still like it a...

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“THE PANDEMIC” by Audrey Mary Nyambura

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I have absolutely no idea how the film making industry works but if they wanted to make a movie or write aplay about a starless sky,today would be the best night to film it. There’s just but a handful of stars that dared to show up tonight. I could probably count them all. The astronomer would probably have a scientific explanation for this phenomenon but mine are a couple of superstitious hypotheses.Remember Gru?The guy with the long nose and skinny legs who stole the moon in the first season of "Despicable me"?Maybe he remembered to come b...

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“Do you see it?” by Vandana Nair

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Melinda looked up at the stars and asked, “Did you find it father?”  “I am trying sweetie. Looks like it’s not visible today,” replied Gerald.  “But, that’s what you said yesterday too!” replied Melinda pulling up her over-sized shirt from slipping over her shoulders. “Ask again, maybe God didn't hear you”, she insisted.  “Or perhaps I cannot see properly,” smiled Gerald as he carried his daughter and began to walk back from the open field which was adjacent to their house. “We can’t keep mother waiting so let’s look for...

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“A TALE OF TWO HEARTS ” by Tina Freese

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A TALE OF TWO HEARTSI was sitting in an seemingly uncomfortable position on an old chair in the balcony , staring at the stars , mostly at one of them . Since I was little my mother said when people die ,they become stars . It was in days like this I try hard to believe in that fantasy . It has been exactly eleven month and twenty five days since my sister died . I an anxious today because just this weekend will be her death anniversary . I hate that word , it makes it sound , I don’t know ‘clean’ as if someone just tidied up the most painfu...

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“Libra” by Quill Porter

Submitted to Contest #51

I looked up to see the sky with twinkling stars smiling down on me. I snorted when I noticed that I began making patterns and connecting random stars. I then see the constellation, Libra. I paused and thought about how different we were. She is said to be graceful and fair-minded while as I am clumsy and indecisive. I stretched my right arm as if trying to reach the sky. It's so far away. As if it's an unreachable goal. I let my arm down and let out a sigh. What a pretty sky. A rustle of leaves made me twist my body and rest on m...

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