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

Posted in Teens on Oct 28, 2022

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“My Shooting Star” by ℙ𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕪 𝐻𝑒𝒹𝑔𝑒𝒽𝑜𝑔

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On the day my daughter died, the stars smiled down at me, in their beautiful but sad way. I asked myself how the stars could look so happy on such a sad day, and looked up. It was almost as if they looked back at me, the way a mother looks at her child, comforting, loving, and quiet. The stars kept me going through it all. Even as a young child, I had always loved the stars and how they twinkled in the sky, formed pictures, told stories. I loved how whenever I was feeling down, I could tell myself, “Look, Orion. The stars will come out tonig...

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“Kačo” by Natasha Arnold

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Freckled with the dirt from the eroding terrain, B’dyni leaned towards the skies as her mother braided her hair. As the sun waned, The Great Omo blessed the village with an abundance of stars, canopying over their horizon. B’dyni marveled, her chocolate eyes twinkling in bliss.  Without warning, her mother quickly tugged against her braid. B’dyni squealed, “Mei!” Her cries were not answered as her mother’s thick fingers lathered her hair in clay. Earlier that morning, B’dyni ventured to the Omo River to gather enough clay for the villag...

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“Her Little Warriors” by ℤ ℍ☮️

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Elizabeth walked into the still forest. She could push away memories of ash and the crumbling asphalt and breath in the cool air, forget her joyous house that erupted in flames. She could think about her thoughts as if they were the most important in the world, be selfish and . . . . . forget.  She staggered underneath the silvery shadows of the cedars. She inhaled the warm May air and made her way down the grainy path. She passed yellow primroses that looked like liquid sunshine and bluebells that were catching the moonlight in their w...

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“Camping Adventure” by Carille Durbin

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"There it is!" Marshall found the North Star in the handle of the Little Dipper. He was camping with three other friends in Rocky Mountain National Park. "Just think, the light from that star started its journey three hundred twenty-three light years ago." "You're the physics major, not me," Maurice spoke as he stood to stretch. He lived in the same dormitory as Marshall. They both loved the outdoors, especially hiking and camping. "I'm going to my tent;  I'll see you in the morning." Maurice love...

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“Just glad there are stars in the sky” by Rebecca Lee

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Sarah Chaucer lay back on the ground and twiddled with pieces of grass underneath her. She reached behind her head, and took her long, auburn hair out of its ponytail holder, and let it flow freely on the ground.She could hear her mom in her head. “Sarah, get up. You are going to get your clothes dirty and grass in your hair.” Sarah, now at age 50, laughed, “You are right, Mom, but it is OK. It will come out.” She said out loud to herself. Sarah stretched out her legs - rubbing out ‘imaginary’ wrinkles in her jeans before getting still. She ...

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“A Little Bit Of Heaven.” by Estelle Westley

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Jake and Emma sat on the jetty with a bottle of Chardonnay between them. Their feet dangling in the water. The beauty of the silence made their hearts peaceful.The night was so brightly lit with stars that they had made their way from the main building with no flashlight.'Do you remember the first time we set foot here on the farm?' Emma asked. 'We were glared at by the agent when we insisted on walking down to the river. There were no roads so we had to hike through the shrubs and forest for many kilometres and the agent was not amused when...

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“The Starlit Vixen and The Fox” by Christopher G

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The only peaceful spot to rest your head at Moonlight Vixen’s Gentlemen’s Club was outside on a dead patch of grass. If business is slow, which it has been as of late, I’d step outside and lay my head down, looking at the sky full of stars and the moon. It was full and bright tonight, a stark contrast inside of the Moonlight Vixen’s Gentlemen’s Club.  It isn’t the most glamorous place to work. Especially if you’re a stripper—excuse me—dancer. I’ve been interim manager since my dad has been in the hospital for four ...

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“Beside the Dying Fire” by Kevin DuPont

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It was just last month that I counted three-hundred and sixty-four stars. Now, as the purple chill of the evening air arrived, I began my count again. It doesn’t take nearly as long. 12…13…14.           I twisted my lips as I marked the number down in my notes. It seemed to really be accelerating towards the end. Over a dozen stars had vanished from the air space since last night. The black void of the nights sky was once littered with tiny speckles of white and yellow, but now it was me...

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“The Stars Above, the Stars Below” by Deborah Mercer

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NOTE TO READERSI have checked with Arielle and she says it’s okay to write a story in verse. That was how this one presented itself to me. Still not sure how well it works, but thanks for your patience! Debbie________________________________________________________________________________The harbour lights reflect in night-dark waters, boats, never wholly at restsway and dream of distant shores, and moon-tinged ripples crestand fall and dance, and other lights, lights distant beyond distant casttheir gleam upon the waters...

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“A wish lost in the Stars !!” by Jyoti Sharma

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The shiniest star on sky, frozen eyes over it, laying on the terrace, Andy was blanked. He was much away from the real world and lost in the world of stars. His eyes blinked with a falling star and suddenly he came into senses to make the wish. He mumbled something very softly in a hurry and crawled his eyebrows falling star vanished with a blink only. Still thoroughly he was finding that star rolling eyes all over the sky. But it was gone. He looked down sadly and started thinking if the wish is going to be full fill or not. He tried his be...

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“I'll Put The Stars Back In The Sky” by Grey Oberst

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The last thing I see is a starry sky. It’s beautiful. Really beautiful. It’s a damn shame that I never took the time to really appreciate it up until now. I should have studied astronomy instead of business. Hell, I should have studied anything other than business. What was I thinking? Wait, no, I shouldn’t be thinking about that right now. The sky is beautiful, and that’s all that matters.As I stare at it, it’s easy to forget that I’m currently bleeding out on the sidewalk. Why is that happening again? I don’t remember. It doesn’t matter.“A...

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“The Last Night.” by Saranglogy R

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She knew it was her last night on the earth. She lied on the house terrace by looking at the stars shining dimly on the sky.She sighed deeply by closing her eyes and drifted her thoughts by thinking about tomorrow."Hey, what are you doing here?"Her thoughts were disturbed by her favorite voice. She opened her eyes to look at the love of her life, to whom she had promised to be with forever."Just thinking.""About?""About us." Sam looked at her with a furrowed eyebrows and smiled by her simple reply."Sam?""Yes, honey?""How do you put up with m...

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“Stars and Scars” by Emili Silvi

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I stare up at the stars, thinking, tired. My whole life, all twenty-three years of it, measured up to nothing compared to the stars'. It was hard to comprehend that they had been here billions of years before me and they would still be here billions of years after.I examine my cracked, ruined nails. I am breathing heavily and my clothes were caked with blood. I am a mess. I am ruined. I am broken.I have thought over and over how I could've done this day different. And I have come up with nothing. I have not thought of a single thing I could'...

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“Welcome to The End” by Natalie Dafoe

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“An astonishing phenomenon seems to have occured this morning, worldwide. Scientists are struggling to explain why the day cycle is occuring at incredible speeds!  Whether it be a bad omen or an optical illusion, it has left everyone around the world baffled. Environmental researcher, Mia Killas has more.”My father turned off the television, and I turned over to face him. His eyes were wide with fear, his hands gripping the remote too tight- his hands slightly shaking. The mood was mirrored throughout the small house, the stress buildin...

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“Purple Eyes” by Roxie ...

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“look up at the stars” he says whilst looking up at the night sky. “Make a wish with all your heart and soul... when you do, truly honestly believe it will come true.” It was about 5 years ago, the day before he left. His eyes so intently looking up at the starry sky as if it where his own paradise, lost in the world of the night and left being concealed and hidden. Trapped in a moonlit stance. Foolish really, I was. As I sat there perched on the edge of the window to my second story apartment, looking up at the...

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