Friends of the Star
			One evening the Star Kid had a fight with his friends. It was a foolish reason, he thought, but then might not have been. Even the brightest girl star and the next brightest boy star deserted him. But I am not goring to apologize first."  mumbles the Star Kid, who couldn't stand being alone. He seemed to hear same muttering from behind the fuzzy moonlight.   "It's so boring, I hope someone can play with me..." He looked around. But the sky was getting brighter, there can't be any stars, even the morning star. The Star Kid became so lonely, large tears were about to roll down his shining cheeks.
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			At that moment, he saw something glitter in the ocean under his eyes. It was the wing of a flying fish flapping above the waves.   "Hey, you! Can you playwith me? " The Star Kid shouted to him. Flying fish who is jumping around between one wave to another, glanced the Star Kid without pause, said.     "What? Mnnn...you look rather slow to me. I don't think you'll be able to keep up with me, it may be a bit difficult to play together, don't you think so?" The Star Kid thought, "Well, it might be so..." Then he felt glum. Flying fish came up to him with the biggest jump ever, and said.    "Don't be sad, Kid. Oh, I think I have some good friends for you, I'll take you to them. Ride on my back."    "Really? That's so kind." The Star Kid brightened up more than ever and jumped on his smooth back.
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			Flying fish brought him to the quiet water's edge of an unknown island. There are so many starfish playing in the rippling water surface. And they greeted him friendly.    "Wow, you guys look like me, don't you?" The Star Kid gladly said to them. But starfish answered all at once.   "No no, we have a pattern on our body, but you don't have one."     "And we have calm colors, but look at you, shining so restlessly."     "By the way, can you swim?" The Star Kid became silent because he had never thought about being able to swim.  To him, "Friend" are meant to look alike.
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			As the Star Kid became embarrassed and confused, starfish asked him tenderly.   "Are you disappointed that we are not similar?"   "Ah...no, not really, but you don't hate me?" The Star Kid asked timidly.   "Of course not. We want to know more about you, for example why you're so bright, it looks like fun."   TheStar Kid is glad to hear that, he thought it would be nice if his friends in the sky could also meet them. As he called out to the sky,all his star friends came down to the beach, acting as if they never had a fight. As the Star Kid saw the bright lights falling down from the sky, he came to realize.     "Wow, all of my friends look different from one another..." With varied colors and shapes; orange and lemon yellow, round or hexagonal shapes twinkling in the sky. He proudly introduced his old friends from the sky to his new friends in the sea.
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