Stars in the Sky

  

          Long ago, in a tribe called Cherokee a young girl named Aponi looked up to the sky."Its so beautiful outside", she thought. "It would be more beautiful to have something else in the sky." She kept thinking. What could it be?

                That night was a ceremony. There was singing, dancing, great food and music. The mens arms were painted and the women wore sleeves dresses made of deer skin that are pinned to there chest. All the kids were playing except for Aponi. She was standing by an old williow tree. Aponi looked up to the sky then the ground then the sky again. She knew something was missing but she didn't know what it was. "Hello Aponi," said a girl named Mikka. "Hi",replied Aponi. "Why aren't you playing with us",asked Mikka. "Well", Aponi began to answer."I don't know.I just think something else is supposed to be in the sky". Mikka looked puzzled then said "Did you eat to many sweet melons again?" I knew she wouldn't understand thought Aponi. So Aponi and Mikka walked back to the ceremony.

                The next day Aponi and her brother Chochmo were outside playing A-ne-jo-di. While they were playing Aponi stopped then asked "Do you think there is something missing from are sky?' Chochmo shook his head no and said "There is a sun and a moon thats it nothing more." In reply Aponi said "I know, I know but there should be something else in the sky not in the morning at night something different, something that will make the night time sparkle even more than the moon. something that can be the moons sister, and every time the moon comes out so does the..." she stopped. "So does the what?", asked her brother."I don't know what I should name it", said Aponi. "Well maybe you should think about it later lets finish playing",said Chochmo. So they were finishing up there game of A-ne-jo-di.

                   Two days later there was another ceremony. This time Aponi wanted to go. She wanted to look at the sky an figure out what to call this thing. When the music started the people danced with joy and the kids laughed and played. When Aponi started to dance she began to twinkle. Everyone looked at her. Aponi was twinkling so beautifully and dancing so gracefully. She started pointing to people and then they began to twinkle. Aponi knew at that very moment what was missing from the night sky. "I know what is missing stars yes thats what I am going to call it stars". Aponi was so happy and so was everyone else in the sky. Every night they come up dance gracfully in the sky and they twinkle. That is how there became stars in the sky.