The Moon Who Learned to Smile

 

Once upon a time, high above the sleepy towns and whispering forests, lived the Moon. Her name was Selene, though no one on Earth knew it. Every night, she rose into the sky, silver and solemn, casting her gentle glow over the world below.

Selene was beautiful — oh, yes! Her light danced on lakes, tiptoed across rooftops, and tucked children into bed with lullabies of shadow and shine. But there was one thing Selene had never done…

She had never smiled.

You see, Selene thought smiles were for the Sun — bright, loud, and full of laughter. The Sun beamed all day, warming cheeks and chasing clouds. “Smiles belong to him,” Selene would whisper to the stars. “I am the quiet one. The watcher. The keeper of dreams.”

And so, night after night, she hung in the sky, pale and perfect… and just a little bit sad.

One evening, a little girl named Mira sat on her windowsill, hugging her stuffed owl. She gazed up at the Moon and sighed.

“You look lonely up there,” Mira whispered. Read more free download click here