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A Girl In Paradise
There are no rainbows on the moon
Seven-year-old Emma came into the kitchen and tapped the leg of her mother who was washing dishes, “Mommy, can I go outside to watch the moon?”
Her mother turned off the water and picked up a towel to dry her hands, “Why do you want to do that?”
“Because tonight’s the full moon.”
Emma’s mother looked at the calendar on the kitchen wall and, sure enough, it was the night of the full moon, “Aren’t you afraid of the dark?”
“Mommy, it’s not fully dark outside when there’s a full moon. I can’t see it from my window because of a tree. I want to see it when it is low in the sky and it’s the biggest of the night.”
“When did you learn so much about the moon?”
“We’ve been learning about it in school.”
“Oh, okay. Sure, you can go look at the moon, in fact I’ll get your Daddy’s binoculars so you can see it even more close up.”
After grabbing the binoculars from a cabinet Emma’s mother led her outside, “We’ll keep the porch light on, okay? Don’t go too far out into the yard. Stay right here in the middle of the lawn so that we can see you from the house.” She showed Emma how to adjust the binoculars then she went back inside.
