Once upon a time a great many little [Illustration: Stars] lived up in
the sky.
Their father was the [Illustration: Sun], and their mother was the
[Illustration: Moon].
Usually these [Illustration: Stars] were good little [Illustration:
Children]. They liked to help brighten the sky and so make the
[Illustration: Earth] brighter.
But one night when their mother called to them to come and light up the
sky, they came very slowly. They looked very cross. They did not shine
when she told them to do so.
Mother [Illustration: Moon] felt sad. She called up from the
[Illustration: Earth] some good little [Illustration: Stars]. They were
only [Illustration: Flowers] on [Illustration: Earth], but Mother
[Illustration: Moon] changed them into [Illustration: Stars] in the sky.
The naughty [Illustration: Stars] felt themselves falling. Faster and
faster they fell, until they sank down into the [Illustration: Earth].
They cried and cried until they fell asleep for they were very sorry for
what they had done.
In the morning Father [Illustration: Sun] shone out so brightly that
everything, even the baby [Illustration: Stars] under the grass,
wakened. They began to cry again.
Their father felt sorry for them. He told them they might shine on the
[Illustration: Earth].
So now the stars shine in the sky at night, and in the morning, when
Father [Illustration: Sun] shines for them, the [Illustration: Flowers]
open their eyes and shine in the grass all day.
[Illustration: =NATURE AS THE FIRST INVENTOR AND CRAFTSMAN=
=THE LANTERN FLY OF TROPICAL AMERICA LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT=
=ONE OF THE FIRST BOXES, A RECEPTACLE FOR BRAZIL NUTS=
=THE FIRST BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT--A HUMAN SHOULDER=
=THE FIRST PUMP--A HEART=
=THE FIRST SPINNERS--A MOTH WHOSE CATERPILLAR SPINS THE COCOON=
=THE FIRST BALLOON--THE “SWELLFISH,” WHICH INFLATES ITSELF=
=THE FIRST HINGE--THE THORNY OYSTER OF THE PACIFIC=
=A LOBSTER’S CLAW--THE ORIGINAL OF A GAS FITTER’S PINCERS=
=THE TAILOR BIRD, WHICH STITCHES THE LEAVES OF HER NEST TOGETHER=]
[Illustration]