Shooting Stars

The mighty star lion who lives in the sky
Sends a meteor storm into flight.

The meteors flash in a fiery dance
That parts the deep darkness of night,
Like star after star after sparkling star
Shedding beautiful showers of light.
And one little lion looks up at the sky
And welcomes the marvelous sight.

Like dream after dream after silvery dream
The starry-like shower falls bright,
And one little lion looks up at the sky
As she sits, all alone, in the night.

Then one and then two and then three lions more
Softly steal in from left and from right.
And four sleepy lions all bathe in the glow
Of the magical meteors' light.

This poem is from the BETWEEN THE LIONS Web site. To read the full illustrated version go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/stars/story1.html. BETWEEN THE LIONS, a new PBS children's series, combines innovative puppetry, animation, live action, and music to help kids learn to read, and is produced by WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. "© 2000 WGBH Educational Foundation and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. All rights reserved. Between the Lions and the Between the Lions characters and related indicia are trademarks of WGBH Educational Foundation."

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