"There was just the Sun and the Moon and they were trading places. The Sun would come up, illuminating all the life, bringing light to all the earth. And when it got tired, it would set to the west and Grandmother Moon would come up, Light of Beauty, Light of Wisdom and throw a beautiful light over Mother Earth. At that time, they would go back and forth, trading responsibility for lighting the Earth. Grandmother Moon became tired after many, many times until she was a small tiny sliver. She was really tired and it was at that time when all the Earth was stark and there was darkness. All the little animals could just barely see and they started to bump into each other. They started to lose their trail home. They got lost and they lost their arrows for the hunting for their families. They would miss because they weren't able to see their target. So this got all the animals very concerned. They weren't able to provide for their families. Many of them became lost and they lost their different family members. They'd have to wait for the Sun to come up to find them.
It was at that time, that all those little animals started to pray. They all met right next to a steam and they got down on their knees and prayed to the Creator. And the Creator came down and stood before then and said thank you for coming into prayer and he asked them what they needed. They told him that at the time when Grandmother Moon would become tired, that they would lose their trail and that their arrows wouldn't hit. So the Creator, being very wise, had this staff that he walked with. He put that staff into the water and started to swirl that water around and as he touched the staff into the water, all one little pebbles, those stones that are on the bottom of that stream, began to glow beautiful colors of yellow, green, purple, blue, and red. The stones got brighter and brighter - very, very bright. All the little animals of the night put their hands over their eyes, as it was so bright for them. Pretty soon, he lifted his staff out of the water, put it into the sand, reached into the water, and picked up all those stones that were glowing. They were blessed by the hand of the Creator. He showed all those little animals these were going to be the helpers of Grandmother Moon. When she becomes tired, these little singing lights will sing beautiful songs. They will be so very beautiful. But they're going to be so far off, that you'll only be able to see them with a twinkle with your eyes. So he showed all those little animals these bright beautiful lights. Then he threw then up into the sky, painting all those images of all the animals in the night sky.
They say when Grandmother Moon becomes tired now, you see the beautiful stars and if you're very quiet you can still hear the songs of the stars."
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