Newspaper and Star
In another world, in the space of dreams and fantasies,
Lived Newspaper, a guide in the information space.
She printed news and various stories,
Spreading light and knowledge throughout the cities.
Nearby lived Star, bright and pure,
She adorned the skies with her bright light,
She rose every night, filling the world with radiance,
And each person gave dreams and inspiration.
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Newspaper dreamed of becoming Star in the sky
And shine with a bright light and carry hope for the best.
She turned to Star and asked: "How do you shine?"
Star smiled and answered with understanding in voice:
"Newspaper, you are already Star in your world,
You cover events and share news,
You get into people's hearts by telling them stories,
You inspire and give knowledge to everyone who reads you."
Newspaper smiled and realized her strength,
She realized that she was Star in her world,
And she kept printing stories and news,
Illuminating the world with the bright radiance of truth.
So it was until people rebelled against the dictator,
Until prisons with political prisoners were opened,
Until places of writers and scientists in prison cells
Propagandists and heralds of the dictatorship took over.
Newspaper was horrified by her deeds and surprised at her blindness.
She raised eyes to rebuke Star in blatant and shameless lies,
But instead of Star in the night sky there was only black hole,
And Newspaper understood everything without further ado.
The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.