Lindi was a little girl that loved playing outside - she loved the sun and the warm days, but her favorite time of day was when the sun faded and the stars started to twinkle.
She loved this time of day because the sky was crisp and clear. She would sit outside and read a book and watch the twinkling stars and the moon until it was time to go inside.
Lindi would stand at her bedroom window and watch how the stars flickered on and off, on and off. She always imagined that they were sending a secret message to one another. Looking down on Earth they surely had to see many things and have a lot to talk about, she thought to herself.
That night, the same as every night, she went to the window to take one last look at the beautiful stars and the moon. While she was standing there, she saw it.....
Out of the corner of her eye she saw a black shape that swooped down from the trees and when she wanted to take a proper look, it was gone. It disappeared just as quickly as it came.
Lindi was still wondering what it could have been, when she saw it again, this time coming down the tree with a loud swishing sound.
She got a huge fright and jumped on her bed and covered herself with her duvet.
Swish, swish, swish...
She could still hear it and it was not going away.
"Mom", she called softly. "Mom, mom, Mooooooooooommmmm!!!"
Her mom came running into the room. "What is wrong honey?" she asked Lindi.
"I think there is something creepy outside my window," Lindi said in a quivering voice.
Her mom looked and looked out of the window, but after a while she told Lindi that she could come out from underneath the duvet, there was nothing there.
Just when Lindi came to stand next to her mom, they both saw it....
The shape that moved very quickly across the courtyard.
They both yelled and then Lindi's mom started laughing.
"It is not funny, why are you laughing?" Lindi asked with a frown.
"O Lindi, there is nothing outside, it is just the shadow of the trees and the leaves rustling in the wind", her mother told her.
She gave Lindi a hug and said "Things do certainly look different at night time and I think the moon and the stars you love so much is having fun and playing a trick on you."
Lindi was not scared any more and went to bed and dreamed that she was playing among the stars and having a lot of fun.
- What time of day did Lindi like best and why?
- Where does the story take place?
- In you own words, re-tell the story.
- Do you like looking at the stars and the moon and why?
- Do you think Lindi had a good reason to be afraid? Why?
- Did she see something real in the courtyard or did she imagine it?
- What did she actually see and hear?
- Where you ever scared at night time? In your own words tell your friend what happened.
- Who do you call if you are scared and how do they comfort you?
- Which time of the day is your favorite time?
When you are done with all your work, you can watch the story of something that happens during the night.
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