| Title: | Star Gazing |
| Author: | Roger Sutro ... rsutro@cox.net |
| After Dark, Summer, in Waltham, Mass, in the back yard, I was 3 years old, standing next to Louis, with the Joy & Sarah & Ruth, and we were star-gazing.
A question formed. Hmmmm, The sky changes every day, why is that...? I asked Louis, "Why does it get dark out?", and Louis replied: "Because the planet is turning in space, and we do not always face the sun". A picture of this formed clearly in my mind - I could see the sun lighting up the faces of planets, and the earth, a massive sphere, turning silently in the expanse of outer space. That was my last question for the evening, the answer was so big. We stayed out for a good while longer, in the comfortable summer night. |
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