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Oh, hello. I'm Frances.

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I'm trying to work out how big the moon is.

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Do you know?

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When you look at it in the sky, it just looks tiny.

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Just about this size.

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But when you see pictures of the moon,

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it looks so big! As big as this!

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Maybe, if you look for the moon tonight,

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you can work out just how big it is.

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But it needs to be dark, as you can only see the moon at night-time.

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I wonder where it goes during the day?

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Do you know?

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Well, I know a story where one little girl won't stop

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until she finds out where the moon goes when it's daytime.

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This little girl is called Luna,

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and the story is by Ruth Martin and Olivier Latyk.

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It's called Where On Earth Is The Moon?

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On the night Luna was born,

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the full moon filled up the sky.

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Brighter than the stars, as round as a button

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and bigger than ever before.

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As she grew up,

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Luna watched for the moon

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and saw that it came to check on her at the time.

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At night, before she climbed into bed,

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Luna like to stand at her bedroom window

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with glossy moonlight puddling at her chilly feet.

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From there, she could see the moon

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sailing on a deep, dark sea of sky.

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The moon was so still

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and so pretty

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that Luna always felt soft waves

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of sleepiness sloshing over her

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as she drifted off to sleep.

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As she slept,

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Luna dreamed of crescent moons,

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of half moons,

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of full moons,

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but most of all of walking on the moon.

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But each morning when Luna woke up, the moon had gone.

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It was nowhere to be seen in the plain clear sky.

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No stars blinked,

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no shadows danced across the bedroom floor,

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and there were no sparkly moonbeams

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to spotlight Luna standing at the window.

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"Where does the moon go during the day?" thought Luna.

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She pondered, she puzzled, she wondered

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and she mooned about her bedroom thinking all day long.

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Dusk crept up while Luna thought.

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Creamy moonbeams spilled in through the window

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and the night-time fell.

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Now the moon was back, Luna promised herself

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she wouldn't let it disappear again.

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She would stay awake and not go to sleep

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and keep watch for where the moon might go.

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From the window, Luna could see the ocean far away in the distance.

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As dark as the sky,

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the water glistened,

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the waves whooshed and whooshed at the shore.

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Luna's dream took her down

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into the murky depths of the ocean.

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There, she found a fish that glowed and glistened like the moon,

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but no sign of the moon at all.

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The next morning,

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Luna woke up still wondering where the moon might go in the daytime.

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She wished the day away

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and promised herself she would find out that night.

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As night-time came, Luna looked out at the moon,

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beyond the forest and over the distant mountains.

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"Cruk, cruk, cruk," chirruped the crickets.

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"T-wit, t-woo!" hooted the owls.

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Luna tried as hard as she could to stay awake,

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but before long,

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she felt herself falling into a dreamy sleep.

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"Maybe," she thought,

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"the moon will roll down behind the mountains,

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"far, far away."

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Luna's dream took her floating high over the mountains.

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There, shimmering and shining,

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Luna saw a frozen lake as bright and beautiful as the moon,

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but no sign of the moon at all.

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Could there be a place Luna hadn't searched?

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Beyond the ocean? Higher than the mountains?

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Further than the clouds, where the moon might live?

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Luna's dream took her far, far away

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into space.

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There, dancing in the darkness,

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she found the moon at long last!

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It was brighter than the stars

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and round as a button

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and beautiful as it was on the night she was born.

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"Hurry home, Luna," whispered the moon softly.

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"It's bedtime."

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"But where do you go in the daytime?" Luna asked.

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And the moon replied,

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"I'm always here in space

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"watching over you.

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"You just can't see me in the daytime."

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That night and for ever after,

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Luna slept peacefully

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knowing that the moon lived in space

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and appeared in the sky

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to check on her when night-time fell.

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But being a curious little girl,

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Luna soon began to ask herself,

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"Where on earth is space?"

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And that story was called Where On Earth Is The Moon?

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So now you can sleep peacefully too,

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just like Luna.

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Knowing that the moon is living in space,

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looking over you.

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Maybe you can visit it in your dreams tonight too.

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Make sure you say hello to the moon from me.

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Sleep tight,

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and I'll see you again soon for another bedtime story.

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Night-night.

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So, Elephant,

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where will we go in our dreams tonight?

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Space...

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or just above the clouds?

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