The Star Polisher
By Leah Becks
I have a great job in the universe of occupations.
What do I do? I’m a “star polisher.”
It’s a very important job. If you want to
know how important, just go out at night
and look at the stars twinkling and
sparkling. You see, I’m a teacher. The stars are the
children in my class. My job is take them
in-whatever shape they come-and
shine and buff them and then send them out
to take their places as bright little twinkling
beacons in the sky. They come into my room in all shapes
and sizes. Sometimes they’re bent, tarnished,
dirty, crinkly and broken. Some stars
are prickly and thorny. As I buff, polish, train, and teach my little
stars. I tell them that the world cannot do
without them. I tell them they can do anything
they set their minds to do. I tell them
they can be the brightest, shiniest stars in
the sky and the world will be a better place
Because of them. Each night as I look at the sky, I’m
reminded of my very important job and
awesome responsibility. I go and get my soft
buffing cloth and my bottle of polish in
preparation for tomorrow and for my class
of little stars.
By Leah Becks
I have a great job in the universe of occupations.
What do I do? I’m a “star polisher.”
It’s a very important job. If you want to
know how important, just go out at night
and look at the stars twinkling and
sparkling. You see, I’m a teacher. The stars are the
children in my class. My job is take them
in-whatever shape they come-and
shine and buff them and then send them out
to take their places as bright little twinkling
beacons in the sky. They come into my room in all shapes
and sizes. Sometimes they’re bent, tarnished,
dirty, crinkly and broken. Some stars
are prickly and thorny. As I buff, polish, train, and teach my little
stars. I tell them that the world cannot do
without them. I tell them they can do anything
they set their minds to do. I tell them
they can be the brightest, shiniest stars in
the sky and the world will be a better place
Because of them. Each night as I look at the sky, I’m
reminded of my very important job and
awesome responsibility. I go and get my soft
buffing cloth and my bottle of polish in
preparation for tomorrow and for my class
of little stars.