How the world was found
Night fell in Wundoria. Mia and Toto climbed a grassy hilltop and lay back to look at the sky, and there above them hung a golden crescent moon with a smile on her face.
The dark had always seemed a little frightening. But Moon Smile showed them the stars, and the shapes between the stars, and the great big mystery of it all. And then she told them the secret: the mystery up there is the same mystery that is in here, inside you.
So the dark stopped being something to fear. It became a wide, soft place where you are held, and where being here is such fun.
“Bedtime was where I saw children most frightened, and most in need of a friend in the sky. Moon Smile is the night made kind. She does not chase the dark away, she smiles inside it. I hoped a child would look out of their window at night and find her there, keeping watch.”
Jaany
Draft for Jaany to replace in her own words: how this world came about, and what she hoped it would give a child.
