强烈推荐星星点灯来看！
星星
（美）劳拉·伊丽莎白·理查兹（Laura E Richards，1850-1943年）
有个可爱的小孩躺在小床上哭泣，因为，他怕黑。孩子的爸爸在楼下的房间里，听到了他的哭声，就上楼来问他：“怎么了？我的孩子，你为什么哭呢？”
孩子说：“哦，爸爸，我怕黑。保姆阿姨说，我已经长大了，不用再点灯了。可是，角落里全都是黑黑的，我感觉，那里有好多鬼睁着眼睛，我一看它们，它们就会看我；要是它们看见我了，我就会死的。哦，爸爸，为什么有黑夜呢？为什么有夜晚这么可怕的东西呢？为什么不能总是白天呢？”
爸爸抱着孩子，把他带到楼下，这正是夏天的夜晚。
“抬头看，亲爱的！”爸爸用他那慈爱、有力的声音说，“抬头看，看看天上的小灯！”
小孩向天空望去，看到了星星，星星点缀在蓝色天鹅绒一样的天空上；它们像燃烧的小火苗，像金子那样闪亮。
“哦，爸爸，”孩子喊道，“这些可爱的东西是什么？”
“那是星星，”爸爸说，“那是天上的小灯。”
“可是为什么我以前从来没见过它们呢？”
“因为你还是个小不点，还从没在夜晚出过门。”
“我只能在夜晚看到星星吗？爸爸？”
“只能在夜晚，我的孩子！”
“它们只在夜晚出来吗？爸爸？”
“不，它们一直挂在天上，但是当太阳闪耀的时候，我们就看不到星星了。”
“可是，爸爸，这里的黑夜一点都不可怕，这里太美了！”
“是的，亲爱的，黑夜一直都是这样美，如果我们只抬头看星星，而不是盯着角落。”
THE STARS
Laura E Richards
A little dear child lay in its crib and sobbed, because it was afraid of the dark. And its father, in the room below, heard the sobs, and came up, and said, "What ails you, my dearie, and why do you cry?"
And the child said, "Oh, father, I am afraid of the dark. Nurse says I am too big to have a taper; but all the corners are full of dreadful blackness, and I think there are Things in them with eyes, that would look at me if I looked at them; and if they looked at me I should die. Oh, father, why is it dark? why is there such a terrible thing as darkness? why cannot it be always day?"
The father took the child in his arms and carried it downstairs and out into the summer night.
"Look up, dearie!" he said, in his strong, kind voice. "Look up, and see God's little lights!"
The little one looked up, and saw the stars, spangling the blue veil of the sky; bright as candles they burned, and yellow as gold.
"Oh, father," cried the child; "what are those lovely things?"
"Those are stars," said the father. "Those are God's little lights."
"But why have I never seen them before?"
"Because you are a very little child, and have never been out in the night before."
"Can I see the stars only at night, father?"
"Only at night, my child!"
"Do they only come then, father?"
"No; they are always there, but we cannot see them when the sun is shining."
"But, father, the darkness is not terrible here, it is beautiful!"
"Yes, dearie; the darkness is always beautiful, if we will only look up at the stars, instead of into the corners."