Luna looked up into the sky. She was named after the moon, and she thought it was beautiful.

It shined up in the sky, reflecting light from the sun. Luna had learned many things about the sky.

Each star up there is its own celestial body. Each on is as big or bigger than the sun!

But it was so far away, it didn't hurt your eyes or appear too big!

And the moon! A giant satellite, floating in space. Massive and heavy, it reflects light from the sun.

When she was under the stars, it didn't hurt as much. The moon so big every day, like it was so heavy it was dropping from the sky.

"Come back inside, honey."

Of course, she could never escape the hospital.

She was bound, shackled there. Every day, they would plug her with tubes and force her to stay still in that bed all night.

Her only consolation was her friend.

Luna called her friend Starfish, because she loved to go to the in-hospital tide pool.

There was a while when Starfish was trying to...

Well, Luna didn't like to talk about it.

And Starfish didn't do that anymore.

So it was fine!

And the doctors never told them why they were here...

But they're happy!

They even get to read books, and are allowed to go to our favorite places!

Like my hill, where I am right now!

"Come back on inside, it's getting late." One of the doctors said.

"But I like it when it's late! I can almost see the milky way!" Luna said drowsily.

"Luna... honey, are you okay?" One of the doctors said, running towards her and catching her right before she blacked out...

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When Luna woke up, she was in a hospital bed next to Starfish.

Starfish even brought her friend!

"I... I'll be fine..." Luna said, her eyes so heavy.

She had been here the longest, and her heart seemed so, so heavy.

She even thought she could see the moon through the roof of the hospital.

"I... just need to sleep. I'll wake up soon." She said. "You'll s-"

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