”From now on, we’ll be waiting for you to come and bathe with us in the lake on summer nights,” the whispers of the stars rustled invitingly and their words were music to my ears like the song of the sirens alluring sailors lost at sea.
”Why me?” I wanted to ask.
But the spell broke at that very moment. The morning light was edging in. The slope of the hill in front of the lake mounted up to a peak red and varnished in the light of the rising sun. Taking care of the last finishing touches in his appearance, he lingered a little longer for a glimpse in the mirror below the horizon. He was now ready to come up into the sky like a dazzling solid gold brooch bringing a bright new day.
The stars glided lightly above the water and told me with an accomplished smile:
”We’ll tell you the answe
