Back  to "Tales" Back to Home                                                                                                                                                                                                       M O O N L I G H T What  would be the night without any moonbeam ? When darkness fills in the blanks of life, when no more glimmer appears as far as the eye can see, where did the moon go ? But perhaps is it just a lunar eclipse ? That's quite a different kettle of fish ! Who will ever know all that happens in the moonlight ? Rabbits and fairies sit and dance in circle, inside the moonlit ring, that's a well-known thing. Hobgoblins with a will-o'-the-wisp often join them too. The Knights of the Round Table still seek and seek every night in the murky woods. Did they search any moonstone ? May the elves lead them to the Grail ! But what do they all do in the moonlight ? Is there any moon child able to know ? Is there any moon child able to come up to scratch ? Some seems to be as keen as mustard, may they scout inside the Milky Way, the Great Dipper got something to say, Sir Galahad ... But some other welsh on the first ones, maybe they are simply caught in the crossfire. The place is lousy with fireflies, glow worms and others. They all reflect the moonlight all around. They are the stars of the earth. But do they even know ? At the crack of dawn, all the chums of the night begin to fade away. They're going to vanish away owing to the sunbeams. Only moonbeams will be able to give them life again. Sun will put in the shade the whole night world, nevertheless it still remains. Like the moon seems to disappear when the sun reign supreme over the earth. 01/05/07 Isabelle Coquinot