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Dreamy Bedtime Story to Calm Down _ Star Lore · Abide Meditation App

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Speaker 1: Good evening, and welcome to Get Sleepy, the podcast where
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Speaker 1: we listen, we relax, and we get sleepy. My name's Thomas,
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Speaker 1: and I'm your host. Thanks so much for being here.
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Speaker 1: It seems that for as long as we can remember,
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Speaker 1: humans have always wondered about our distant neighbors. The stars
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Speaker 1: have inspired countless myths and tales from all cultures across
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Speaker 1: the world. Tonight, Abby will guide us as we gaze
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Speaker 1: up at the stars and learn some of these mythical stories.
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Speaker 1: This is a follow-up to Abby's prior episode entitled Mythology
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Speaker 1: of the Moon, so if you enjoy this one, be
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Speaker 1: sure to go back and check out that episode whenever
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Speaker 1: you'd like. Now, make yourself nice and comfortable. Take a
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Speaker 1: deep breath in, feeling your stomach and chest rise. And
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Speaker 1: then gently let it out, feeling your body sink back
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Speaker 1: down and relax. As you continue to breathe at a
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Speaker 1: relaxed pace, close your eyes. Let your body melt into
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Speaker 1: your bed. And imagine that you're staring up at a
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Speaker 1: beautiful night sky. It's a clear night and all the
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Speaker 1: stars are out. you can see countless twinkling lights spread
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Speaker 1: across the sky, like dots of silver paint on a canvas.
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Speaker 1: Gazing at these radiant, glowing lights, you feel a sense
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Speaker 1: of deep peace and well-being. It's as though they are
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Speaker 1: watching over you. keeping you company as you fall asleep.
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Speaker 1: You try to count them, focusing on one star, then another,
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Speaker 1: and another, but there are just too many, and you
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Speaker 1: soon lose count. Instead, You decide to simply watch the
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Speaker 1: stars filled with wonder until you fall into a peaceful sleep.
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Speaker 1: And this is where our story begins.
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Speaker 2: When you open your eyes, you find yourself in a
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Speaker 2: dimly lit room with six walls shaped like a hexagon.
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Speaker 2: At first, it seems there's no ceiling. Looking up, all
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Speaker 2: you can see is the starry sky right above you.
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Speaker 2: But when you look a little closer, you realize that
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Speaker 2: the dome-shaped ceiling is made of glass. The room is
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Speaker 2: a small, private observatory. It was built for an astronomer
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Speaker 2: to study the stars and planets, but it also seems
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Speaker 2: to have been designed with relaxation in mind. The lighting
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Speaker 2: is soft. and at the side of the room there's
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Speaker 2: a long black sofa with plush cushions. In the centre
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Speaker 2: of the observatory is a beautiful silver telescope, which looks
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Speaker 2: heavy and expensive. The long, thick tube is pointing towards
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Speaker 2: the glass ceiling. If you looked through the eyepiece of
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Speaker 2: the telescope, you'd probably be able to see the moon
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Speaker 2: and stars in amazing clarity. You're tempted to look, but
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Speaker 2: this telescope is so perfectly crafted that you're almost reluctant
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Speaker 2: to touch it. It's like a work of art. Maybe
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Speaker 2: you'll have a look later to see if you can
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Speaker 2: spot any faraway planets or distant stars. Apart from the
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Speaker 2: telescope and the sofa, there's not much else in the room.
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Speaker 2: Glancing around, you notice a desk with some books and
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Speaker 2: a side table with a lamp which is switched off.
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Speaker 2: Although there are only a few dim lights on the walls,
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Speaker 2: the night sky illuminates the room. There's a full moon tonight.
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Speaker 2: and the silver moonbeams cast a dreamy glow over the furniture.
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Speaker 2: The desk seems to shine with a light of its own.
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Speaker 2: You move towards the desk, which is covered with piles
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Speaker 2: of books and sheets of paper. The papers include detailed notes, calculations,
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Speaker 2: and complex diagrams. Many of the books look technical, with
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Speaker 2: titles like A Guide to Theoretical Astrophysics. Others are about cosmology,
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Speaker 2: solar rays, and gravitational waves. You're curious about these books,
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Speaker 2: but you're also feeling relaxed and sleepy. You'd prefer to
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Speaker 2: read something lighter. A story, perhaps. Then you spot another
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Speaker 2: book with a shorter, simpler title. On its spine, engraved
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Speaker 2: in glittering golden letters, are two words. Star Law. You
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Speaker 2: pick up this book and then move towards the sofa.
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Speaker 2: As you recline, you notice that the sofa is the
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Speaker 2: perfect length, as if it was custom made just for
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Speaker 2: you your body sinks into the soft cushions which feel
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Speaker 2: just like a luxurious mattress. There's a small bronze lamp
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Speaker 2: on the side table next to the sofa. When you
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Speaker 2: switch it on with a melodic click, you notice the
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Speaker 2: sleek beauty of its design. The graceful form of the
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Speaker 2: body of the lamp is slightly futuristic, and yet somehow,
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Speaker 2: It also looks like it could be an antique. The
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Speaker 2: vintage lightbulb has a complex web of bright golden filaments.
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Speaker 2: It emits a warm glow, making the room feel cosier.
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Speaker 2: Now that you're settled comfortably on the sofa, with your
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Speaker 2: head resting on a soft cushion, you're tempted to stargaze
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Speaker 2: a little longer Or you might even fall asleep right here.
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Speaker 2: But you can feel the weight of the book in
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Speaker 2: your lap, and you're curious to see what's inside. Turning
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Speaker 2: to the introduction, you read a few pages about the
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Speaker 2: history of Star-Lord. According to this book, our fascination with
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Speaker 2: the stars can be traced right back to the very
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Speaker 2: beginning of humanity. Prehistoric art suggests that 40,000 years ago,
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Speaker 2: early humans kept records of the movements of the stars.
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Speaker 2: People interpreted the shapes of the constellations as animals and
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Speaker 2: drew these patterns on the walls of their caves. They
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Speaker 2: also made carvings that represented comet strikes and other astronomical events.
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Speaker 2: Many stories about the stars are now lost in the
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Speaker 2: mists of time, but there are records of other myths
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Speaker 2: and folk tales dating back thousands of years from all
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Speaker 2: parts of the world. In these tales, stars often play
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Speaker 2: a part in creation myths or represent the gods themselves.
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Speaker 2: They're symbols of divine guidance or sacred protection. Sometimes, they're
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Speaker 2: emblems of enlightenment. And they can also symbolize hope, faith, fortune,
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Speaker 2: wishes and dreams. But despite this rich variety of meaning,
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Speaker 2: there's also something universal about the symbolism of the stars.
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Speaker 2: Across the world, stars have always been a positive symbol.
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Speaker 2: Their beauty and radiance are visible from Earth. Yet they're
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Speaker 2: also remote and mysterious. Perhaps this is why people view
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Speaker 2: stars in a hopeful, optimistic light. They represent infinite possibility.
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Speaker 2: Like a canvas for all of our hopes and dreams,
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Speaker 2: After reading the introduction, you flick through the pages of
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Speaker 2: the book, wondering where to start. The pages feel thick
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Speaker 2: and crisp between your fingers, and the paper is a
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Speaker 2: beautiful cream color. The book looks old, but somehow it
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Speaker 2: also feels brand new. Although it must have been printed
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Speaker 2: many years ago, perhaps You're the very first person to
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Speaker 2: read it. Everything about this peaceful place feels so special.
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Speaker 2: It's as though the observatory has been waiting for you.
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Speaker 2: You let out a sigh of contentment and allow yourself
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Speaker 2: to sink even deeper into the sofa, as if you're
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Speaker 2: settling into bed. When you start to feel really sleepy,
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Speaker 2: you'll put the book to one side and let yourself
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Speaker 2: drift off. But for now, you'll keep reading, to learn
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Speaker 2: about star lore around the world. The book has many chapters,
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Speaker 2: each focused on a different country. The chapters are arranged
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Speaker 2: in alphabetical order, from Albania to Zimbabwe. They're interspersed with
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Speaker 2: beautiful artwork depicting stars and constellations. On one page there
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Speaker 2: are reproductions of ancient cave paintings. On another you find
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Speaker 2: some intricate Islamic art depicting geometric star patterns. Then There's
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Speaker 2: Vincent van Gogh's masterpiece, Starry Night, with a deep blue
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Speaker 2: sky that seems to flow like the waves of the ocean.
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Speaker 2: You close the book and then let it fall open
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Speaker 2: at a random page. When you begin to read again,
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Speaker 2: you discover that this chapter is about South Africa, which
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Speaker 2: has a rich tradition of Star-Lord. There are many different
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Speaker 2: beliefs about the sun, moon and stars originating from a
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Speaker 2: variety of communities. For some, the sky was a rocky
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Speaker 2: vault and stars were holes. But for others, the stars
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Speaker 2: were alive. They might be people, little porcupines or even insects.
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Speaker 2: For some traditional South African societies, the Milky Way was
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Speaker 2: a particular source of fascination. Many people believed this hazy
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Speaker 2: expanse of stars was a path where ancestral spirits wandered.
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Speaker 2: The Milky Way was also given names like the Spine
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Speaker 2: of the Sky and the Backbone of the Night. When
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Speaker 2: people looked up at the stars, they believed they were
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Speaker 2: looking at a structure, something that held the whole world together.
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Speaker 2: One of the most famous stories comes from part of
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Speaker 2: the sand community in South Africa. In traditional star lore,
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Speaker 2: the Milky Way was created by a young girl. One
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Speaker 2: dark night long ago, a girl was dancing around a fire.
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Speaker 2: On a whim, she picked up some glowing embers. Then
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Speaker 2: she flung the ashes into the sky, where they formed
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Speaker 2: a shining band of stars. This iridescent path remained in
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Speaker 2: the night sky forever. It provided light for travelers, so
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Speaker 2: they could find their way home in the dark. As
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Speaker 2: you come to the end of the page, you close
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Speaker 2: your eyes for a moment and linger on this image.
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Speaker 2: You can picture the hazy light of the Milky Way,
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Speaker 2: a galaxy of seemingly infinite stars. Then you remember that
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Speaker 2: you don't need to use your imagination. The stars are
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Speaker 2: right above you. opening your eyes, you can see a
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Speaker 2: multitude of silver lights scattered across the darkness like grains
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Speaker 2: of sand. In this moment it's still too early to
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Speaker 2: see the Milky Way clearly, but hopefully you'll get a
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Speaker 2: good view later. As you gaze up through the glass ceiling,
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Speaker 2: you reflect that the observatory is a little like a theatre.
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Speaker 2: You're waiting for the show to begin. While you wait,
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Speaker 2: you continue to slowly turn the pages of the book
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Speaker 2: until an image catches your attention. It's a beautiful painting
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Speaker 2: of a white horse with wings. A pegasus. This mythological
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Speaker 2: creature is soaring through the clouds, surrounded by tiny golden stars.
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Speaker 2: When you lift the page closer to the light, you
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Speaker 2: see that the stars are actually gilded, shining in the lamplight.
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Speaker 2: The image of the Pegasus is part of the chapter
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Speaker 2: on the star lore of ancient Greece. For the Greeks,
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Speaker 2: the stars held deep significance. They believed that the gods
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Speaker 2: had created the constellations, placing the stars in the sky
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Speaker 2: as a lesson or reminder for mortals on Earth. The
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Speaker 2: Pegasus is one example. The winged horse once belonged to
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Speaker 2: a Greek hero who tried to fly to Mount Olympus
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Speaker 2: the home of the gods. Zeus, the god of the sky,
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Speaker 2: decided to keep Pegasus for himself. He even used the
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Speaker 2: horse to carry his thunderbolts across the sky. Eventually, after
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Speaker 2: many years of faithful service, Zeus transformed Pegasus into a
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Speaker 2: collection of shining stars. The horse can still be seen
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Speaker 2: in the northern sky today as one of the largest
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Speaker 2: and brightest constellations. There are so many Greek myths about
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Speaker 2: the stars. The hunter Orion and his faithful dogs also
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Speaker 2: became immortalized as constellations. Turning the page, you come across
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Speaker 2: The constellation Lyra represents the golden lyre of Orpheus. This
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Speaker 2: legendary poet learned how to play the instrument from Apollo
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Speaker 2: the god of music. Orpheus traveled widely, enchanting everyone he
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Speaker 2: met with his beautiful music. To ensure that Orpheus' talent
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Speaker 2: was remembered, some goddesses carried his lyre up to heaven.
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Speaker 2: Here it was placed among the stars to shine brightly
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Speaker 2: for eternity. Then there's Leo the lion and all the
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Speaker 2: other signs of the zodiac, as well as mythological heroes, creatures,
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Speaker 2: ships The list goes on and on. As you turn
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Speaker 2: the pages, you start to feel sleepy. The words and
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Speaker 2: names blur into each other until they no longer make sense.
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Speaker 2: You close your eyes and rest for a moment. It's
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Speaker 2: as if your head is dancing with images, filled with stars.
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Speaker 2: And when you open your eyes and look up again,
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Speaker 2: there they are above you, even more than before. As
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Speaker 2: the number of stars increases, it feels as if the
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Speaker 2: sky itself is getting bigger. There's something so calming about
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Speaker 2: this view and the sense of infinite space and possibility.
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Speaker 2: You become aware of your slow, steady breathing. In and out.
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Speaker 2: Apart from your quiet breaths, the room is silent. In
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Speaker 2: the hushed, peaceful atmosphere of the observatory, it would be
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Speaker 2: so easy to fall asleep. But for now, you continue
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Speaker 2: to read. You skim over a few more stories about
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Speaker 2: the Greeks until you reach the conclusion. At the end
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Speaker 2: of the chapter, the author says that ancient Greek star
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Speaker 2: lore remains with us today. Many of the signs of
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Speaker 2: the zodiac, such as Aquarius and Taurus, are associated with
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Speaker 2: Greek myths, and many of the major constellations have mythical
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Speaker 2: links too. As well as Orion the Hunter, there are
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Speaker 2: the two bears Ursa Major and Minor, and many others.
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Speaker 2: And yet the beauty of the stars is that they
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Speaker 2: are visible in every part of the world, and so
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Speaker 2: there are many different interpretations. The constellation of Ursa Major
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Speaker 2: resembled a bear for the ancient Greeks and Romans, as
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Speaker 2: well as many Native Americans. But other cultures have seen
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Speaker 2: a ship, a wagon, or even a prawn. There might
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Speaker 2: almost be as many different stories as there are stars
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Speaker 2: in the sky. As you read, you can feel yourself
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Speaker 2: getting sleepy. you decide you'll just read one more story
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Speaker 2: before you close your eyes and rest. You run your
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Speaker 2: fingers lightly over the edges of the paper and then
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Speaker 2: flick backwards through the pages until an image catches your attention.
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Speaker 2: It's a watercolour painting of a nighttime scene. A couple
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Speaker 2: embrace on a bridge, their dark silhouettes contrasting with the
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Speaker 2: silvery light of the full moon behind them. The moon
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Speaker 2: is vast and almost takes up the entire page. All
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Speaker 2: around are hundreds of glittering stars. there are even some
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Speaker 2: stars beneath the bridge. And at first, you think it
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Speaker 2: must be a reflection. Perhaps the bridge crosses a river
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Speaker 2: which reflects the starry sky. But when you look closer,
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Speaker 2: you realize that there's no water beneath the bridge. Instead,
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Speaker 2: there are translucent stars lavender-colored clouds. The bridge is in
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Speaker 2: the sky. You want to know more about this magical painting,
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Speaker 2: so you turn a few pages back to the beginning
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Speaker 2: of the chapter. Here, printed in full, is one version
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Speaker 2: of a famous Chinese folktale. It's called The Cowherd and
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Speaker 2: the Weaver Girl and it's the origin of a summer festival.
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Speaker 2: Your eyelids are growing heavy but you're curious about this
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Speaker 2: story so you stifle a yawn and begin to read.
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Speaker 2: Once upon a time In the heart of the countryside
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Speaker 2: in China lived a young cowherd. One night he was
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Speaker 2: asleep in bed when he was gradually awoken by strange
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Speaker 2: sounds coming from outside. As he woke up, he realized
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Speaker 2: what they were. The sounds of laughter, voices, and splashing water.
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Speaker 2: When he went to the window He was amazed by
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Speaker 2: what he saw. Swimming in the lake next to his
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Speaker 2: home were seven beautiful women. Each woman seemed to radiate
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Speaker 2: a magical silvery light. This could only mean one thing.
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Speaker 2: They were goddesses. The cowherd quickly got up. and went
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Speaker 2: outside to meet the women. He discovered that they were
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Speaker 2: sisters who lived in the heavens. They explained that they
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Speaker 2: were here on a secret trip without permission from the
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Speaker 2: empress of heaven. The seven goddesses were having fun on earth,
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Speaker 2: skipping through the fields and floating in the cool water
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Speaker 2: of the lake. This land was so different from anything
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Speaker 2: in the heavens, and he wanted to keep exploring until sunrise.
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Speaker 2: At first, the cowherd was sure he must be dreaming.
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Speaker 2: But once he was convinced that the goddesses were real,
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Speaker 2: he agreed to be their guide for the rest of
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Speaker 2: the night. He showed them around the nearby woods and
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Speaker 2: fields and told them all about life on earth. The
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Speaker 2: goddesses wanted to know everything. Even the ordinary details of
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Speaker 2: his work in the fields seemed to fascinate them. By
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Speaker 2: the end of the night, after hours of conversation, the
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Speaker 2: cowherd had fallen in love with one of the goddesses.
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Speaker 2: The fourth sister was particularly graceful and intelligent. She also
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Speaker 2: had a passion for weaving. But instead of making clothes,
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Speaker 2: she created clouds using her golden loom in the heavens.
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Speaker 2: At dawn, The other goddesses returned to their home in
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Speaker 2: the heavens, but the weaver goddess decided to stay with
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Speaker 2: the cowherd. She had also fallen in love, and she
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Speaker 2: wanted to live with him in the countryside. She already
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Speaker 2: felt truly at home. The cowherd and the goddesses spent
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Speaker 2: many happy years together and had two children. But eventually,
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Speaker 2: the goddess knew that she would have to return to
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Speaker 2: the heavens to carry out her divine duties for the
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Speaker 2: Empress her sisters were waiting for her to come back
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Speaker 2: and her golden loom was gathering dust without the goddess
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Speaker 2: to weave the clouds The sky would eventually become empty,
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Speaker 2: and without clouds, there would be no rain. Once their
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Speaker 2: children had grown up, the goddess kissed the cowherd goodbye.
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Speaker 2: At last, it was time for her to take her
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Speaker 2: place in the heavens once more, alongside her sisters. But
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Speaker 2: this was not the end. The goddess reassured the cowherd
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Speaker 2: that they would still be able to see each other
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Speaker 2: in the stars. Before leaving, she cast a spell over
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Speaker 2: an ox, which gave it the power of flight. This way,
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Speaker 2: the cowherd could ride his ox into the stars and
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Speaker 2: visit her whenever he wanted. Although the goddess seemed happy
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Speaker 2: to be back at work, weaving clouds on her loom,
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Speaker 2: the Empress of Heaven was worried that she might change
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Speaker 2: her mind. If the visits from the cowherd became regular,
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Speaker 2: perhaps the goddess would decide to return to Earth. The
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Speaker 2: Empress couldn't prevent the Goddess from leaving, but she could
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Speaker 2: make it more difficult for the cowherd to reach the heavens.
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Speaker 2: One night, while everyone was asleep, the Empress took her
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Speaker 2: hairpin and made a deep scratch in the sky. This
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Speaker 2: scratch became the Milky Way, a vast river of stars
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Speaker 2: dividing the heavens. When the goddess awoke and discovered what
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Speaker 2: the empress had done, she begged her for help. With
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Speaker 2: such a huge, deep river between the goddess and her
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Speaker 2: beloved cowherd, it would be almost impossible to meet. The
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Speaker 2: Empress relented. Once a year, on the seventh day of
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Speaker 2: the seventh lunar month, the goddess and the cowherd would
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Speaker 2: be allowed to see each other again. And so, every summer,
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Speaker 2: the couple was reunited in the heavens. A huge flock
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Speaker 2: of magpies flew into the sky and formed a celestial bridge,
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Speaker 2: allowing the lovers to embrace once more. On the seventh
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Speaker 2: day of the seventh month, the goddess and the cowherd
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Speaker 2: are still visible in the skies, they were transformed into
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Speaker 2: two bright stars, Vega and Altair. As you read the
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Speaker 2: final words of the story, you become aware of the
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Speaker 2: painting on the opposite page. It's the picture you saw before.
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Speaker 2: Once again, You admire the colors and details, from the
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Speaker 2: purple shading of the clouds to the patterns of stars.
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Speaker 2: They look as though they're really glowing, shining on the page.
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Speaker 2: And when you look at the bridge again, holding the
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Speaker 2: page up to the light, you notice something else It's
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Speaker 2: not an ordinary bridge, as you'd first thought. Looking closely,
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Speaker 2: you can see that it's made up of hundreds of
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Speaker 2: black birds. These are the magpies, sent by the Empress
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Speaker 2: to bring the lovers together once more. Now that you
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Speaker 2: know the story behind the paintings, It seems even more beautiful.
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Speaker 2: After finishing this tale, you feel ready to close the
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Speaker 2: book and return to it another time. You gently place
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Speaker 2: the book on the nearby table, then turn off the
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Speaker 2: lamp and settle down on the sofa, making yourself comfortable.
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Speaker 2: All you want to do is sleep, but you'll have
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Speaker 2: one last look at the stars above you to see
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Speaker 2: if you notice anything different. While you were reading, the
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Speaker 2: sky was slowly transforming. There are even more stars than before.
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Speaker 2: There must be thousands, millions, billions. And those are just
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Speaker 2: the ones you can see. They spread out endlessly through
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Speaker 2: infinite galaxies. Right above you, the Milky Way is now
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Speaker 2: clearly visible. It's a gorgeous, cloudy band of stars stretching
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Speaker 2: right across the sky. As you marvel at the beauty
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Speaker 2: of the galaxy, you can understand the origins of the folktale.
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Speaker 2: It's no wonder that someone once gazed at the stars
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Speaker 2: and dreamed up this story. Inspired by the stars, they
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Speaker 2: told a tale of goddesses, the celestial river, and eternal love.
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Speaker 2: For a moment, you try to identify individual stars and constellations,
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Speaker 2: but they seem to blur into each other, and In
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Speaker 2: your sleepy state. They all look equally bright. Equally beautiful.
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Speaker 2: You smile. And close your eyes. You feel ready to
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Speaker 2: sleep now. To drift off. Into dreams of starlight. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.