our story begins a very very long time ago with a younger girl. one day this girl spotted a rusted spaceship holding little star child.“ what’s your name？ are you lost？ the girl asked the star child.

“ i’m luma and i’m waiting for mama. she’s coming for me on a comet！” said the star child，who had been waiting day and night.

“don’t worry. i’ll wait with you.” the little girl promised luma.

as night fall，the girl borrowed her father’s telescope and peered into the sky. she looked and looked， but she saw nothing. hours turned into days and then years，but still the sky revealed nothing.

finally that little girl sighed and said to luma：“ if we stay here looking much longer，i will be an old lady soon.”

but then she had an idea：“ why don’t we go out there and find your mother ourselves？”

the girl and little，luma fixed up the rusty spaceship and then the two set sail into the starry sky.

and this is how the search for the celestial mother began.

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one night the girl dreamed about her own mother.

“ where are you going？” she asked her mother’s re treating back.

without turning，her mother replied，“ don’t fret ，dearest. i’m not going anywhere. i’m always watching over you， like the sun in the day and the moon in the night. a wave of sadness washed over the girl.

“ what about when it rains and i can’t see the sun or the moon？”

her mother thought for a moment before responding.

“ i will turn into a star in the clouds and wait for your tears to dry“

when she awoke，the girl’s face was damn with tears. “you have star bits in your eyes.” said luma to the girl.” whipingher face，the girl replied：“ these are tears， not star bits. i’m crying because i will never see my mother ever again.”

at this，luma began to cry too，“mama，oh，mama...，waaaah！”

the pair traveled through the starry skies and though they encountered many other comets，not one of them held lum