Where Did the Moon Go?

Dr. Faheem Ahmad
Uttarpradesh, India

Just now it was smiling there,
Mother, where has the moon gone?

Mother said, “Look up in the sky,
the wandering clouds are passing by.
A black cloud turned into a bear,
and hid away your moon so fair.”

In the moon’s plate was kept honey,
the bear licked it up—how funny!

Then the bear ran away in haste,
a lovely fairy came with grace.
Singing songs so sweet and bright,
she drove away the moon’s sulk that night.

In her lap the moon then lay,
what a beautiful scene, I must say!

But then a dinosaur came in sight,
the fairy fled, the moon felt fright.
A gust of wind with just one blow,
chased the dinosaur far below.

The moon then said, “Oh wind, my friend,
stop a while—let’s play till day’s end.”