The Sun in the Night Sky

It Just Popped into My Head installment number two.

WARNING: This story is not meant to be used as scientific fact.

The Sun in the Night Sky.

By Melody Beerbower, Dec. 2, 2011

The brilliant sun arched its way through the night sky.  Yes, you read that correctly. And no, it's not a typo. You see, the sun was lost.

Now you may be thinking, "How could you get lost just going in circles all day?" Let me point out that that is precisely the thing most people do when they're lost. And the more you circle the more lost you become. (To say nothing of dizzy.)

The earth is such a big place to travel around, although, technically, you could say the earth revolves around the sun. In that case it would be the earth that's lost and responsible for the sun being in the night sky.

The sun was confused, as you may be, how it could travel around the earth inside of it, while the earth travels around the sun while outside of it. That sets my head spinning thinking about it, and it did the same for the sun, which might be part of the reason it showed up in the night sky.

Now while the sun was fiddling around in the night sky, the moon, as you may have guessed, was wandering in the morning sky. The sun and moon always stay an equal distance apart. They've been that way ever since they had that famous quarrel over who was the most beautiful. The moon claimed she had superior beauty, but you could not enjoy it because the sun shone so much it covered up her silvery glow.

So they split. The sun ruled the day and the moon the night. It was not an even split, for the sun claimed more time for herself, but the moon was content. She knew, though most people are asleep when she shines, there are those who stay up and gaze at her beauty. There was one thing she especially prided herself on, though she never told the sun: it is much more romantic (as everyone knows) to kiss in the moonlight than under the blazing sun.

By this time you may be wondering, "If the sun's in the night sky... doesn't that make it day?"

You're absolutely right. Only it wasn't day-- it just looked that way because the sun was so bright. So...what's the problem with the sun being in the night sky if it looks like day anyway?

Nothing, only it was supposed to be night. The sun never did quite get back on track and that's why we have leap years to make up for it.

The End