Moon Stories

By three young writers during the summer of 2019

From the Moon to the Stars

Hi, I’m Chris, and I was a citizen of the moon. The moon was a great place to live. Every night, there was a beautiful view of the universe, and the cities were so comfortable. I lived there with my family: My husband Jack, my son Joel and my daughter Allie.

We were a happy family. On the moon every family was happy, everyone was happy. There was such a magical power on the moon. But one day, things started to change. The army of Mars invaded the moon. It was 21 October when I woke up, and I felt that something was strange. I didn’t know what, but I was worried. 

I got dressed. I had breakfast, and then I went to work. It was my job to clean the gardens on the moon. As I went outside, I noticed that strangely the sky was very black, there wasn’t any light and I couldn’t see the sun. Then, the army of Mars invaded us! There was a war for many days, and in the end the Martians won and stole the lunar gravity. Life on the moon without gravity became impossible. 

The period of the war was terrible. Lots of people died, and going outside became dangerous. Many moon people thought this would be the end of our moon as we knew it, and so it was. Little by little, people started to fly away due to the absence of gravity. In the end, the moon became uninhabited. The moon people were blown away and died. And to remember this fact, the Great Sky made a star from every citizen of the moon. Now I am a star too. I will live in the sky forever with my friends, and we will watch over and protect the moon for the rest of our lives. 

Travels with the Moon

A long time ago, the moon had her own sky. It was purple, green and blue, and it was bright and full of stars. It looked beautiful, and it was the best place in the whole universe because there wasn’t a lot of wind and the temperature was perfect. But the moon felt alone and sad, and every day, she wanted to find out what was hidden behind her sky. So, she decided to create a strong and powerful wind, and she blew away the atmosphere and the gravity. When she looked at the universe behind her sky, she was speechless and fascinated; there were many more stars and planets, and the space was full of twinkling lights, suns and clouds.

The moon was excited and joyful, and then she realised that she yearned to find a new friend. Standing still was useless; so, she started to travel about the universe, and she certainly met many interesting fellows! But what the moon was searching for was a place to settle down near a friend where she could stay forever. One day she entered into our solar system, and the first planet that she met was Neptune. He was a very lazy planet, and since the sun was really far from him, he was always sleeping during the long nights. When the moon arrived with her light, she woke up Neptune who happened to be having a good dream, and that made him really angry. He didn’t want the moon close to him; so, she had to go away. 

The second planet that she got to know was Saturn who was really busy. He had big rings, and on each one of them, there were rocks chatting and having fun. The moon wondered how it would be to stay there, but sadly there was no more space for her; so, she had to go away and leave that amazing planet. 

She was getting closer to the sun when she decided to stop on the big red sphere that was Mars. Now everybody knew that Mars was the most grumpy and solitary planet!  Nonetheless, the moon started to tell her story to Mars, but Mars was getting really annoyed and angry. Suddenly, he screamed and shouted, and he scared the moon so much that she ran away. 

At that point the moon became demoralised. She thought that no one would ever like her, and she started to cry! But not far away from her, there was Earth, and Earth was really beautiful with her seas and countries, and she was also so kind and sympathetic.  She asked the moon what was wrong - why she was so sad? So, they started to talk, and they realized that they had many stories and experiences waiting to be told to someone who would listen. They spent three days and three nights sharing their adventures and their thoughts, and they were having a really great time together! Also, the citizens of Earth enjoyed the presence of the moon that could replace the Sun during the night. And so it was that the Moon offered to stay with the Earth forever, and she decided to change herself every night so our planet would never grow bored or tired of her.

We are Aliens!

Many years ago, the people of the moon lived in peace. But after some time, their resources were finished on their planet, and they became very hungry and didn’t know what they could eat. Arcus, the king of the moon citizens, was very angry because he was very hungry. He couldn’t eat because nobody had anything to eat. He was so hungry that he started to eat his planet! And then, the other moon citizens started to copy him!

Now let me tell you, the moon citizens were strange aliens because they were very small, and there were many of them. They had long necks, they could fly, and they were green and very intelligent. They decided to eat the moon with their own mouths, using knives and forks. But they didn’t know it was poisonous! So, in the end, they had to leave their planet and move to a new planet. 

The name of the new planet was Earth. On this planet, there were lots of strange animals: Lions, tigers, ponies, horses, birds, and elephants.  There were also many plant species. The moon citizens decided to change their appearance. Nowadays, they can’t fly, and they haven’t got long necks any more. Now they are yellow, black, and white, and they are taller. They have changed their names. The new name is humans. On the new planet, they still have quite a lot of resources. But they need to be careful! And so, yes, we are the aliens!