stars

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Director of the Observatory: Have you ever seen fireflies?

Traveller: I've heard the name, but I have never seen them; they say they're very small.

Director of the Observatory: Very small? Are you sure?

Traveller: My son said so. But he said that they are beautiful.

Director of the Observatory: How old is your son?

Traveller: He's five. He caught one the other night. He showed it to me in his hand; he was very happy, he was laughing, but I couldn't see; it was too small.

Director of the observatory: Fireflies are very, very big but they can fit into the hands of a child. A person who can't see the fireflies can't see the stars.

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*"Looking at the stars" (Yildizlara Bakmak), by Behcet Necatigil, from "Short dramas from contemporary turkish literature"