Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:46:24 -0500
From: Phanny <corbett@AXA.SLU.EDU>
Subject:      [WRITERS] SUB: CONTEST: First Star (fwd)

First Star

Mary Margaret Solomon Jones
Stood at her window one night
Looking for the very first star
Twinkling, shiny and bright.

Mary Margaret Solomon Jones
Had learned a big secret that day;
Being six, she wanted to test it,
And she thought she'd  thought up a way.

Mary Margaret Solomon Jones
Was going to make a wish.
So when, by the moon, she spotted her star
What she said was this:

I spy in the sky
The very first star of the day
I would like to make a request
A little one if it's okay.

Then Mary Margaret Solomon Jones
Closed her eyes very tight
And crossing her fingers and curling her toes
Sent a wish right out to the night.

Mary Margaret Solomon Jones
Smiled when she was done
Closed her window, crawled into bed
And fell asleep thinking thoughts that were fun.

Mary Margaret Solomon Jones
Dreamed of the secret she knew:
The very first wish on the very first star
Almost always, it's said, can come true.

When she awoke, she rushed right outside
To see if her star had come through.
What do you think she found in her yard?
An elephant wearing pink shoes.

So Mary Margaret Solomon Jones
Now believes in wishes.
The next time she spies the very first star
She plans to ask for fishes.

Or maybe a giraffe.