Hello friends, and welcome to bedtime Stories with mister Jim. Oh. I was just getting ready for bed, are you as well? Oh good, I hope you brushed your teeth and found all of your comfy things like pillows and blankets and stuffies. Oh yes, oh good. Well, as long as you have all those things ready, then it's time for our story. First, we must close our eyes so that we can travel to an imaginary world. Phoenix and Nova loved the moon. Every night they would look out their windows to get
a glimpse of it before drifting off to sleep. Phoenix would call up to the sky good night, Moon, and Nova would tell it sweet dreams, and off they'd go to sleep. They loved how big and bright and round the moon was. But one night, Phoenix looked out the window and found the moon was not the way it should be. Nova, Nova, look at the moon. Something's wrong. Phoenix was at the window, waving his hands for his sister's attention. She darted to the window next to her
brother and looked up in the sky. Sure enough, the moon wasn't itself. No bright, round circle greeted them when she looked up. Instead, only a sliver of the moon remained in the sky. It looked like a bit banana up there. Nova gasped, Oh, no, the moon. What's wrong. Phoenix shrugged and said, it looks like it's going to disappear. The two kids put their hands on their faces in shock. The moon gone. What were they going to do? Both Phoenix and Nova knew that all good dreams came from
the moon. If the moon disappeared, would they ever have happy dreams again. They had to find out what was happening and how the broken moon was affecting their happy dreams. We have to go to bed, Off to dreamland now, Nova shouted to Phoenix. She looked him in the eye before heading to bed and said, I'll see you in dreamland. Phoenix nodded and went to his room too. He lied down bed, but it was hard to get to dreamland
without the bright, round moon to guide him. He closed his eyes and imagine the moon was all better, back to normal, round and full and shining. Eventually he drifted off to sleep. When Phoenix arrived at Dreamland, Nova had been waiting there for him. Finally, you're here. I've been waiting forever. The broken moon is affecting dreamland. Look, Nova motioned around her as Phoenix noticed for the first time how dreary it was all around him. Dreamland was dark,
much darker than normal. Without the light from the bright moon, there was nothing to brighten up the place. It looked like everyone in Dreamland needed their moods made happy. Phoenix saw mopi manatees, sulky snakes, and glum guinea pigs. How everyone is so sad here. It's making me sad. Do you think it is making all the kids have sad dreams too, Phoenix asked Nova. Nova nodded, looking pretty down herself. It has to be the moon affects Dreamland for everyone,
not just us. Nova was holding a box in her hands and lifted it up for Phoenix to see. But it's okay, we can fix it. I grab Dad's tools on my way here, so we can head to the rocket ship and go fix the moon. Great, thinking Nova, let's go. Phoenix and Nova hurried over to the marina. They called out to the manatees. Manatees, we need a ride to our rocket ship. Please a mopey manate man it's way over to them, sniffling it said, I don't know. I feel so dreary. I just want to nap. Phoenix
patted the manate on its big head. It will be okay. We are going to fix the moon. Then you can be happy again. Then there's no time to waste. Hop on, I will bring you right over. Phoenix and Nova hopped on the manatee's back and headed out to see the usual crystal blue water was looking gray and dull. There were no shimmering waves, no bright sea birds. Everything looked still and empty. As they made their way to their
rocket ship. The palm trees on the island where they parked their rocket ship were the first thing they saw. The next was how dark it was. They could hardly see the shore. As the manatee approached the beach to drop them off a little light please, Nova called out for help, hoping the fireflies weren't too sad to come light their way. Luckily, a few lightning bugs appeared right away, fluttering along the pathway to the ship like little lanterns.
Nova and Phoenix climbed up into their rocket ship and ready themselves for takeoff. Three two one blast off, they soared into space at the moon. Nova and Phoenix floated out into space and took a good look. Huh it looks like someone took a bite out of it, said Nova, who saw a big chunk missing. Phoenix floated around to the other side of the moon. That's because someone did. He was face to face with a space alien chewing the missing chunk of the moon. Hey, shouted, Phoenix, put
that back, spit it out. Surprisingly, the alien listened, you can have it. This cookie tastes terrible. It's hard as a rack. Nova floated over. That's because it's a moon, not a cookie. And now it's broken. Oh no, let me help fix it, said the alien. So Phoenix, Nova and the space alien glue the moon back into place. Why let's nail it in place to make it sure it stays. Nova passed out. Hammers clang, bang bang, what's all that racket? Called a voice from inside the moon.
Out of one of the moon's craters squeezed a big blue worm. What are you doing to my moon? Oh, we're just trying to fix it. The space alien thought it was a cookie, The worm sighed. This happens once a month. Everyone always thinks it's a cookie or made of cheese. I don't know where they come up with these things. I was just inside trying to sleep. I'm sorry we woke you, said Phoenix. We made the moon round again, but it's still not bright. Do you know why?
The worm quickly flicked a bright blue light. You're a glowworm, Phoenix shouted. That's why the moon isn't bright. Why aren't you glowing, he asked. The glowworm responded, well, if you must know, I'm feeling sad. No one comes to visit the glowworm in the moon. Hey, just come by and try to eat it and then leave. I just don't feel like glowing lately. I wish I had some friends, Nova piped up. Will be your friends? Really you mean it?
Of course we will come here on our rocket ship to visit and help you fix the moon whenever another hungry alien comes along. Nova looked at the space alien, who looked a little embarrassed. The glowworm was so happy to have friends he shined even brighter than before. Please come back any time. Well, right now, I have a job to do, and the glowworm squeezed back into the crater, making the moon glow bright again once more. With the moon fixed and glowing again, Dreamland returned to being happy
and colorful. Everyone was back to having good happy dreams, and Nova and Phoenix's mission were complete. They couldn't wait to take their rocket ship back to go visit their new wrenn, who lived in the Moon. The end