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Twinkle sat behind Drew in the cockpit,
and seconds later they were weaving
between the stars.

“So, Twinkle, why are we flying at

full speed towards the Moon?” asked
Drew.

“Well, we’ve had an urgent request

for help from two children in Wales. We
must save the Moon.”

“Twinkle, you aren’t making any

sense,” said Drew. “Look - we’re nearly

Drew laughed and laughed until tears were

there. The Moon’s in front of us now - I

running down his furry little face.

don’t think it needs saving from anything
—”

“Twinkle, you can tell the twins that the

Moon isn’t shrinking or changing. It’s just that
“Drew, last week it looked like a

they can’t always see all of it. Let me explain.

football - now it’s a banana! Something’s

The Sun only lights up the side of the moon

eating it or blowing it up or —”

facing it. Sometimes we can see all of the bright
side – that’s a Full Moon -like a football. But
most of the time we can only see part of it. At
the moment the sun is only shining on a small
portion of the Moon - we call that a Crescent
Moon. As you say, it looks like a banana.”

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“Sure?”

“Positive!” replied Drew. “And to prove