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........ He looked up at the shiny spots, and Noir copied his stance, although still on four legs. He seemed to change his mind and after a moment he headed towards the river. The girl picked the pretty flower up in-between her jaws, making sure her grip was not too tight to harm the pretty plant, because it was a really nice present. However, Noir had this problem. She was afraid of water. She had to follow her uncle, but her movement was slow and uncertain. She halted next to her relative, and first now could she see that the stars were reflected in the peaceful part of the river. Her jaw dropped and the flower fell down on the soft ground graced with grass. Her fear temporarily vanished as her fascination grew. The lightly coloured girl took a experimental step out in the shallow water, careful not to erupt the water’s quiet surface.
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His voice told her strange things, that they could see things in the stars. This that were going to happen? Like the future? The Aston child perked her mouth in wonder and stared at the reflections as uncle Ho started to point at the water. ”Cons-tel-a-shun..” the girl repeated, unable to actually understand what the man said. His next words flushed his previous sentence out of her mind, and she nodded crazily. How wonderful wouldn’t it be to come home with a shiny star. It was in the water, true, but it had to be worth it. The girl stood still for a moment before she jumped into the shallow water, her prey one of the many shining lights. She went through and missed it, but she hit something else that had been hidden under the surface, something slippery that instantly moved when it was hit.
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The girl screamed and fell over, and the fish’s tail whipped the surface before it disappeared, probably more upset than the child.
