Finn the jellyfish drifts through space, chasing the tiny stars that shoot from a planet’s hiccups. But the glittery sparkles keep slipping away—until she stops trying to catch them.
A jellyfish who drifts through space, curious about the planet that hiccups glitter.
Her tentacles glow when she’s happy, lighting up the dark around her.
One day, Finn the jellyfish said to the moon— Why does that planet keep going hic? The moon didn’t answer, but the planet did. Hiccup-sparkle! A tiny star shot from its craters and fizzed into the dark. Finn wiggled her glowing tentacles. She wanted to catch one. But every time she swam closer, the planet went hiccup-sparkle-hiccup again. A puff of space wind pushed her back. Can you guess what happened next? Finn floated still. She let the glitter drift toward her. One sparkle landed on her tentacle. Then another. Soon, she was covered in tiny, twinkling stars. Hiccup-sparkle-hiccup, the planet sang. Finn smiled. She didn’t need to chase the sparkles. They came to her when she waited. The last sparkle landed on her nose. Hiccup-sparkle-hiccup. Her tentacles glowed softly. The stars above hummed. Finn closed her eyes and drifted. And Finn found her answer.
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