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affy7ann
"I'm not sure, really," Tayla replied when asked about Professor Roslund. "I think he just wanted us to appreciate the stars."
Tayla moved closer to Sophie and helped her with the telescope. "Hmmm..." she said as she looked for the Little Dipper again. "What I like about the Little Dipper is you can see it any time of the year."
After a few moments, Tayla found what she was looking for and let Sophie look through the telescope. "There you go."
Tayla decided to stop looking for Leo and tried to spot any other constellation she could find. The night was perfect.
She again turned towards the star chart on the wall. "September...October..." she muttered. "Cygnus. The swan!"
She glanced at Sophie and said, "Want to help me find another constellation? It's called Cygnus. It's a swan and looks like this," she pointed to the star chart. "It's supposed to be out during these months."
Tayla stared at the sky and tried to connect the stars. "I find it more difficult to use the telescope, to be honest," she said. "Although I like using it from time to time."
Appreciate the stars? Sophie could do that easily! She smiled while looking up again. It was a good thing she was just eleven years old, her neck wouldn't be sore from looking up for so long!
Sophie watched Tayla do whatever she wanted to her telescope.
"Oh, really? That's nice!" So she would be able to keep on checking on the very first constellation she had ever spotted whenever she wanted! Cool! When Tayla told her to look through the telescope again, Sophie did it eagerly.
"Is that it?" she asked excitedly, still looking at Little Dipper through the telescope.
"Lovely! It is so, so beautiful and ginormous!"
She heard Tayla talking about the swan constellation, but Sophie still stared at Little Dipper for a few more seconds. Well, the Gryffindor girl said she would be able to see it any time of the year, so she finally looked at what Tayla was showing her now.
"A swan! That sounds even more difficult to find!" she said, raising both of her eyebrows.
"But sure, let's look for it!" And saying that, Sophie looked up at the sky without using the telescope.
"I know! The telescope makes everything so gigantic that it totally messes me up." she giggled. Maybe she would get used to it if she spent more time stargazing.