I used to believe that the stars sang. When they came out in the evening, the chirping would begin; first one star, then two, then a whole host of them, chirping to different rythms, then for one breathtaking moment, singing in unison. The songs used to have words in my head, little repeated phrases like "flower pretty" or "Standard Oil." (I remember being amazed that the stars knew my Daddy was a pilot for Standard Oil. How did they know that?)
I was living in California. Later I found out the sounds I was hearing were made by crickets that came out to chirp as the sun set. I still cherish the sound of crickets today.
A childhood belief about outer space
others believed things like this
- When I was 4 I believe that the crickets "chirping" were the stars twinkling.— mel
- That crickets chirping were actually the stars twinkling.— Allysa
- I used to believe that stars chirped because they would twinkle simultaneously to crickets chirping— alex
- At night I would hear the chirping crickets and thinking it was comeing from the stars in the sky!— delana
- I used to think that the crickets chirp at night was the stars twinkling.— James the Great
- I used to believe that the sound of crickets at night was the noise the stars made when they sparkled. — Jane