“ Good night , sleep tight” his mother said
As Simon climbed up into bed
The door was shut and the light turned out
And the little room was dark throughout
Before his eyes there on the wall
A full moon’s silver light did fall
Simon gazed upon the wall
For Simon wasn’t tired at all
Above the stillness of the night
And coming from the silver light
He heard a tiny voice, which cried
“Simon, may I come inside?”
Simon jumped and turned his head
Towards the window by his bed
And there upon the window ledge
A sight, which set his nerves on edge
For standing there all dressed in green
A tiny man astride a pale moonbeam
“May I come in?” again it said
So Simon climbed down from his bed
And wondering if indeed he dare
He walked toward the window there
“Why do you want to come inside?”
A curious Simon then replied.
“To speak with you and seek your aid
Before the full moon’s light shall fade
I’ve come here from the distant stars
Past Vegas, Jupiter and Mars”
By now did Simon’s fears subside
And opening up the window wide
The tiny man, but inches tall
Climbed in and said, “Now I’ll tell all”
“ I live ten billion miles away
On Zigo in the Milky Way
My people soon will surely die
If you don’t with my wish comply
You see, the light this full moon’s giving
Is essential for us to go on living
We capture it throughout the year
We need it as the Earth needs air”
“How did you get here?” Simon asked
“You must have travelled very fast
To fly through all those miles of space
It must have been an awful race “
“Why yes” the tiny man replied
Astride a moonbeam did I ride
Which travelling at the speed of light
Brought me here to you this night”
“But how can I help?” Simon asked
His nervousness completely passed
The tiny man, his face all pained
Looked up to Simon and explained
“My planet Zigo has no light
Unlike the Earth, it’s never bright
Each person there lives in a cave
Our only joy, the light we save “
Then Simon said, “I still don’t see
What all this has to do with me”
“On Zigo life is misery
For we have no light and cannot see”
Then said the man so green and small
“Where is the mirror on your wall?
For once that mirror reflected light
Which made our cave so silver bright”
“Please put it back so we can see
And we’ll forever grateful be”
“Of course that’s easy”, Simon said
“I’ve got it here beneath my bed
I’ll put it back; the nail’s still there
I can reach it standing on this chair
“Ok thank you Simon, now I’ll go
For you have saved the planet Zigo”
Just then above a cloud appeared
And the moon for a moment disappeared
And looking down where the man had been
There wasn’t a trace of the man in green
And Simon knew that what he’d seen
Had just got away on the last moonbeam
And then he woke up and it was all but a dream
The little green man who rode a moonbeam