A mother chides her very young son about not running to her mother's side like good little boys are want to do. Upon seeing a shooting star that night, the child wonders at how much it must love its mother to fly so fast.
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AUTHOR(S) OF - The Child's First Lesson: A Shooting Star [for the Saturday Press]
