The hero is a simple peasant who does not like the night because it is dark. Every evening he complains to the night, who can do nothing to change its ways. Finally, the man pokes his finger through the night and makes a star. He finds the effect so wonderful that he creates many more, and even uses his fist to punch a hole large enough to be the moon. To celebrate the lightness of the night, the whole town turns out for a nighttime celebration.

Related: Folklore and Fairy Tales, Latin America, Primary (ages 6-9), Venezuela

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• ISBN: 9780916291747
• Author: Gutierrez, Douglas
• Illustrator: Fernanda Oliver, Maria
• Translator: Diana Dearden, Carmen
• Published: 1997, Kane/Miller Book Publishers
• Themes: Moon, Myth, Night, stars
• Descriptors: Folklore and Fairy Tales, Latin America, Primary (ages 6-9), Venezuela
• No. of pages: 24