The little Star catcher

Dive into the magical world of the little boy Luca, who dreams of adventures in the night sky. A children's book that inspires the imagination and makes little hearts beat faster.

Once upon a time there was a little boy named Luca. He loved to look up at the sky at night and count the stars.

One night, Luca spotted a star that was shining especially brightly. He decided to catch it and keep it as his own pet. He grabbed a large canning jar and ran out into the garden to catch the star. But every time he thought he had it, it slipped back between his fingers. After many tries, Luca gave up and decided to leave the star alone and just keep looking for the constellations.

The next day, Luca woke up and noticed his little canning jar sitting on the windowsill. Flickering in it was the bright star he had caught. Luca was thrilled and very happy that the star was now shining in his canning jar. He decided to give it a name and called it "Sterni".

Every night before Luca went to sleep, he put Sterni on his window sill. He talked to him and told him about his dreams and wishes.

One night he heard a voice that seemed to come from the jar. It was Sterni speaking to him. He told him that he felt lonely and wanted to go back to heaven. Luca was sad that Sterni wanted to leave, but he understood that he wanted to go home. He opened the jar and let him fly into the sky. But when he crawled back into his bed, he noticed that something strange was happening. He could now hear and see all the stars as if they were about to fall to earth. He jumped out of bed and looked out the window. Sure enough, the stars were now much brighter than before and Luca could even see some shooting stars. He ran out into the garden to catch the stars. But instead of catching them, he started playing and dancing with them. It was as if they were communicating with each other, and Luca understood that he couldn't catch the stars because they had to be free to twinkle and shine in the sky.

From that night on, Luca looked up at the sky every night and talked to the stars. He realized that it was not a secret place, but a place full of life and magic. He decided that he wanted to give something back. So he drew a picture of Sterni and stuck it on the canning jar. Then he put it on the window sill.

The next day he saw that some of their neighbors had seen the picture and put their own canning jars on the window sill. It spread like wildfire and soon everyone on his street had a star in their canning jar. Luca was happy that he had helped other people discover the magic of the sky.

Now whenever he looked up at the sky, he no longer felt alone and knew that he was in communion with all the stars. He realized that it was not necessary to catch the stars, but to share their beauty and magic.

And so ended the story of Luca and Sterni, which showed us that we can inspire and support each other to create a more beautiful and magical world together.

It is a story about the beauty of the moment and the ability to open oneself to new experiences. The story reminds us that sometimes we should stop reaching for the stars and instead recognize the unique brilliance around us.