Why won't the moon go to bed?

It was a crisp autumn morning,

The sun shining bright,

And a little boy noticed something was not quite right....

"Mum!" the small boy excitedly said.

"Look at the sky, the moons not in bed.

This is morning, it isn't the night?"

And looking out the window mum saw the curious sight.

This was something exciting he wanted to share,

And hurridly grabbed Ginger Cat out of his chair.

"Come see something special, be quiet don't shout,

Look Ginger Cat, look.... the Moon is still out."

How did this happen, how could this be?

The boy had discovered a mystery!

Mum bent down and asked "Do you know why

The moon still shines up high in the sky?"

The boy thought quickly and eagerly said,

"The moon just did not want to go to bed!"

"Well" said mum, "I guess that is true,

But the moon does have a job to do."

"When I grown big" the boy soon replied,

"I shall fly right up high into the sky."

In my rocket made from licorice allsort sweets,

With a button as a wheel and a banana as a seat.

I'll take my bag, binoculars, and my racing car,

And ZOOOOOOM up through the planets and stars."

"When we land softly on Mr Moons head,

I shall just ask him polietly why he did not go to bed!"

Mum softly replied "and what would the moon say?"

The boy tapped his foot in 'I'm thinking' way,

"WEEEEEEEELLLLLlllllllllllll........."

"If I were the moon in the dark on my own,

I think that I would feel very alone.

The moon never gets the chance to properly see,

A river, or house, a train or a tree.

He only ever sees the world in silver and black...

Maybe he just wanted the colour back.

So I think the Moon would simply say,

He wanted to see rainbows and sunshine for a day."

"I think you are right" Mum quietly said,

With a warming smile and a nod of her head.

The little boy full of adventure then happily sat

Cuddled in tight on his mums lap.

"I am very lucky to have a boy as clever as you,

Not many people would know what the Moon would do.

"But just as long as he knows he must go back down soon...

Cause we simply can't have a night without the moon."