Wednesday evening, we were allowed to stay up a few minutes past bed time to watch the total lunar eclipse.
This was the same eclipse that helped Columbus on one of his return trips to the New World. He and his crew had landed on an island, and they were completely out of supplies. The islanders refused to give them anything. Columbus had been reading a book that predicted a lunar eclipse for the following evening, so he told the islanders that if they continued to refuse the provisions, he would make the moon disappear. Well, the next night was the eclipse, and the islanders begged for their moon back. So, Columbus and his men got their supplies and the islanders got their moon!
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