The Hedgehog Who Collected Stars

Deep inside a small forest, where the moss was soft as a pillow, there lived a hedgehog named Nils. Every evening, just as the sun went down and the sky turned purple, Nils crept out from his den among the leaves.

Nils had a secret. He loved collecting things that sparkled. Sometimes it was a dewdrop on a spider's web. Sometimes it was a tiny piece of ice gleaming in the moonlight. But the finest thing of all would be to collect a real star.

One evening, Nils saw something magical. A tiny spot of light fell slowly from the sky and landed on a blueberry bush. 'A star!' whispered Nils, and he carefully rolled over to it. But when he got there, he saw it was a little firefly blinking softly.