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“Watchers of the Sky”
-Story adapted from Alfred Noyes epic verse trilogy “The Torch Bearers”
Hundreds of moons ago, on an island faraway, near Elsinore, lived Tycho Brahe the astronomer.
The island was a gift from his benevolent king to do the work he’d dreamt of all his life. There, on his island, for twenty five years.
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he toiled every night, watching the skies and recording star upon star. Alas, the benevolent king passed on and the new king was poisoned by his courtiers against Tycho. His officers marched onto the island and knocked on his door.
“For twenty five years you’ve been draining the king’s treasury, doing the same thing night after night, with nothing to show for it,” they said.
“But I’ve been watching the skies!” said Tycho and then showed them his tables of the stars.
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Seven hundred of them, each noted in its place with exquisite precision. “And is this all?” they said. “Not all, I hope,” said Tycho, “for I think, before I die, I shall have marked a thousand