Do you know what the 'shepherd's little stars' were?
They had this curious name, as a kind of metaphor from the author's childhood, but they were simply shooting stars seen on summer nights, once referred to by children as 'shepherd's'.
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They had this curious name, as a kind of metaphor from the author's childhood, but they were simply shooting stars seen on summer nights, once referred to by children as 'shepherd's'.