"Mommy?"
"Yes, Konohamaru?"
"Can not sleep..."
The mother sat down by his bed with a sigh and held his glowing hand.
"Tell me the story of 'Hokage in the Moon'"
"Sweetheart" The mother brushed the hair from his feverish forehead. "Mommy has already told you about it twice."
"Just one more time ... Please mommy, then I'll sleep too ... I promise ..."
He put on his doggie gaze, if his battered condition allowed it, but his mother was already softened. "Just one more time ... But then you really sleep ..." She sounded much milder than intended and so she gathered up briefly and talked about the Hokage in the moon ...

"Once a Hokage wanted to rule his village because he wanted peace to reign in the whole village," the mother began in a soft, clear, lulling voice. "The villagers liked the Hokage because it tried to please everyone. Justice and solidarity were capitalized on the Hokage. But one day, when the first snow fell and children were loudly asking for sweets and gifts, the Hokage had to admit, not doing justice to this problem. "
"Why not?", She heard her little one ask mechanically and half-dawned.
"Because he couldn't reach his Christmas helpers - the tiny elves, the fairies, the angels, but most importantly, the reindeer"
"Why are the reindeer the most important?" Konohamaru asked automatically.
"Because they allow Santa Claus to silently distribute gifts from house to house and because they are so fast that Santa Claus manages to end his one-night tour every year on the 12th strike, which indicates midnight."
"Why were his helpers gone, Mommy?"
The mother smirked as she replaced the rag on his forehead. "Because someone had kidnapped her. Somebody very mean had lured her to the moon with false promises. Nobody knows who it was. The Hokage couldn't go to the moon - his village needed him - but he knew who could help him. . "
"The 'Hokage in the moon' ...?" Was the hesitant thought that Konohamaru uttered the first time his mother had told him the story.
"Exactly", the mother always smiled. "The 'Hokage in the moon' wasn't really the Hokage, nobody knows his real name, but he managed to provide the lunar people with earthly treasures - gave them warm coats and enough blankets and pillows to make the draughty moonholes much more homely The evil helper kidnapper got it from it and didn't like it at all. He challenged the Hokage of the Moon ... "
"And lost ...", Konohamaru mumbled sleepily.
His mother kissed him lightly on the temple. "Yes, and why, darling ...?"
"Because the Hokage in the moon emptied the moon dwellers the song of the moon. Everyone sang and put the villain to flight." Konohamaru closed his eyes and slipped into the land of dreams.
"Exactly, my darling," smiled his mother and straightened his blankets. "Therefore, parents should always sing the song of the moon to their children. So that the children feel safe and everyone who sings the song knows that the sounds reach the moon and cause bad guys to flee because everyone is singing along - earth and Moon dwellers.Good night, Konohamaru ... "
At the end the mother started the first bars of the song ... La, le, li, lo, lu - only the man in the moon is watching ...