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Glitch Steals the Shiny Things
The next evening, a little red ladybird landed on the windowsill. "I'm Lulu," she said. "I saw lights under the keyboard last night. Was that you?" "Come and see!" said Bit, and the two friends slipped between the keys.
But Glowtown was dark and quiet. All over the city, the shiny metal bridges were gone, and the Sparklings sat sadly by the gaps. "Glitch took them," sniffed a little Sparkling. "Every single one."
"Let's mend this gap first," said Bit. He laid a big green leaf across it. Then a twig. Then a shiny plastic button. Will the Sparklings get across?
No! The Sparklings bumped into the leaf, slipped off the twig, and bounced off the button. "Plastic only looks shiny," said Lulu. "It isn't real metal." The gap stayed dark.
Far away, something twinkled on the Keyboard Hills. "Look, a trail of shiny bits!" whispered Lulu. Glitch had dropped a tiny metal screw, and then another. "Let's follow them!"
The trail led to the Windmill Cliffs, where giant fans blew a warm, roaring wind. Bit held on tight to a leaf, and Lulu flew beside him. Whoosh! The wind carried them up, up, up to the very top.
At the top was a soft nest made of dust and fluff. And it was full of shiny things: bridges, screws, a coin, a key, and a silver paper clip, all piled up and glinting. In the middle sat Glitch.
Glitch hugged her treasures and looked at her feet. "It's so cold and dark up here," she said in a tiny voice. "The shiny things sparkle like stars. I just wanted my own little light."
Lulu had an idea. "The shiny bridges can make light," she said, "but only when they join a circle. Let's build you a lamp of your own!" Glitch's antennae twitched with hope.
They made a little circle with the paper clip and a tiny lamp, and joined it to a glowing spark-river. Two Sparklings ran round, holding hands, and the lamp lit up warm and gold. Glitch's face lit up too.
Glitch helped carry every bridge back to the city. One by one, the gaps were mended with shiny metal, and street by street, Glowtown began to glow again.
That night, high on the Windmill Cliffs, a little lamp glowed in a fluffy nest, and Glitch fell asleep beside it, smiling. Bit and Lulu wiggled and crawled home. Goodnight, Glowtown. Goodnight, Glitch.
小故障偷走了亮晶晶
第二天傍晚，一只红红的小瓢虫落在窗台上。“我叫露露，”她说，“昨天晚上，我看见键盘下面有光。是你吗？”“来看看吧！”比比说。两个好朋友一起钻进了按键中间的缝。
可是发光城黑乎乎、静悄悄的。城里亮晶晶的金属小桥全都不见了，小火花们坐在缺口旁边，难过极了。“是小故障拿走的，”一个小火花抽着鼻子说，“一座都没剩下。”
“先把这个缺口补上吧，”比比说。他把一片大大的绿叶子搭在缺口上。然后是一根小树枝。然后是一颗亮亮的塑料纽扣。你猜，小火花们能过去吗？
不行！小火花们撞到叶子上，从树枝上滑下来，又从纽扣上弹了回来。“塑料只是看起来亮，”露露说，“它不是真的金属。”缺口还是黑黑的。
远远的键盘山上，有什么东西在一闪一闪。“看，一串亮晶晶的东西！”露露小声说。原来小故障掉了一颗小小的金属螺丝，后面还有一颗。“我们跟着它们走！”
亮光一路通到风车悬崖。那里有好大好大的风扇，呼呼地吹着暖暖的风。比比紧紧抓住一片叶子，露露在旁边飞。风把他们一下子吹了上去，一直吹到最高的地方。
在最高的地方，有一个用灰尘和绒毛做成的软软的窝。窝里堆满了亮晶晶的东西：小桥、螺丝、一枚硬币、一把钥匙，还有一枚银色的回形针，闪闪发光。小故障就坐在正中间。
小故障抱着她的宝贝，低头看着自己的脚。“这上面又冷又黑，”她小声说，“亮晶晶的东西像星星一样闪。我只是想要一点属于自己的光。”
露露想到了一个主意。“亮晶晶的小桥能发光，”她说，“可是只有连成一个圆圈才行。我们给你做一盏你自己的小灯吧！”小故障的触角高兴地抖了抖。
他们用回形针和一盏小小的灯连成一个小圆圈，接到一条发光的火花河上。两个小火花手拉着手跑了一圈，小灯亮了，暖暖的，金黄金黄的。小故障的脸也一下子亮了起来。
小故障帮着把每一座小桥都送回城里。缺口一个接一个用亮亮的金属补好了，发光城一条街接一条街，又亮了起来。
那天晚上，在高高的风车悬崖上，一个毛茸茸的窝里亮着一盏小灯，小故障在灯旁边甜甜地睡着了。比比和露露一个扭一个爬，回到了家。晚安，发光城。晚安，小故障。