Under the starry sky of the orchard, the old Chicago Air Motor windmill slowly turned in the night breeze. For generations, that windmill had hidden a secret that only Uncle Augustine knew: inside it, hidden behind a secret compartment, there was a special crystal that absorbed the light of the stars and reflected it in magical sparkles.

That night, while the children listened to Uncle Augustine tell stories under the mulberry tree, a strange sound was heard in the windmill. Ramiro, the most curious of the group, ran to see what was happening and saw shadows moving between the metal structure.

“Uncle Augustine! Someone is in the windmill!” Ramiro shouted urgently.

Uncle Augustine immediately stood up, adjusting his hat.

“Good heavens! It seems they have come for the crystal,” he murmured with a frown.

The children looked at him in astonishment.

“What crystal, uncle?” asked Anita.

“One that has the brightness of the stars and a special power. It is a very old treasure that has remained hidden so that it does not fall into the wrong hands,” answered Uncle Augustine.

Without wasting time, the group crept up to the mill. Among the shadows, they saw three men dressed in dark cloaks trying to force the wooden gate.

“We must stop them!” whispered Miguel.

“But we are just children…” said Carolina, worried.

Uncle Augustine smiled and crouched down to their height.

“When the stars shine together, they light up even the darkest night. You don’t have to be big or strong to do the right thing. We just have to work as a team.”

The children looked at each other and nodded with determination. Quickly, they came up with a plan: while some threw blackberries to distract the thieves, others loosened the ropes of an old flour sack on top of the mill.

“Now!” shouted Ramiro.

The criminals were covered in white flour and began to cough without being able to see anything. In the midst of the commotion, Uncle Augustine took a whistle out of his pocket and blew it loudly. Immediately, the dogs from the orchard came running and barking, causing the thieves to flee in terror.

When everything calmed down, the children entered the mill and saw the crystal hidden in its secret compartment. Its light shone brighter than ever.

“We did it!” exclaimed Carolina.

Uncle Augustine smiled proudly.

“Because we work together, like the stars in the sky.”

The children nodded, understanding that the true magic of the crystal was not only in its brightness, but in the union and shared effort.

From then on, every night they gathered under the mulberry tree, looking at the mill and remembering that, as long as they were together, nothing and no one could extinguish their light.

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