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In open outer space under a dark, star-speckled backdrop, Mira and Leo float beside glowing Lumo near a tiny asteroid. Mira claps, Leo mid-jump with a wide grin, while Lumo winks, casting soft yellow light on their faces.
Mira and Leo floated near their friend Lumo, the glowing yellow star. 'Let's play a counting game!' Lumo sparkled. 'Count how many times I blink!' Lumo winked once, twice, three times. 'Three blinks!' shouted Leo. 'Now you try!' said Mira. Leo jumped up and down three times. Mira clapped four times. Zubi the alien giggled and spun around five times. 'Counting is fun in space!' they all cheered together.
In the vast starlit expanse, Riko spirals around a tiny moon, cartoon face beaming, leaving a soft rainbow exhaust trail. Mira floats nearby, mouth open mid-song, while Lumo hovers overhead like a glittering metronome keeping the tempo.
Riko the rocket zoomed in circles singing. 'I'm a rocket, zoom zoom zoom! Flying past the stars and moon!' Mira joined in. 'We fly high, we fly low, through the space we go go go!' Leo added, 'Past the planets, red and blue!' Zubi finished, 'Making friends both old and new!' They all sang together, making up silly space rhymes. Lumo twinkled brightly, keeping the beat. 'Let's make more rhymes tomorrow!' said Riko happily.
Against the black cosmos sprinkled with distant stars, Zubi presents a glowing round planet beside a square silver space station. Mira sketches a five-pointed star in mid-air, while Riko drifts nearby like a long triangle, forming a gallery of shapes.
'I love shapes!' squeaked Zubi. 'Let's find them in space!' Mira spotted Lumo. 'A star has five points!' Leo pointed at Riko. 'The rocket is a long triangle!' Zubi showed them a round planet. 'Circles everywhere!' They floated past square space stations and rectangle asteroids. 'That moon is a circle too,' said Mira. 'And my glow makes a circle,' added Lumo proudly. They drew all the shapes they found in their space notebooks.
Amid weightless darkness lit by soft starlight, Leo hovers beside a large floating sketchpad, crayon poised over rainbow mountain doodles. Mira sprinkles colorful space dust onto the page, while Zubi releases fluffy bouncy clouds above a winding chocolate river illustration.
'Let's imagine a new planet!' suggested Leo. Riko brought them colorful space dust. Mira thought hard. 'Our planet should have rainbow mountains!' Zubi added, 'And bouncy clouds!' Leo said, 'With chocolate rivers!' Lumo glowed brighter. 'I'll make it warm and bright!' They all worked together, drawing and describing their dream planet. 'We can visit it in our imagination anytime,' smiled Mira. Everyone cheered for their creative adventure. Space was magical with friends!