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1. What does Lita give Petra to take on her trip?

Lita and Petra spend one last evening together. Lita gives Petra a pendant since she will not be with Petra on her 13th birthday. The pendant is in the shape of a sun. The center is filled with a flat black stone, obsidian. Lita tells her if she holds it up to the sun, the light glows through the obsidian.

2. What story does Lita tell Petra about Halley's Comet?

Lita tells petra that there was a fire snake whose mother was Earth and his father the sun. The Fire Snake wanted to see his father who was always away. One day he slipped away from his mother and went to his father. The Fire Snake discovered that his father's flames were more powerful and stronger than anything in the universe. Before he knew it, he lost his sight. He was blinded and moving so fast that he could not find his mother. So every 75 years, he retraced his journey and hoped to reunite with her. Except for this time, the fire snake will finally find his mother.

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