The night was dark. The stars were bright. When in the twinkling of an eye, everything changed, and I have never been the same. The long-awaited miracle had come at last! And to think, to us, shepherds, out in the field taking care of our sheep, angels from heaven announced this great news. "I think we should go to David's town and see this thing the angel told us about," spoke Old Thomas. And we all got up and hurried off to Bethlehem.