Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 18, 1968
Transcript:
Lucy and Linus stand outside and look at the stars. Linus asks, "Do you know how many stars there are in the sky, Lucy?"<BR><BR> Lucy replies, "Of course! Three hundred and sixty-five . . . One for each day in the year . ."<BR><BR> Lucy and Linus continue to look at the stars.<BR><BR> Lucy says, "We live in what is know as an orderly universe!"<BR><BR>
Every 4 years, a new star appears in the sky, and then another one goes dark at the end of that year. This is how the star lifecycle works.