Race Of The Heavens

Riddle: The sun goes down. The stars race out of their hiding place. But a goddess beats them to the night sky with her very own star. What is the star that the goddess uses?

Answer: Venus. It's not a star, but it's the first 'star' you see in the night sky. Plus it looks like a star from the ground.

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The sun goes down. The stars race out of their hiding place. But a goddess beats them to the night sky with her very own star. What is the star that the goddess uses? — Race of the Heavens by Jason Li Riddle