Fullfillment - with Urania commentary

This is the oldest of Narrator Gair's short short stories, this one goes way back to his HPA Newsletter in the 90's, and when he tried to read it last year in Season 7, Episode 5 of this podcast, he teared up like a goo goo. Is that a phrase they use here in the south? I hope so. Anyway, here it is, its called Fullfillment. The old Spitz star ball was worn out. After 40 years of providing daily miracles for young and old. It was her turn for a miracle. It was almost as if this old planetarium projector had a personality of her own. Many of her operators had remarked over the years that she almost seemed possessed, inhabited with a warmth, dignity and charm for recreating heavens beauty and mystery. But she was long overdue for a miracle of her own. Then she'd sleep fulfilled in the museum's basement forever. Her wish was granted on the last night before her replacement. Careless workmen played an important role. Her old dome also had been removed for a similar updating and the opening above her was covered with nothing but a tie down Canvas tarp. It would hold until morning the workmen had reasoned, no rain was in the forecast anyway. In fact, a cold front was sweeping across the land that would clear the skies beautifully, a cool starry summer's evening, but no one counted on the wind. You can guess what happened next. About midnight came an extremely sharp gust of wind and the canvas was suddenly blown away. Stirring suddenly, the old star ball knew that she was somehow being called this one last time. For the first, last, and only time in her long, long life she stood alone beneath an actual blazing nighttime sky. And somehow she responded by switching herself on. Here we go, this is the part Gair couldn't finish. Each of her stars projected outward and kissed the incoming light of the real stars in the heavens. Her Old Globe began to glow brighter and brighter from within. Recreator had met creator at last. This was fulfillment. Thats almost enough to make me, Urania, blub. Almost...