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Folktale - The Sun and The Moon

The Sun and Moon were married and had many star children. The Sun's hot embrace would burn the stars, angering the Moon who forbade him from touching them. While the Moon was washing, the Sun disobeyed and burned some stars, causing the Moon to throw banana tree at the Sun in anger. The Sun threw sand back, leaving dark marks still visible today. They have chased each other ever since, with the Sun sometimes getting close but the Moon always escaping further ahead by day's end.

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Folktale - The Sun and The Moon

The Sun and Moon were married and had many star children. The Sun's hot embrace would burn the stars, angering the Moon who forbade him from touching them. While the Moon was washing, the Sun disobeyed and burned some stars, causing the Moon to throw banana tree at the Sun in anger. The Sun threw sand back, leaving dark marks still visible today. They have chased each other ever since, with the Sun sometimes getting close but the Moon always escaping further ahead by day's end.

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Folktale: The Sun and The Moon

Once upon a time the Sun and the Moon were married, and they had many children
who were the stars. The Sun was very fond of these children, but whenever he tried to
embrace any of them, he was so hot that he burned them up. This made the Moon so
angry that finally she forbade him to touch them again, and he was greatly grieved.

One day the Moon went down to the spring to do some washing, and when she left,
she told the sun that he must not touch any of their children in her absence. When she
returned, however, she found that he had disobeyed her, and several of the children in
had perished.

She was very angry, and picked up a banana tree to strike him, whereupon he threw
sand in her face, and to this day you can see the dark marks on the face of the Moon.

Then the Sun started to chase her, and they have been going ever since. Sometimes he
gets so near that he almost catches her, but she escapes, and day by day she is far
ahead again.

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