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from the box, the moon. her father a small tortoise from

The sun and the moon ended up the back of their house. The old

on opposite sides of the sky, and man took it in his hands, and

since they still carried the force waited until the sun was above his

of the hand that threw them, they head.

moved across the sky too fast. “Here,” said the old man to the

Night and day were too short, and sun. “Take this tortoise. It’s yours

sunset and dawn came too fast. now, my gift to you. Wait for

“Sweetheart,” said the old man, him.”

determined to fix the problem.

“Could you please bring me a

tortoise?” The man threw the tortoise above

The little girl nodded, bringing his head, and the sun waited and