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to complete all of their chores and the Sun moves slowly across the sky.
work. The Sun hastily agreed to this Some days, if you look closely, you
request so it could be freed from its can see the Sun’s rays shining back
pain and suffering. As the Sun began down towards earth. These are the
to tire and its struggles started ropes of Maui and his four brothers,
to weaken, Maui commanded his holding on just enough to make
brothers to finally loosen the ropes. sure the Sun never tries to break its
It slowly drifted into the air and promise.
began to creep across the sky. Maui
made sure to keep some of the ropes
fastened to the Sun just in case it
tried to move quickly again.
This is why the days are long and
