Once, when the world had no light, everybody, including the animals, complained because they couldn't hunt or do anything else. So one day, they went to the gods and asked for light. The only thing the gods came up with was a big ball. The people were mad and disappointed. "Why don't we paint the ball with bright colors?" one of the people said.

So they did, finding all sorts of bright colors like yellow, orange, and many more, but it didn't work. "What if we put glistening water all over the ball?" the fish said. So they did, but all that happened was that it dripped off and took the paint off too.

 

They were running out of ideas. "I know," the bear said. "We can put my golden fur over the whole ball so it will shine." So they pulled one hair out at a time. The bear had no hair left but the ball was covered. Soon all the fur fell off. They kept trying, but nothing worked.

One day they went to the gods again. "Can't you do anything else?" everyone said. "Maybe we can try to do something else," the gods said. So the god of lightning, struck the ball with a large bolt that roared like a lion, but the bolt bounced off the ball and fell to the ground. Then they scurried to the goddess of jewels, and she sprinkled diamonds and other stones all over the ball, but nothing happened.

Now the people were frustrated, so they went to the god of ice. He blew at the ball, and it suddenly was covered with ice that shone like the moon. Unfortunately it melted.

Eventually, they went to the god of gold and he put gold around the ball. Nothing happened, until they went to the god of fire. He made a fire and the fire reflected off the gold and the ball shone. Everybody had a huge party, and they danced until the sun went down. They were so delighted now that they could hunt and do other things. And that's how the sun came to be.

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