Myths and legends. Long ago when mankind began to count the years there lived Maui. He was a boy god. His power was he was indestructible and had the strength of all gods joined together.
He lived at the top of a sacred mountain in a secret cave. One day he had to go out to do work gathering fish for the tribe.
The sun was going very fast across the sky. So he tried to find a way to make the sun go slower because he didn't have time to fish. So he covered himself in ice and flew like the wind until he reached the sun. He demanded that the sun go slower during the day. He blew his icy cold breath over the sun.
¨Stop. Iḿ freezing. Youĺl put my fire out!¨ begged the sun.
The sun couldn't stand the cold ice so he promised to go slower. So now Maui had enough time to fish.
By Bryson
