麻豆社

By Amelia Fay P

It was late afternoon, the sun was sinking lower in the sky and the moon was just peeking his head over the horizon. Then the sun turned to the moon and said, 'everyone loves the bright and beautiful day I provide but hate the damp and cold night you bring.' The moon insisted that the people liked the twinkling stars, time to sleep and a rest from the sweltering, blinding sun. This bickering carried on until it became an argument. The argument went on until they noticed it was long past bedtime and the sun was still in the sky! As the argument continued the moon rose higher whilst the sun refused to set.

After they had both risen to the highest point they started melding together to make a sickening ball half dark blue and half bright yellow. The world was split into two, one side perpetual night the other endless day. Everyone in the world was scared and confused. Some had no light while others had no darkness.

The endless day affected everyone, they baked in the scorching sun and tired from no night. The moon noticed his people freezing as there was no sun they no-longer appreciated his beauty. Week after week the moon and sun watched havoc spread throughout the world. The moon watched all the fruit and vegetables fading away! Without the moon, the sun viewed all of the fish dying because there was no tide. Many people starved because of the lack of fish and plants. The poor citizens did not have enough money to pay rent at the end of the month because work and school had been cancelled. The people became angry, blaming the moon for the loss of the sun and the sun for the loss of the moon.

One day the sun and moon were eavesdropping on a group of people saying how hard life had become and how they wished for things to go back to normal. The sun turned to the moon and said, "I insisted that the people hate the night, I was wrong, I'm sorry". Then the moon replied, "I am sorry I declared that the people were happier at night away from your blinding light". They were both ashamed of what they had done and saw the chaos they had caused. The power of these apologies and the strength of their guilt split them apart! The sun finally set leaving the moon alone and darkness's blanket spread over the land. Everybody celebrated, and the earth gave a sigh of relief. From then on, the sun and moon took turns and shared the sky.

The End