Why The Sun and The Moon Live in The Sky

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Why the sun and the moon live in the sky

Many years ago, the sun and water were great friends, and they both lived on
the earth togther. The sun very often used to visit the water, but the water
never returned the visits. At last the sun asked the water why he never visited.
The water replied that the sun's house was not big enough, and that if he came
with all his people, he would drive the sun out of his home. The water then
said, "If you want me to visit you, you will have to build a very large house. But
I warn you that it will have to be very large, as my people are numerous and
take up a lot of room".
The sun promised to build a very large house, and soon afterwards, he
returned home to his wife, the moon, who greeted him with a broad smile. The
sun told the moon what he had promised the water, and the next day, they
began building a large house to entertain the water and all his people. When it
was completed, the sun asked the water to come and visit him. When the
water arrived, one of his people called out to the sun, and asked him whether
it would be safe for the water to enter, and the sun answered, "Yes, tell my
friend to come in."
The water began to flow in, followed by the fish and all the other water
animals. Very soon, the water was knee-deep in the house, so he asked the sun
if it was still safe, and the sun again said, "Yes," so more of them came in.
When the water was at the level of a man's head, the water said to the sun, "Do
you want more of my people to come?" Not knowing any better, the sun and
the moon both said, "Yes,".
More and more of the water's people came in, until the sun and the moon had
to sit on top of the roof. The water once again asked the sun if it was still okay
to keep coming in. The sun and moon answered yes, so more and more of the
water's people came in. The water soon overflowed the top of the roof, and the
sun and the moon were forced to go up into the sky. ...and they have been
there ever since.
2. The red and blue coat

Once there were two boys who were great friends, and they were determined
to remain that way forever. When they grew up and got married, they built
their houses facing one another. There was a small path that formed a border
between their farms.
One day, a trickster from the village decided to play a trick on them. He
dressed himself in a two-color coat that was divided down the middle. So, one
side of the coat was red, and the other side was blue.
The trickster wore this coat and walked along the narrow path between the
houses of the two friends. They were each working opposite each other in their
fields. The trickster made enough noise as he passed them to make sure that
each of them would look up and see him passing. At the end of the day, one
friend said to the other, "Wasn't that a beautiful red coat that man was
wearing today?"
"No", the other replied. "It was a blue coat."
"I saw the man clearly as he walked between us!" said the first, "His coat
was red."
"You are wrong!" said the other man, "I saw it too, and it was blue."
"I know what I saw!" insisted the first man. "The coat was red!"
"You don't know anything," the second man replied angrily. "It was blue!"
They kept arguing about this over and over, insulted each other, and
eventually, they began to beat each other and roll around on the ground. Just
then, the trickster returned and faced the two men, who were punching and
kicking each other and shouting, "Our friendship is OVER!" The trickster
walked directly in front of them, and showed them his coat. He laughed at
their silly fight. The two friends saw this his coat was red on one side and blue
on the other.
The two friends stopped fighting and screamed at the trickster saying, "We
have lived side by side like brothers all our lives, and it is all your fault that we
are fighting. You have started a war between us."
"Don't blame me for the battle," replied the trickster. "I did not make you
fight. Both of you are wrong, and both of you are right. Yes, what each one saw
was true. You are fighting because you only looked at my coat from your own
point of view."
3. The man who never lied

Once upon a time there lived a wise man by the name of Mamad. He never
lied. All the people in the land, even the ones who lived twenty days away,
knew about him.
The king heard about Mamad and ordered his subjects to bring him to the
palace. He looked at the wise man and asked:
" Mamad, is it true, that you have never lied?"
" It's true."
"And you will never lie in your life?"
" I'm sure in that."
"Okay, tell the truth, but be careful! The lie is cunning and it gets on your
tongue easily."
Several days passed and the king called Mamad once again. There was a big
crowd: the king was about to go hunting. The king held his horse by the mane,
his left foot was already on the stirrup. He ordered Mamad:
"Go to my summer palace and tell the queen I will be with her for lunch. Tell
her to prepare a big feast. You will have lunch with me then."
Mamad bowed down and went to the queen. Then the king laughed and
said:
"We won't go hunting and now Mamad will lie to the queen. Tomorrow we
will laugh on his behalf."
But the wise Mamad went to the palace and said:
"Maybe you should prepare a big feast for lunch tomorrow, and maybe you
shouldn't. Maybe the king will come by noon, and maybe he won't."
"Tell me will he come, or won't he?" - asked the queen.
"I don't know weather he put his right foot on the stirrup, or he put his left
foot on the ground after I left."
Everybody waited for the king. He came the next day and said to the queen:
"The wise Mamad, who never lies, lied to you yesterday."

But the queen told him about the words of Mamad. And the king realized,
that the wise man never lies, and says only that, which he saw with his own
eyes.

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Why the sun and the moon live in the sky

2. The red and blue coat

"No", the other replied. "It was a blue coat."

3. The man who never lied

" Mamad, is it true, that you have never lied?"

" It's true."

"And you will never lie in your life?"

" I'm sure in that."

But the wise Mamad went to the palace and said:

"Tell me will he come, or won't he?" - asked the queen.

"The wise Mamad, who never lies, lied to you yesterday."

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