Maui makes the sun go slower

 

'The sun goes too fast/ Maui said . 'The nights are too long. The days are too short. There isn't enough time to do everything.'

His brothers said, 'We agree, but we can't make the sun go more slowly. '

'Yes, we can,' Maui said. 'I have a plan.' Maui and his brothers went to the hole where the sun came up each day. They took some ropes with them. They hid so that the sun did not see them.

When the sun came up, they threw the ropes over it. 'Pull! Pull!' Maui shouted.

'Let me go! Let me go!' cried the sun. The sun pulled and pulled, but it could not get free. The sun got very tired.

'Let go of the ropes,' said Maui. 'The sun will not be able to go so fast now. '

The brothers let go of the ropes.

The sun moved slowly across the sky. It took a long time before it went down and darkness came. The sun never moved quickly again.

Now Maui and his brothers had lots of time. They could do all the things they wanted - while the sun shone.