alan and Rauthgar often met another odd
creature, who never spoke a word. She stood on top of a
mountain, holding the Sun up on her hands. This surprised
Galan. Galan remembered what happened when Galan touched
the Sun. This lady never said anything, even when
Rauthgar tried to jump on her, to get her to play. One day, while walking past the lady, she
suddenly spoke.
'Galan, please, if you will,
hold this Sun for me. I'm awfully tired, and I just can't
keep it up.'
Galan replied in the negative. Galan was
not going to touch that again.
he lady sighed,
and, straining with all her might, heaved the Sun up to
get a better grip. The load finally proved to be too much
for her, and she tumbled over the hill, the Sun going
with her.
At that exact moment, a great cry of
triumph rose from the east.
'The Sun has disappeared, Night
shall fall, it is my time for GLORY!'
And the entire place became dark.
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alan looked around terrified. Galan could
hear Rauthgar, but could not see it. Galan had never been
in the dark before. Galan was very scared. Rauthgar did
not seem to notice. and bounced around happily. Galan
finally felt Galan's way up the mountain, to find the
lady with the Sun. She was sitting on the ground, the Sun
laying next to her. Galan explained the situation. 'I suppose I must continue holding the
Sun,' she replied. 'But I can't do it
forever. I suppose that I could just hold it for a little
while at a time, and then sleep the rest of the time, to
regain my strength.'
his sounded
good to Galan. Light some of the time is better than no
light ever. Galan helped the lady up, and as she heaved
the Sun up again, there was a terrifying screech. The
darkness was gone, and Galan could see again.
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