maui and the sun

 Maui wanted slow the sun down because the days were going to fast and he could not do work. He made a plan with Roto, Mua, Taha and Pae (his brothers) to catch the sun. Maui went to the village with his four brothers and asked all the women to make rope out of flax. 

One day when the sun was sleeping Maui and his brothers walked to the cave where the sun slept. They wrapped the flax ropes around the sun and hid behind the rocks and waited for the sun to rise. When the sun woke up Maui got his hook and hit the sun with it. The sun screamed ‘Ow, ow, it hurts’, Maui said ‘Stop going fast because we can’t do our work.’ The sun said ‘I’m sorry, I will go at a slow pace from now on.’ Maui hit the sun one more time to make sure the sun kept the promise. Now the sun goes at a slower pace and we can all get our work done.