How Maui Slowed The Sun.

How Maui slowed the sun. 
 Long ago the sun moved fast across the sky. The days became shorter and the nights became longer. Most of the work couldn’t be done in one day. No one had thought to do anything about it. But one day Maui got sick of it. Maui had a plan on how to slow down the sun. Maui told his brothers that he was going to slow the sun, He told them that he needed their help. The brothers said they would help him. Maui and his brothers collected the flax for the ropes that they were going to tie down the sun with to slow it down. The ropes were finished. They set off to where the sun rose in the mornings. They only travelled at night so the sun didn’t know they were coming for it. As they came closer the bushes became more and more dried out the earth under their feet warm and nearly hot. Maui knew they were close. It wasn’t long until they reached the great pit from where the sun would rise. Maui told his brothers to build a wall out of rocks and clay. As the sun rose Maui shouted to his brothers “throw the ropes!” They held the sun down with all their strength while Maui hit the sun for it to slow down. They did that for a while and then they let the sun go. From then on the sun travelled across the sky slowly.