The
Love of Sun and Earth
By:
Jane MacLean
Once
long ago before life began, the lord of the universe was
known as Sun. Sun was big, mighty, strong, radiant and full
of energy. He was admired for his power and strength. A
young maiden named Earth, spent her time circling Sun seeking
his affection.
Sun
had great tenderness for Earth and he showed his love by
warming her with his radiant beams of light. However, as
much as Sun wanted to be close to his love, he knew that
if Earth came too close, she would burn to death from his
fiery flames. Sun told Earth never to move close to him.
For protection, he created a lady of the sky named Axis
to keep Earth on a continual route, distant enough from
Sun that he could not cause her any harm.
Poor Earth never knew of the danger and so she
cried over her longed love. Sun created a companion for
Earth to reflect his light upon her when he was not there,
Earth’s companion was named Moon. He then created billions
of children which he named stars, to hang in the sky with
Moon to sparkle love towards Earth. Although Earth enjoyed
the companionship of Moon and was comforted by the stars,
her love for Sun was still very strong.
One day while Earth was circling her route around
Sun she wondered to herself why he would never let her go
near him. She escaped from Axis and advanced towards Sun.
As she proceeded closer she became hot. Her land became
dry and her water bodies began to flood as her polar ice
caps melted.
When Sun realized what was happening he roared
loud, crackles of anger, that Earth had disobeyed him. Bolts
of light escaped from him and great tears of sadness poured
out of him as he thought about the fierce storm brewing
up on Earth. Puffs of anger blew out of his nose. They caught
the tears which were pouring out of his eyes and floated
towards Earth.
As they came closer the puffs started to melt
and Sun’s tears fell upon the surface of Earth and
they calmed the raging firestorm. As the storm cleared from
Earth she moved back to Axis. She then realized why she
could never be close to Sun.
Occasionally, Sun blows puffs of anger and tears upon Earth.
His roars can be heard from the sky as bolts of his light
can be seen escaping from him, reminding Earth never to
draw near him again.
Jane MacLean is
an author of many children’s literature.
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