One day the sun was moving too fast. The people in the village did not get to do their chores or play because the sun was moving too fast. Maui wanted to slow the sun down. So Maui and his brothers wove magical ropes out of harakeke to slow the sun down. Maui and his brothers then at night went to where the sun rises. Once they got there they built a wall to hide behind and when the sun rose they jumped up and the brothers threw the harakeke ropes at the sun and then Maui jumped up. With the ropes tangled in the sun’s great fiery hair the brothers held the sun down and Maui hit the sun with the magic jawbone of his grandfather. Maui kept hitting the sun until he slowed down. Now the sun has slowed down and now the people can do their chores or play.
