- Folklore, Juvenile literature, Children's fiction, Eagles, fiction
An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.
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Earnest, classical in form, effortless and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Elphinstone Dayrell
- First published
- 1968
- Pages
- 26
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin, Houghton Mifflin Company, Scholastic
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812485646
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“Many years ago the sun and water were great friends, and both lived on the earth together.”
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