Once upon a time, the Sun and the Moon were friends. They lived together, and they had the entire household in common. One day, early in the morning, the Sun went to the field and told the Moon to prepare dinner. But Luna didn't do anything. The sun returned from the field and found no food.
“If you don’t want to cook anything, then at least go to the water,” the Sun said to the Moon.
Luna remained silent and remained seated. Then the Sun took the jug, ordered the Moon to light a fire and went to fetch water. But the lazy Moon didn’t even want to start a fire.
The Sun had to cook himself. It placed a pot of water on the hearth, fanned the fire and began to cook porridge. When the porridge was ripe, the Sun took the hot pot off the fire and called the Moon to share the food with him. And only then did Luna get up and start eating the porridge.
The Sun got angry. In a rage, she grabbed the pot and shouted:
- Oh, you rotten lazy woman, you are always ready to eat, but you don’t want to cook!
And with these words, the Sun hit the Moon on the head with the pot so hard that it shattered into a thousand pieces, and the porridge scalded the Moon from head to toe. The moon barely escaped. Since then, the Sun and Moon have become irreconcilable enemies.
That is why, when the Sun rises in the sky, the Moon does not dare to show itself. She waits for night and only then makes her way alone.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru