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A long, long time ago, much longer ago than anybody can possibly remember, there was a time when there were ten suns in the sky. You can imagine what this was like. Mountain tops were scorched, valleys were barren, rivers were dry. People and animals were forced to find shelter in caves. It was no way to live.
Now for the most part, the gods didn\\u2019t notice mankind\\u2019s plight. Why would they? They lived high above the suns and didn\\u2019t mind a bit of warmth at their feet.
But some of the gods did pay attention, and they put their heads together to come up with a solution. But as you can imagine, they weren\\u2019t a practical bunch and none of their ideas were particularly useful. So they put the problem to the people of the earth and told them that there would be a reward for the person who came up with a solution for the 10 suns.
So down on earth, the wise men and women got together, and they talked and debated and theorised. But much like the gods, they weren\'t a particularly practical lot and none of their ideas led to anything. Next, the generals with their great armies took on the challenge. And they waged war against the suns, but the suns just drifted along the sky and paid no attention to them at all.
Now while all this was going on, a giant of a man was doing some thinking of his own. He knew it would take something quite remarkable to defeat the suns. And after some time, he came up with an idea that he thought might work. What he needed was the very best bamboo he could find. So he scoured the country and gathered the longest and strongest stems. And when he had enough, he took it all back to his workshop and he made the biggest crossbow ever known.
At first, people just watched him. But the more focused and determined the big man was, the more the people agreed that this might actually work. So when the bow was ready and the big man needed help, there were a thousand men and women ready to help him carry the crossbow and its arrows to the top of the mountain.
From there, the big man turned an arrow to the first sun. People stood still, they held their breaths. He drew the arrow back. He took aim. He fired. The arrow flew straight and true and it pierced the sun through the heart! It shattered into a million pieces across the sky.
The big man then moved the crossbow to the next mountain. And again he aimed the arrow. He fired. And the...'