2/19/15 Old School Fables? 1

    There once was a mighty sun who was worshipped by the brightest lads of the land.  This made the sun very happy, for he loved them and they loved him.  He would talk to his wife the moon how all his boys were growing and shaping the world in his image.  They were full of pride because between the two they felt complete.  Maybe they could never walk the earth, but the men they had helped raise would gladly walk it for them and spread the word of how important the sun and moon were.  There was but one rule the sun had always to follow for his rule to run uninterrupted, don't mettle with the female version of the human.  They are not the same, they are not interested in your science, or your math.  To them, the world spins because fairies work with nature and it is the flapping of butterfly wings that keep the world in balanced harmony.
    This did not settle well with the sun, who was a proud and boastful sun.  He declared "I shall find one fair maiden and upon her spend a great deal of energy, but she will learn and she will see that my way is the right and just way for things on earth as they are in the sky."
    So he happened one day to come across a lonely lass it seemed.  She did declare that she was not afraid of the sun and that she could learn all his lessons.  So the sun thought she seemed like a good candidate, communicated with her for awhile, saw no mistakes in her writing efforts, so she must be sound of mind.
    It wasn't but a day or two that the sun realized the error of his ways, for she had a magic box in her hand, of which all of the world it seems would constantly distract her.  She had friends for a millenia, and unfortunately, also the distractions that go with that.  The sun tried to be brighter and louder, but the box never stopped chirping and calling to the girl.  One day it was to go dancing to celebrate for Harry's birthday, then for Tyrone's quinceanera.  It was never ending, but the sun was determined to stick with it.  I'll do my lessons after I bake cookies with Lizzy, then the next night it was dinner with Sherri.  Of course when there was no chirping on the box, there was work to be done to pay the rent.  There never really was a moment's rest, and thus the sun was forced to fade away.
    Slowly, over many years, the sun decided to listen to the rules that had been set in place.  Tis best to leave the heavy lifting for the men.  I do believe women are man's equal, but their power might indeed come from fairies and flapping butterflies.  As it was, the sun decided he had expended so much energy, he took his first vacation and that is where solar eclipses come from.  It was the moon shielding the sun so he could cry and accept his defeat.