A very long time ago, when the world was just created, the moon was not there and the sun
shone all the time. There was no concept of night as the sun never set. It was bright and sunny
and there was daylight all the time. People worked hard continuously and did not realize when to
rest.
One fine day, the creator of the world arrived and he understood that the people of the world had
no understanding of time; they would work all the time as they couldn’t understand the division
of day and night. He thought that he should do something about it. He then told the sun, “You
must shine all day and set in the evening, and rise once again the next morning. People will then
realise the difference between day and night. They will stop working when it becomes dark and
will get some rest.” The sun readily agreed.
When it became evening,the sun went down quietly. Suddenly, everything became dark. Everyone
got scared with the abrupt darkness.They panicked and ran here and there, some stumbled upon
each other and some hurt themselves by falling into ditches. People were not used to this and so
they did not realise what to do about it.
Finally,the leaders and the elderly realised that nothing could be done in the darkness, so they
told everyone,”Please lie down and take some rest, and you shall work again when it becomes
bright.” When the sun came up the next morning, everyone woke up and started working.Thus,
from then on, night became the time for resting.
People started living more happily and comfortably,as they were well rested. But one problem
still persisted. It became completely dark after sunset, so the people could not see anything at
all.They would often bang against a tree, and hurt themselves by hitting against rocks and falling
into ditches. They also broke things as they couldn’t see where they were kept.
After some days the creator visited them once again and asked them,”Are you happy now?”
“Yes, we are. We sleep all night and wake up fresh to work the next morning,” replied a man. “But