Emily's+Myth


 * Why the sky is blue **

One day a long time ago in early America, the Rou Rou tribe was having a meeting about the sky. The leader of the tribe began to speak about how they needed the sky to be colored blue. They thought that if the sky resembled the sea, the land and sea creatures would get along. The rest of the tribe agreed, so they decided to choose one person to go up and paint the sky. You see these people were taller than we are now, so it was easier for them.

They made the special paint, chose a strong tall warrior, and sent him up. It took him a long time, but he eventually grew old. He still needed to finish but the rain and clouds were washing away the paint, so every year they sent up a new warrior to help paint the sky.

But as time went on the tribe got smaller and smaller, and one day the tribe’s leader told his oldest son to keep the sky blue. But there was one problem: the son didn’t know how! After years of trying to find out how to make the sky blue, the sky turned white. The son went to the government, and they worked out that the sky would be painted each year. When the spray stuff to get rid of mosquitoes, they are actually painting the sky.

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