The tale of the Raven who stole the Light

Throughout their history, the FIRST-NATION tribes on the WEST COAST of CANADA (including the HAIDA and the TLINGIT) have woven myths about RAVEN -a magical trickster who has lived on Earth for all time.

When the WORLD was very NEW, there was absolutely NO LIGHT - everyone lived in the DARK.
To get from place to place, hunt and fish, and even find berries for food, PEOPLE HAD TO REACH
OUT and FEEL for familiar TREES, ROCKS, WATER, and BUMPS in the GROUND.
There was no light because the SELFISH SKY CHIEF it all hidden away in a box, which he kept close to him in his big house.
This made RAVEN very angry, so he worked out a plan to sneak inside the CHIEF'S HOUSE and STEAL the BOX. To do this, he first turned himself into a tiny PINE NEEDLE. When the CHIEF's
beautiful DAUGHTER went to a nearby SPRING to fetch WATER, RAVEN rode on the BREEZE and dropped into her PITCHER. When SHE DRANK the water inside, the PINE NEEDLE slipped
smoothly down her throat.
Once RAVEN was INSIDE HER, he CHANGED himself into a HUMAN BABY waiting to be born. When the tiny BOY ARRIVED, he had RAVEN-DARK hair, shiny BLACK EYES, a BEAK-
ISH NOSE, and a harsh, CROW like CRY, but the SKY CHIEF was completely charmed by him and did everything he could to make him happy. For many weeks, RAVEN lived as a gurgling BABY, playing with his mother and his grandfather in their house.
One day, catching SIGHT of the HIDDEN BOX that held the world's light, HE REACHED OUT TO GRAB IT. The SKY Chief SNATCHED it away quickly, but the BABY CRIED and CRIED and CRIED until his GRANDFATHER GAVE IN - as adoring grandfathers often do.
As soon as the TREASURE was in his hands, RAVEN OPENED IT AND RELEASED THE MAGIC BALL OF LIGHT. Instantly HE TURNED BACK INTO A BIRD, snatched the BALL in HIS BEAK, and FLEW AWAY through the HOUSE's SMOKE HOLE and up into the sky.
As he passed over many mountains, rivers, and oceans, he grew weary and dropped half the light.
It shattered into a thousand pieces, which became the STARS and the MOON.
In the end, exhausted by his travels, RAVEN let go of all the remaining light and it filled the SKY.
His precious load had turned into THE SUN.