. Steals the Sun At the beginning of time, the Cherokee people lived in darkness. However, that all changed when a small spider stole the sun It was another dark day. The Cherokee people were unhappy. While they were sitting in darkness, the people on the other side of the world were enjoying the sun. When the Cherokee were discussing what to do, Possum came up with an idea. He was strong and asl and he could hide the sun in his big bushy fail. He travelled to the other side of the world. The sun was hanging in a tree. Possum put the sun in his tail, but it burnt off all his beautiful fur! When Possum came back without the sun, Buzzard, a bird offered to help. He flew to the sun and put it in the long feathers on his head. But the sun burnt off all his feathers. All the animals and the people were site together and they were trying to think of anoth way to get the sun when Grandmother Spia entered. She was very small, but she was yo clever. She made a big clay pot and wove a webd long that it stretched all the way to the others of the world. Then, she quickly put the sun inse the pot and carried it home. Everybody was happy. Their world wasn't cold ar dark anymore, but full of the golden light of the su And that's why, even to this day, the sun's raj look like Grandmother Spider's giant web. Check these words darkness • steal • discuss come up with hide • bushy tail .hang • burn off for • offer feather . enter clay pot • weave web stretch golden light ray giant . . 52 • The Cherokee people are a Native American tribe.