Chimney

"Excellent!" Osprey exclaimed, when Ty offered her share of the story. "It was just the thought of Hawkeye. While wandering in the island, she had found a giant pelt left by a giant creature, who had many of them. There are such animals that shed their pelt and grow a new one. I don't know, what they are called, but they sure lived on that island too.

The two giants found and took the pelt, brought it to the shore and waited for the sun to wake up in the morning. It did several hours later and, once the fiery creature made it's first steps on the shore, Hawkeye yelled the command and giants threw the pelt on the sun and wrapped it in tightly. However, you might know, how very hot the sunlight can be, so very soon the pelt heated up too.

Hawkeye - seeing that they might not have enough time to keep the sun trapped, because the pelt could catch fire and burn, told the two giants to throw it in the water. They did and as the pelt with the sun inside disappeared, the world grew very dark. Only then did they realize, what they had done. None of them said a word for several moments, staring at the place, where they had thrown the sun in.

It might seem that this was the end - but since the sun still rises every morning - something must have happened. It did. The surface of the water grew lighter and lighter, the water heated up to the point that hot steam wrapped everything around them. A second later the sun emerged and jumped up high in the sky, continuing it's way, as if nothing had happened.

"I am sorry that I failed my quest," Hawkeye told the giant, feeling sorry for not being able to keep her promise. The giant and his brother were sad, of course, but they had learned that you can't always get, what you want, and sometimes it is for the best. Therefore they held no grudge at Hawkeye and once the water cooled down enough for them to make their way back, they did.

When they reached the other shore, they found something big lying in the sand. It was the pelt, but what was more curious, there were thousand little, shiny gemstones attached to it. They were beautiful and gleamed just as beautifully as the sun in the sky. Their colors ranged from bright yellow to deep brownish-orange shade - reminding of various phases of sunrise and sunset.

In the end they had got, what they wanted - the giant had got his gems and Hawkeye had fulfilled her promise. The giant's brother - well, he had learned that a life of adventure was just the kind for him. He and Hawkeye became good friends in the end and had many adventures together. What were they is a tale for another day," Osprey finished happy that this story had come to an end. Looking back - this probably was the longest tale she had ever told to anyone.

"This story-telling makes me hungry," she got to her feet and stretched. "Let's be villains and raid some caches," she smiled at her niece and together they spent a very nice afternoon. The end.