By Cathy Predmore
A long time ago when the earth was young, Anya the daughter of sunshine, and Shaya the son of rain, were the best of friends. They were very different but both children of nature whose spirits soared together in the soft growing new world.
Anya was fair and luminous with light. She had long golden hair and a sunny aura of happiness. Shaya was as dark and wild as a storm cloud. He could be loud like thunder or soft and steady as spring rain. Shaya’s cloudy nature would shade Anya’s sunshine and together they made a perfect place of peace.
During the time of creation, their days were were filled with lovely adventures. Anya and Shaya ran through fragrant fields of flowers newly grown by the earth. They ate sweet plums, drank cool water, and held their faces up to the warm light from the shinning sun. Shaya would ride on top of trees as they pushed their way up through the soil, while Anya chased falling leaves which were whirled about by the wind. They swam in the salty blue sea and dived deep into its depths. Shaya dreamed with dolphins and Anya strung necklaces of starfish and sea shells. They lay side by side on the shore of the water; gazing up into the sky and watching young birds learning to fly.
The children of sunshine and rain were known to all of nature’s elements: earth, air, fire, and water. They were born into earth’s nurturing embrace and feasted on her fertile harvests. Air breathed life into the world and blew away their troubles, while water cleansed and purified all around them. Fire was the fiercest of the elements with the ability to both create and end life. Anya and Shaya were afraid of fire and thankful that it didn’t often visit the land. Instead, it stayed in the middle of the earth where it burned and blazed in its center.
Time passed and finally the world was formed. The land was fruitful, the waters were full, and the sky was clear. Earth gave birth to mankind, who took his rightful place, and it became time for Anya and Shaya to join the elements from which they came. Anya was to become one with the shining light, while Shaya had to take his place among the clouds. When the day came and they needed to part, Anya’s bright beauty embraced Shaya’s stormy spirit. They clung to each other with such sadness that even the air’s strongest wind could not carry it away. The Earth tried to comfort them and water wash away their grief but nothing could give them solace. It was only the threat of fire which finally divided them.
Sunshine and rain thought their children would grow to accept this separation but it was not to be. In the kingdom of the clouds, Shaya wept rain for weeks on end until his grief flooded the ground below. Anya’s light dimmed and her sadness sent shadow over the land.
The elements converged to help these special friends. While it was not possible to change Anya and Shaya’s place in nature, sunlight and rain could be allowed to meet for many magical moments. Shaya’s raindrops and Anya sunshine came together and their joy at being reunited created a burst of colors which arched through the sky for all to see. Their union came to be called a rainbow. Today those who catch sight of a rainbow wonder at its beauty and feel the happiness of Anya and Shaya, who are with each other once again.
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