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1、Houyi and the SunsLong long ago, there were ten sun birds. Every morning, one of them would rise from a resting spot near the eastern sea and fly across the sky.But one day they decided to fly at the same time. It was a disaster （灾难）. Lakes and rivers dried up, and fires started. People and animals

2、collapsed （昏侄U） from the heat. The emperor （皇帝）pleaded （恳求）to Di jun, God of the Eastern Heaven and father of the sun birds, for help.Dijun asked Houyi, the God of Archery（箭术），to frighten his sons.Houyi tried to frighten the sun birds but they just laughed at him. So he shot and killed nine of the birds.The emperor ran to Houyi and stopped him, reminding （提百星） him that if he shot the last bird, the world would be dark forever.Houyi became a hero, but he could not get back into heaven because of Dijun s anger at him.