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Owl has the sun, water, and fire, while Dima lives in darkness and struggles to grow food. After observing how well Owl’s meals taste, Dima plans to dance, leading Owl to bring the sun into the open so everyone can see and celebrate.","Dima and Owl  \nTraditional San Story  \nEnglish Traditional Story  \nDima and Owl  \nWriter: Traditional San Story Illustrations: Marlene Winberg, Manyeka Arts Trust Reformatted for Bloom by: Marlene Custer African Storybook Project  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2014, Manyeka Arts Trust, African Storybook Project  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nSouth African Institute for Distance Education The Manyeka Arts Trust celebrates the traditions of southern African San [storytellers. www.manyeka.co.za](storytellers. www.manyeka.co.za).  \nIn the old days there were two people, Dima and Owl. Owl owned the sun, water and fire . Dima did not have any of these things and lived in darkness with his family.  \nDima tried to make a garden, but he could not grow vegetables because there was no sun . Everybody suffered because there was no sun . When they hunted animals to eat, they hung the meat in the trees to dry, but it rotted because there was no sun .  \nOne day, Dima decided to visit Owl. When they served food, Dima wondered why Owl’s food tasted so good. He wondered if it was because the food grew in the sun and it was cooked in fire .  \nSecretly, Dima made a plan . He decided to dance . He wanted everyone at Owl’s place to gather around him and see him dance . He was a good dancer . Owl and his family admired the beautiful dancing.  \nWhen it grew dark, Owl decided to fetch the sun from his house so that he could still watch Dima’s dancing. Owl kept the sun in an animal skin bag inside his hut. He carried the sun out from his house and held it high up above his shoulders . Now it was light. Everyone could see far into the distance . Soon everyone was dancing in the light of the sun .  \nDima crept closer to the sun while he was dancing. Owl held on to the sun, but after a while he forgot about it because he enjoyed the dancing so much. He saw how beautifully Dima danced. 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