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Moon's love for Sun was so strong that the higher realms had permitted him to be with her, to follow her as he promised. But, Moon and Sun stayed in different skies. The Night goddess had noticed this and felt Moon's pain and sorrow. So, she bargained Time to let the two lovers met once in a while and sometimes, Moon catches up and sees a glimpse of Sun's ethereal glow. He would stare from a distance hoping to catch her eye.

He does.

She does.

That's how it is, day after day and night after night. Moon would chase her sunsets every single day and to him, that was enough. But there are special days when Moon completely catches Sun and he becomes selfish; shielding her from the earth and keeping her all by himself and that's when we look up in the sky and see a magnificent eclipse.

The Moon glows because of the Sun, for the Moon belongs to Sun as the Sun belongs to the Moon.

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