The people who lived there were thin and pale, and they had to walk about by candlelight. Owls flew through the air instead of sparrows, and mushrooms and toadstools grew in the fields because it was too dark for plants to flourish.
However, the king of that land had a magical horse whose coat glowed like the sun. Every day, he would ride the Sun Horse across his kingdom, bringing light into the lives of his people.
One morning, the king went to his stable and found it empty. The Sun Horse had been stolen!
He summoned his soldiers. “We must find the Sun Horse, or else our land will be in darkness forever!” he told them. His troops searched all over the kingdom, to no avail.
When the king heard that the horse was nowhere to be found, he frowned
