In this story, the people of Surem faced a big issue - they just couldn't agree on what to call the sun! It was causing quite a stir among them. However, a clever badger came up with a unique solution to solve this problem once and for all.

You see, the badger proposed that they should give the sun a male name. His reasoning was that the sun rises from a hole in the earth, just like he does. It made sense to him, and he thought it would be an interesting and fair way to end the disagreement.

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In this story, the people of Surem had a big problem – they couldn't agree on what to call the sun! It was causing a lot of arguments among them. But then, a smart badger had a great idea to solve this issue once and for all.

The badger thought it would be cool to give the sun a boy's name. He said it makes sense because the sun comes up from a hole in the ground, just like he does. It seemed fair and interesting to him, and he believed it would end the disagreement.