When Hanuman was just a baby, he was always hungry. His mother gave him all sorts of food, but it was never enough. One day, Hanuman saw the sun rising. He looked at that beautiful yellow ball and thought it was a juicy orange! Because Hanuman was a god, he could do things that ordinary monkeys could not. For example, Hanuman could fly, and he decided to fly toward the sun so he could take a bite out of it… But the sun did not stay still. Hanuman kept flying, trying to get closer. On the way he met Indra, the god of rain and thunder. “What are you doing?” Indra asked. And Hanuman replied: “I am on my way to that delicious yellow ball. I want to take a bite, because I’m so hungry!” “But that’s not allowed,” said Indra, and he drove Hanuman away by throwing lightning at him. Hanuman was struck by the lightning…
Hanuman’s father became so angry and sad that he took away all the oxygen on earth. Indra quickly hurried to say that he was sorry. To make amends, Indra gave Hanuman many special gifts. From then on, Hanuman became invincible, immortal, and super strong.
