A long, long time ago, there were not one but ten suns in the sky. The earth was burning, and the people were dying of heat. A brave hero named Hou Yi raised his bow and shot down nine of the suns, leaving just the one we still see today.

For saving the world, the Queen of Heaven gave Hou Yi a special medicine that would make him live forever. But Hou Yi loved his wife Chang'e so much that he could not bear to leave her behind. So he hid the medicine at home.

One day, a thief broke in while Hou Yi was away. To stop the thief from stealing the medicine, Chang'e quickly drank it herself. She became so light that she floated up — up, up, all the way to the moon. Hou Yi was heartbroken. Every year on the night the moon is most round, he set out his wife's favorite foods under the sky — and Chinese families still do the same thing today.

很久以前，天上有十顆太陽，大地被烤得快要著火。英雄后羿張弓射下其中九顆，留下我們今天看到的這顆。王母娘娘為了感謝他，賜給他長生不老的仙藥。后羿捨不得離開妻子嫦娥，便將仙藥藏在家中。有一天，小偷趁后羿外出時闖入。嫦娥為了不讓壞人拿到仙藥，自己一口吞下，竟然飄上月亮再也回不來。后羿傷心欲絕，每年月最圓的夜裡，在桌上擺出嫦娥最愛的食物——這就是中秋節的由來。