A little piece would do, she says.

A tiny little bite.

An itty-bitty bite.

She asks for so little, she cries.

But alas, they know better.

They have learned the hard way.

She's asked for a bite before, but devoured them all.

All but one.

They know better now.

They will keep her from eating the last of their moons

The one filling the center of their sky.

Bakunawa,

According to old folks, eclipses of the moon or sun were caused by the Bakunawa (literally, large looped serpent). This mythical sky-serpent—which is also associated with darkness that comes with the New Moon—of Asian folklore has analogues in China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, and Thailand but,...

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