Roundust and Rainia

Once there was a god named Roundust.  Roundust was the god of colors.  There was also Rainia, she was the goddess of rain.  She was the most beautiful creature on earth or heaven.  Everything that saw her fell madly in love with her.  There was just one problem.  Everywhere she went a rain cloud hung over her head.  It spilled rain on everything except her within a mile. 

    When Roundust saw her, he fell madly in love just like all the others.  He did not care for the rain, but he rode to her in his chariot anyway, his colored striped cloak flying behind him.  Rainai like Hera and Artemis, did not like men.  She chose never to marry.  When she saw Roundust, she knew exactly what he wanted.  She ran.  She ran with her rain cloud hanging over her head, it was having a hard time keeping up.

    Roundust chased Rainai for many days.  He did not stop or turn from his path.  He ran smack into Helios, knocking him off course.  This sent the sun hurdling toward earth.  When he took a shortcut over the sea, he went so fast it split down the middle.  He eventually entered her rain cloud.

    Roundust’s horses finally got tired of beating their wings.  They touched down to earth and started to gallop.  They did not lose any speed.  They left a trail of fire in their wake.  They started many prairie fires.  They burnt up crops which angered Demeter, goddess of the harvest.  When Rainai ran around a mountain, Roundust circled around it and created a huge tornado. 

    Zeus heard the racket and looked down from Mt. Olympus.  “What has happened to my planet?”  he asked no one in particular.  “Roundust has been chasing Rainai,” said Hermes.  “He knocked the sun off my chariot,” said Helios.  “He destroyed the harvest,” said Demeter.  “What shall his punishment be?” asked Zeus.  “Something long and hard,” said Helios.  “Something relating to his crime,” said Demeter.  “I know!” exclaimed Zeus.  Zeus turned to where Roundust was chasing Rainai up a mountain.
“Your punishment is you will chase Rainai forever and never catch her,” declared Zeus.  So now Roundust’s horses never tire and cause no havoc.  Rainai may dally as much as she likes. She always tells her rain cloud, “He shall never catch me.”  Behind Roundust’s chariot his color stripe cloak flies, the rainbow.  Always chasing the rain.