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Noonborn

One hundred years after the second egg hatched, the sun became extremely hot and caused all the water to dry up on the mountain, including the rivers that Higoo drank from and bathed the eggs with. Because of this heat, she grew weary and the egg's shells became very dry and brittle. At Noon, on the hottest day of the year, the third egg began to rumble on its own. Higoo, very tired and dehydrated, thought she was seeing things. But soon, the egg cracked and disintegrated into a thousand tiny shards. Standing where the egg once laid were Ch and Kê and Sow. Because they were born midday, Higoo named them the Noonborn.