At the end of every day the sun dipped itself into the western ocean. It put its toes in first, as if to test the waters. Then, finding the water suitable, slowly it began to submerge the rest of its body. Knees to thighs to hips to belly to shoulders, cooling itself off from the day. Finally, with a contented sigh knowing its work was done, it dipped its head under and extinguished its radiance.