In the land of the midnight sun in a time when the earth was young and light disappeared entirely from the earth, an orphan boy watched a Shaman repeat the same ineffectual chants and charms in an effort to return the sun.  While often treated poorly, the boy was still determined to make a difference for his people and begged his aunt for help.  She sends him off with a magical raven cloak and snowshoes to find the light.  After a long journey, he comes upon a man shoveling snow over a ball of fire and with every shovel full, the light was concealed.  The boy steals the light and transforms into a raven to escape back to his village bringing day to his people.

The voice of an oral storyteller can be heard in the language of the story.