Summary 1 Alaskan folktale. Long ago Raven s Raven Gave Light is a very old was hiding the ball of that the people lived in darkness because a chief used magic light in the wanted to people. First, he to change into a baby boy, the chief's grandson. Then the baby cried for the ball of light until the chief finally gave it to him. Raven put the ball of light in the sky so the people could live in light. Summary 2 Raven came down from the sky and saw that the people needed light because they were living in the dark. An old chief wanted to keep the light because he was selfish. Raven changed into a leaf and went into some water. Then Raven changed into a baby. Everybody loved the baby, but he cried because he wanted to play with the ball of light. The chief was tired of the crying, so he gave the baby the ball of light. This story was very interesting.