<span>But one day Tanovo’s rival, chief of the volcano Nabukelevu, pushed his mountain up and blocked Tanovo’s view of the sunset. Enraged at this, and robbed of the pacifying effects of his daily meditation, Tanovo wove giant coconut-fibre baskets and began to remove earth from the mountain. His rival, however, caught Tanovo and chased him away. Tanovo, in his flight, dropped earth at the islands of Dravuni and Galoa.</span>
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Answer:
Literally, it means that it is snowing.
Metaphorically, it could mean that something delicate looking yet sturdy has been moved and positions in a situation have changed.
He climbed out of the trench and made his way carefully back to the clumped bushes where the kitchen was.