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To better help the young ones understand our language and history and have a little fun in the
process, this page was designed for education in mind. All you have to do is print off this page
and everything else is up to you. You can darken your page as necessary with your printer
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Childrens Short Story
by
Danny Walters

INNOCENTS OF A CHILD

In a time long before the white man entered turtle island the land was pure and only the many tribes lived there. They didn't live far from each
other but at the same time they never got along with each other either. One day a little Cherokee girl of the age of 6 was playing outside and
decided to go into the great forest. She stopped to smell the flowers and listen to the birds sing. She was skipping along and enjoying herself
when all of a sudden she fell into a big hole, scraping her knees and hands she stood up and tried to get out but couldn't and then began to cry.
A few minutes later a Mohawk boy about 10 years old was coming from the other direction in the great forest pretending he was hunting like his
father. He heard a noise in the bushes and sneaked up on it and with one big leap he tried to catch what he heard rustling in the bushes, but
instead fell into the same hole the little Cherokee girl fell into. He got up and noticed the little girl crying and said he would try to get them out.
But the hole was to deep and there was nothing for him to grab a hold of for leverage and decided to confront the little girl and hope that his
parents would come looking for him. Awhile went by when a 12 year old Miami boy was running in the great forest as if he was being chased by
something, when he to fell the deep hole but doing so he broke his leg. The Mohawk boy saw the Miami boy lying on the ground and said:
"What are you doing here? Go away we are not to speak to each other and you are our enemy so my father says" The Miami boy didn't move or
say anything. Again the Mohawk boy said "HEY I'm talking to you, don't ignore me", but still the Miami boy didn't move or say anything except
moan with pain. As the Mohawk boy started to get up and say something again, the Cherokee girl said, "Look, he is hurt, his leg is bleeding." So
the Mohawk went to the Miami boy and asked if he was ok and the Miami boy said "Its my leg I can not move it and hurts real bad". The Mohawk
boy remember what his father did for him when he hurt his leg real bad found some sticks and took his sash from his waist and tied the sticks
around the Miami boys leg. The Miami boy asked the other kids how long they was in the hole and they said not very long but we can't get out
because the hole is too deep. They began to yell real loud hoping that their parents would be out looking for them, but the only creatures that
heard their cry was the animals of the great forest. First squirrel went up to the hole to see what was making all the noise and saw the three
children and immediately went to the great bear and told him what she saw. The great Bear (Makwa) went to the hole and as the squirrel had told
him, he saw three children stuck in the deep hole. The children saw the great bear and were afraid they would be eaten. The great Bear stood on
his hind legs, he gave out a loud roar and soon other animals started to appear. When they had arrived, great Bear said to them "I know we do
not get along most of the time for it is our nature, but these children are stuck in this hole and can not get out and their parents maybe looking
for them. So let us work together and get them out of this hole." He looked at the wolves and said go and gets some vines for rope, and off they
went. Then he told the deer to go get some berries for the children for they may be hungry and they went off looking for berries. He told squirrel
and rabbit to go get some water and off they went. Soon all the animals returned with all the things great bear had asked for and then told
squirrel to take the berries and water down to the children so that they may eat and drink. Then he told the rabbit to go look for the children’s
parents and bring them here, so rabbit hopped away as quickly as he could. Meanwhile, the Cherokee girls parents was getting worried about
their daughter and entered the great forest to look for her. The Mohawk and Miami boy's parents were doing the same thing. When they all saw
each other they was ready to fight each other and started to accuse each other for stealing their children. This went on for sometime when rabbit
showed up he hopped right in the middle of them and said come with me your children need you and off rabbit went back to the hole with the
parents right behind him. When the parents arrived they stopped dead in their tracks with fear because seeing all the animals they thought for
sure that their children would be eaten. But as they slowly approached the Great Bear said to them your children are fine but need your help to
get them out. The father of the Mohawk boy looked down the hole and asked if his son was ok and he said yes. Then said " 'll rescue the children
and the other fathers said no we will rescue our children and again an argument began again. The Great bear gave out a great big roar and they
stopped arguing and said to them " All three of you must work together to get them out" They agreed. So the Mohawk father said I will go down
the hole and tie the vine around each one and then you two can pull them up. So down the hole he went and when got there he started to tie the
rope around his son first thinking that after he was out then he would climb out and go home leaving the other two children there. His son
stopped him and said "You must get the Miami boy out first for he is injured and then the little girl for she is scared and frail, then I will go after."
So his father being surprised at what his son said did just that and they all was rescued. The great bear had these words to say to the parents
before he left, " We animals by nature do not get along and are enemies, but when there is danger or crisis such as this we work together as one
and you humans should learn to do the same." Then great bear and all the other animals left. The children became great friends and their parents
watching their children decided to do the same and never fought with each other again.

Danny

of Indiana

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