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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