By Emily
Little
Foot and the Thunderstorm
By
Emily
This story takes place in a village called White Stone where the Abenaki Tribe lives. The Abenaki Tribe is a very respected and well known tribe.
All of
the people in this tribe were very kind and lived by their rules,
except one man named, Little Foot.
Little Foot lived to hunt. He especially
liked to hunt fish, bear, moose and deer. He loved the outdoors.
When he would walk back to his lodge every day after hunting,
he would see the woman and children of White Stone planting crops,
for it was harvest season. Little Foot always hunted for more
food than he needed.
Most of
the hunters of the tribe were sick and there was not enough food
for everyone. Every night people would come around to ask for
food and every night he would refuse to give them any. Sometime
the Abenaki. Tribe would have a great feast but Little Foot wouldn't
attend.
Talbodack, the creator, became
very angry with him and thought of a plan. The next time Little
Foot goes hunting, he will make a huge racket and send down bolts
of fire so he can't catch anything. Soon he will starve to death.
So, that afternoon, he grabbed his bow and arrow and dragged his
(hand made) wooden canoe out to the river. When he saw a deer,
there was a huge bang! This bang scared the deer away. (Every
hunter knows that you have to be completely silent to hunt).
Little Root went on hunting. When he saw a rabbit he got out a bow and arrow and just as he was about to kill the rabbit he heard a big bang again but he still went on hunting. Across the river he saw a pregnant deer. He ignored the fact that you aren't allowed to kill pregnant deer and got ready to kill it anyway.
As usual,
the big bang came. Finally, Little Foot realized that whenever
he would try to kill an animal there would be a big bang. So,
Little Foot next tried to hunt fish, but this time a pouring down
rain started.
So, the next time you hear the loud sounds of a thunderstorm and see the pouring rain, remember it's there to remind you of this very story.