The Chipmunk And The Sun
By Meera
One day in a deep dark forest, there was
a village. People lived in
lodges and in this village, they had the lodges placed in circles.
In the
village th
ere were many wise
men but there was one very wise man who could talk to animals.
His name was Arrkameddies. When people needed advice they would
come to him and whatever he told the person, would be very useful
to them in one way or another. This was very long ago and there
wasn't much light then because the orbit of one planet was in
between the Earth and something called the Sun which gave heat
and light.
One day Arrkameddies was working in the forest and he heard some
animals murmuring about who should be king and who should be the
boss of the forest. Arrkameddies explained to them that there
was a problem with the Earth. The problem was that the Earth needed
more light and that the Earth could have more light if something
called a planet was turned and put back into its regular position.
The animals decided that they would have a contest to see which
animal could throw the stone and turn the planet sideways. They
would have the contest the next sun so they could choose the king
of the forest.
The next sun, the most important animals
of the forest were about to throw.
"First up is Deer, then Turtle, then Bear," said the
squirrel who was the
announcer.The Deer picked up it's stone and threw it but it hardly
went 400 paces in the air. He had thrown the stone with the huge
antlers on his head. The stone came down and nearly crushed the
poor little squirrel. The squirrel said "Hey that wasn't
nice."Then it was Turtle's turn. Now Turtle has a huge stone
that he hollowed out himself so that the stone could be thrown
more easily He hauled the stone onto his back and he threw it
about 1000 paces away from the planet.Bear was the strongest and
the biggest out of them all. He has the 
heaviest
stone. He took the stone and he lifted it simply with his paw
and threw it VERY CLOSE to the planet. The stone landed with a
huge THUD!Now everyone who thought they would have a shot at throwing
the stone would be able to go. The animals were moose, rabbit,
and chipmunk.
The moose threw the stone with his antlers swell and he got the
stone about 9000 paces into the air and he was very upset. He
caught the stone and threw it at the ground and then he was very
grumpy.Rabbits turn was next and he threw the stone 70000 paces
which was a lot for a small Rabbit like him.
The Chipmunk was up next and she was very
small. She used here little paws to lift the stone. The stone
was so heav
y for her but she
threw it anyway. The stone was spinning and spinning. Chipmunk's
eyes were closed. Everyone gasped at how a tiny animal like her
could throw much farther than a large animal like the bear. It
spun and touched the planet enough so that it managed to turn
the planet sideways. Everyone cheered including the other animals
who competed.
Bear was very upset, so kind hearted Chipmunk
said to him "If you promise
never to hurt any living being in any way, I will let you be 'Vice
King' and
you wont have to be bored in the forest all by yourself."Bear
promised and he was very happy. Arrkameddies explained to the
animals that the planets name was Uranus and the planet's orbit
somehow came between the Sun and the Earth.
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