Leyenda cherokke

Grandfather Spider Brings the Sun

Narrator: A long time ago it is said that half of the world had the sun, but the other side of the word was very dark. It was dark. It was so dark that all the animals were always bumping into each other and getting lost.
Narrator: Wolf lived on this side of the world. He was tired of everybody bumping into him and asking him for directions, for you see, wolfcould see in the nighttime.
Narrator: Wolf gathered all the animals together in a big cave. He got up in front of them and crossed his arms.
Wolf: I’m tired of everybody bumping into me and asking for directions. I have an idea; I think we should go to the other side of the world and ask them for a piece of their sun. I think if we’re nice, they’ll give us a piece.
Coyote: No, no, no, no, no!I don’t think we should be so nice! If they’re so nice, how come they haven’t offered us a piece of their sun?
*The other animals nodded in agreement.
Coyote: I have a better idea; I think we should sneak over there and just steal a piece.
Wolf: Steal a piece! What are you talking about, Coyote?
Coyote: Calm down, calm down, calm down. We’re not going to steal a big piece. We’ll only take alittle piece. They’ll never miss it.
Wolf: Ok then…
Narrator: Then, all the animals began asking: Who is going to go to the other side of the world? How will they get there?
Possum: Hey, I’ll go! I’ll go!
Wolf: Who is that? Come down here. I can’t see you.
Possum: Hi. M-m-m-my name is Possum. I think I can go to the other side of the world. You see, I’ve got these long, sharp claws, and Ithink I can dig a tunnel. And when I go all to the other side of the world, I´ll take a piece of the sun and I’ll hide it in my big, bushy tail.
Wolf: Oh, a tunnel! That’s the best idea yet!
Narrator: So Possum went to the big wall of dirt at the back of the cave and began to dig and dig and dig, faster and faster and faster and faster. Possum disappeared inside the tunnel, and soon, he had gone tothe other side of the world.
Narrator: Now, Possum had never seen the sun, so when he popped out the other side, the light hit is eyes and he was blinded. His eyes got all squinty and ringed and he rubbed them with his dirty fists.
Possum: Hey! I can’t see!
Narrator: Well, you know, Possum’s eyes have been squinty and ringed with dirt ever since.
Narrator: Possum struggled over the sun, took alittle piece, and put it inside his big ol’ bushy tail. Then he turned around and came running back down the tunnel.
Narrator: Possum ran faster and faster and faster. Something started to get hot inside his tail, but Possum kept running, and he soon ran into the room where all animals where all the animals were waiting. They all saw smoke coming from his tail, and they screamed.
Animals:Possum! Your tail! Your tail!
Narrator: They threw water to him and Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The light was gone.
Wolf: Oh, no, Possum! Look at your tail! It’s all skinny!
Narrator: And you know, Possum’s tail has been this way ever since.
Wolf: We still don’t have any sun. What are we going to do now?
Buzzard: Send me! I’ll go!
*The buzzard walks to the front of the animals
Buzzard: It’s me!Big Bad Buzzard. I’ll go to the other side of the world and it won’t take me long at all, but wouldn’t be so dumb as to hide the light in my tail. I’m gonna hide it in my beautiful crown of feathers.
Narrator: Buzzard jumped into the tunnel and soared through darkness, and it didn’t take long at all before he came out in the other side.
Narrator: Buzzard took a little piece of sun, put it insidehis crown of feathers, turned around, and soared back down the tunnel faster and faster and faster and faster. As he came down the tunnel, something started to get hot on top of his head.
Narrator: Buzzard soared faster and faster, and something got hotter and hotter. Fast he soared, and soon he came into the room where all the animals were waiting. They looked up, and they saw smoke coming...