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Post by Lady Anastasia on Jan 10, 2007 17:17:40 GMT -5
OK... soo... I just found this awesome site.. it's actually geared towards the kiddies.. But, for those of us who have little people who are not computer literate.. or, too little to read.. Great place to find some stories to share with them... www.planetozkids.com/oban/index.html
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Post by Lady Anastasia on Jan 10, 2007 17:19:44 GMT -5
Oban's Myths & Legends
Coyote Makes People Native American - retold by Oban
Coyote made the world and all the animals and birds that lived in it.
When he had finished he said to himself "Now I will wander around and admire my good work."
He was amazed at the beautiful things he had created.
The shimmering lakes, high mountains shrouded in mist and broad sweeping plains covered in lush grass.
He saw the eagle gliding gracefully, high in the sky.
He watched the powerful grizzly bear lumbering through the forest and laughed at the playful antics of the otters as they splashed about in their river home.
After a few months Coyote decide that one more thing was needed.
"Hey Baldy!" he shouted to Eagle as he glided by. "Call all the animals and other birds to a meeting. I have something big to announce!"
"OK Chief, consider it done!" replied Eagle. And flapping his broad wings he soared away across the sky, shouting the news. The animals and birds gathered in a semicircle around Coyote.
He waited until all the murmuring, scratching of fur and rustling of feathers had stopped.
"I've decided to create another creature - called human people" he announced.
"And I want suggestions from all of you on what they should look like and the special skills they should have."
The animals and birds started chattering, growling and screeching all at once.
"They Should have fur"
"No, they need feathers"
"You're wrong! They need..."
"Hold on!" yelled Coyote. "I can't understand you when you all talk at once. Now, one at a time."
Mountain Lion growled. "People should have a loud roar like mine to frighten other creatures - and strong teeth and claws."
"Huh!" snorted Grizzly Bear. "If people go around roaring like you do, they'll scare everything off and not catch anything to eat. I agree about the teeth and claws - and they should have fur to keep warm!"
Otter shouted "They should be able to swim and hold their breath when they dive under water!"
"They don't need to swim! They need to fly and have big claws" screeched Eagle. "Then they can swoop down on things from the sky and carry them off!"
"No! They don't need to fly" shouted Beaver. "Otter is right. They do need to swim - but they need a large flat tail like mine to help them build their home."
"Antlers! They need antlers" snorted Stag, proudly showing off his huge set.
"Oh great! Give them big antlers that will get caught in trees and bushes" squeaked little Grey Mouse. Everyone started talking at once again.
"Fur..."
"Teeth..."
"Wings..."
"Big tail..."
"Four feet..."
"Stop!" growled Coyote loudly. Everyone stopped yelling and looked at him.
You're all so vain. You want the human people to look like you instead of them being different."
He scratched the fur on his chin while he made some decisions.
"I'm going to give them things called hands and fingers. Fingers are flexible and can do lots of things.
Human people will be able to shape things to hunt with, make things to wear - so they won't need fur! And they'll be able to build homes to live in. They will be smart like me!"
"Oooh! Fingers!" said the animals, nodding their heads. "Oooh! Smart like Coyote!"
"And they'll walk on on two feet instead of four!"
"Two feet?" questioned little Grey Mouse. "That's a bit strange."
"What's wrong with two feet?" bellowed Grizzly Bear, stretching himself up to his full height. "I walk on two feet when I want to!"
"Now you mention it, two feet aren't that strange", squeaked Grey Mouse, edging away from those big feet that could easily squash her.
"Wait here while I get some clay" said Coyote. He went to the nearby river bank, scooped up some red clay and brought it back to the meeting.
"Watch as I shape this and you'll see what the human people will look like." He started to mould the clay.
Everyone watched as Coyote shaped a figure. Hours passed and night fell.
"It's looking good" yawned Grey Mouse.
As the stars twinkled in the sky, the animals and birds fell asleep where they sat.
Coyote did not sleep. He worked through the night, moulding and shaping the red figure.
Next morning everyone woke, snuffling and snorting and rubbing the sleep from their eyes with a wing or a paw. Coyote's new creature was alive and walking around.
"What do you think?" he asked, proudly.
"So that's a human" said Mountain Lion. "I'm hungry. I think I'll look for breakfast."
"Me too" mumbled Grizzly Bear.
Beaver and Otter decided to leave before they were eaten.
"Excuse me" said Grey Mouse to the human. "Have you seen a piece of cheese anywhere? I think I've lost a bit!" And she scurried off, twitching her whiskers.
All the animals and birds began to wander off, looking for food.
Coyote watched them then turned to the human. "I don't think they're impressed with you", he said. "Never mind. You'll find your place with them soon enough."
And that was how Coyote created people.
The End
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Post by Lady Anastasia on Jan 10, 2007 17:25:35 GMT -5
Oban's Myths & Legends
The Red Dragon retold by Agor
A long long time ago most of the animals on earth looked very different from how they look now.
Some were thinner, some were taller and some had more legs than they have today.
The Rhinoceros and the Hippopotamus were very vain and always boring the other animals, asking them to admire their good looks.
"Haven't I got the most handsome face you've ever seen?" the Rhinoceros would ask, as he turned his head from side to side. "Don't you think my left side is as handsome as my right?".
"Look at my slim body" the Hippopotamus would answer. "Isn't this the most beautiful body you've ever seen?"
"Huuh!" the Elephant would trumpet. "Look at my beautiful ivory teeth. They're the most perfect teeth in the world". And he would smile, showing two rows of gleaming ivory teeth.
Every thing was peaceful and boring until one day a red dragon flew down from the sky shouting "The world is going to end! The world is going to end!"
"We've heard that one before" said the lion, with a bored sigh. "The chicken said the sky was falling, but nothing happened".
"It's for real this time. The world is coming to an end!" yelled the red dragon.
"How do you know" the others asked.
"A wizard told me" he replied.
"Then it must be true" they all said. "What shall we do?"
"You can all climb onto my back and I'll fly you to another world" said the red dragon.
They all rushed to get on the dragon's back except the lion.
"I'm king around here and I'm not frightened of anything" he roared. "I'm going to stay here on earth".
"I'm going to stay too" said the tiger, getting down.
"Tigers are just as brave as lions".
When the other animals were ready, the dragon flapped his wings, jumped into the air and came down again.
With such a heavy load on his back he had to try it several times before he took off.
As the red dragon flew higher it was uncomfortable for the animals squeezed onto his back and some of them became scared. They began to fight and push each other.
"Get your tail out of my eye" yelled one.
"Watch where you're putting that paw" yelled another.
"Oh, we're going very high" squeaked a mouse.
"Give me a break and sit still" cried the red dragon. "All you're fighting and shoving is making it very hard for me to fly".
The animals ignored him and finally the red dragon became so tired he couldn't flap his wings any more and started to fall out of the sky.
The animals slid off his back and fell towards the ground screaming in panic. No one was killed but they all landed with a mighty thud.
The snakes legs fell off and he slithered away in the grass.
The Rhinoceros landed on his face, making a large bump on his nose that turned into a horn.
The Hippopotamus kept rolling and bumping over the hillside, getting bigger and fatter until he finally splashed into a waterhole. He was so embarrassed at how round and fat he was, he wouldn't come out.
The elephant broke all his teeth except for two that stuck into the ground. When he tried to pull them out of the ground they stretched into the two long tusks he has today.
The giraffe caught his head in a high tree and his neck stretched and stretched until his body reached the ground.
In fact all the animals changed into how they look today.
The lion and tiger roared with laughter at how funny the other animals looked now.
"I don't see what's so funny" snapped the crocodile, whose face had been flattened by a gorilla landing on it.
The Rhinoceros was very angry about losing his good looks. That's why you have to be very careful near them, even today.
The End
Tell me again
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Post by Senbecc on Jan 10, 2007 17:33:11 GMT -5
LoL, I like em!
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Post by Lady Anastasia on Jan 10, 2007 17:36:59 GMT -5
Ok... I shall title the next one, stories for Children, and, John....
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Post by wren on Jan 11, 2007 1:03:45 GMT -5
This is fantastic, lala! Tell me again!
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Post by Lady Anastasia on Jan 11, 2007 17:40:38 GMT -5
hahaha! I am glad that you both like them.... I wonder, should I continue to bring the stories over, would anyone like that, or, just leave it with the 2 that I brought in?
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Post by weebandrui on Jan 11, 2007 17:50:11 GMT -5
I want more!
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Post by Lady Anastasia on Feb 7, 2007 6:43:58 GMT -5
ahhh... Ellie, love, I will go and dig some up then
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