Reading Diary A: Cherokee Diary

"How the World was Made":
A story about the beginning of the world and how everything became as it is known today. The sun was made seven hand widths high. The owl and panther were given night vision because they stayed awake for seven days.

"The First Fire":
A story about how the animals brought the first fire from a mysterious place onto the land they live on.

"The Journey to the Sunrise":
A story about a few men's unsuccessful journey to meet the sun and question where he is from and what he is like.

"Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine":
The story of how the star pattern "Pleiades" came to be along with the pine tree. Seven boys were punished by their mothers and danced to be sent someplace else. They were put into the heavens while one was put into the ground.

"The Moon and the Thunders":
This story is of multiple forms of what the moon and sun are and it's various characteristics. One tells why the sun is only out at night and why it has dark spots.

"The Deluge":
A version of the Noah's Ark story from the bible.

"How They Brought Back the Tobacco":
The story about the fail of every animal to get the tobacco back. The hummingbird was the only animal swift enough to steal it back.

"The Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting":
A story of how the otter and rabbit were in a competition and the otter tricked the rabbit into roping and goose and ended up in a stump without a door until he tricked a family into letting him out.

"How The Terrapin beat the Rabbit":
A story of how the Terrapin tricked the Rabbit and won the race.

"The Deer and the Rabbit":
The first part tells how the deer was awarded the prize of antlers for a race in which he won becsaue the rabbit was accused of cheating. The second part tells of how the rabbit tricked the deer into letting him shave his teeth flat.

Painting of a Cherokee Family