04-10-2024, 04:20 AM
Though her body was smaller
than some of the village children
her voice was as big as the canyon
where kids would gather round
to her tales of wonder.
By the glow of a full moon
and the warmth of a fire
she would transfix them
with tales of deer with wings
or fish that walked on land
Long after she had passed on
those children now grown
would recount her tales
embroidering the old stories
with those of their own.
It is said that the original tale
is over two hundred years old
yet no one alive today knows
for sure when the stories started
or how far they go back.
Legend has it that a little woman
has been seen by fishermen walking
along the riverbank, with gills
instead of a mouth. Hunters spot her
with large antlers flying over the forest.
Still others claim that she had come
in a dream to warn of a massive black funnel
cloud that would destroy everything in its path.
Over 100 years all of the villgers managed
to escape before that terrible tornado struck.
than some of the village children
her voice was as big as the canyon
where kids would gather round
to her tales of wonder.
By the glow of a full moon
and the warmth of a fire
she would transfix them
with tales of deer with wings
or fish that walked on land
Long after she had passed on
those children now grown
would recount her tales
embroidering the old stories
with those of their own.
It is said that the original tale
is over two hundred years old
yet no one alive today knows
for sure when the stories started
or how far they go back.
Legend has it that a little woman
has been seen by fishermen walking
along the riverbank, with gills
instead of a mouth. Hunters spot her
with large antlers flying over the forest.
Still others claim that she had come
in a dream to warn of a massive black funnel
cloud that would destroy everything in its path.
Over 100 years all of the villgers managed
to escape before that terrible tornado struck.