The Raven replied, "my father and mother are dead." The beavers decided to take him home and not go gambling. The next morning, the beavers strapped on their gambling sticks and set off again to go gambling. The Raven flew around and spotted a lake. "Lo, a lake lay there!" he shouted excitedly. He flew closer to see a creek flowing with a fish trap. The trap was filled with salmon. The Raven pulled out the fish trap, folded it together along with the lake and put both under his arm and flew to a tree that stood close by. It was not heavy and was like carrying a blanket.
The Raven looked upon the ground from the tree and noticed someone coming. The person's house and the lake were missing and he was confused. The person ordered the beavers to come and cut the tree down with their teeth in order to get his house and the lake back. The Raven kept jumping from tree to tree until finally the beavers cut down a tree he was in. The Raven lost the lake and it fell back to its original place. The fish trap broke and all of the salmon were freed. The Raven was so mad he flew away. The person was happy because he finally could relax about his house and could live there in peace again. The beavers went back to gambling and set up another trap to catch the salmon they had lost. The Raven never returned to the lake.
Author's Note: The original starts out the same; he sees the lake and all of the salmon and he takes the lake with him under his arm. but when the beavers are cutting down the trees he flies away with the lake, the house, and the fish and flies far away. He found an open spot to roll out the lake to teach the mainland people a lesson. I changed the story so that the Raven was punished for taking the lake by leaving with nothing. He drops the lake and the house and the fish trap trying to escape and leaves with nothing and leaving everything in their original place.
How Raven Stole the Lake by Katharine Berry Judson
The Raven. Source: Google Play
Hey Peyton,
ReplyDeleteI think the most interesting part of these different stories we have read in each of our classes (Mythology & Folklore and my Indian Epics class) is the use of animals as main characters. It seems so foreign to me to have animals talk and act just like humans. In a few of my stories, I changed the animals into human characters because I just couldn't write well enough with them as animals. But good story! My class has only been reading the Epics from India like the Ramayana and Mahabharata, but it's cool to read the stories from the Mythology & Folklore class from time to time!
Hey Peyton,
ReplyDeleteI thought your story was pretty interesting. It seemed a little abrupt but it also explains the crows background. This could be explained a bit more to make it flow better. Also, what are gambling sticks? Is that something people use in real life or something thats part of the story? Explaining the significance of this would help the story.