A Paiute Indian legend Adapted from a story by Mary Austin The use of fire is probably the most important discovery people ever made. It provided energy for light, for warmth, and for cooking....
Festival of Lanterns
Bon Festival July 13-15 People of almost all religions have special times for remembering their dead. Buddhists in Japan do this from July 13 to 15, on the festival of Bon. Bon is also known as...
Clouds, winds, and the songs of birds
Storytelling time! Everyone in the class was excited, because today it was the new boy's turn to tell a story. The new boy was an Indian---a real Apache Indian! Surely he would have a wonderful...
The Old Man with the Bump
> from The Dancing Kettle and Other Japanese Folk Tales retold by > Yoshiko Uchida Long, long ago, there lived an old man who had a large bump on his right cheek. It grew larger and larger each...