A long, long time ago, when Mother Earth was young, The man, who did not understand why the woman had become so angry, "Oh Great One," he pleaded desperately, "What is the problem?" asked the Great One. "Are you sure you did not do anything?" asked the Great One. "I know that your love for her is great, and your heart is true," said the great One. "Aha!" thought the Great One. Before long, she saw her husband in the distance coming toward her. The woman thought about how sad she would have been to never see her husband again.
the Great One created a man and a woman who lived together
in harmony and loved each other very much.
Things were going very well for the man and woman until one morning
when the woman became very angry with the man and walked out of
their lodge, slamming the door shut behind her.
thought to himself, "She must not be feeling well," and left it at that.
Hours passed and the woman had not returned.
The man began to worry and went outside to look for her, but she was gone.
Way off in the distance.
he could see her climbing the mountain to the west,
and he began to get little tears in his eyes.
He set off after her, but he knew that she was too far away,
he wouldn't be able to catch up.
Now he was crying out sadness for losing her,
and he began to pray with his head in his hands.
"I love her so much, and she has gone away.
I will never be able to catch up, and I do not know what to do."
This made the man a little angry because the
Great One is suposed to know everything that happens and why.
Besides that, the man didn't really know what the problem was,
or why the woman had left.
He was very sad though, and could not think straight,
but he did his best to explain what he knew.
"I don't know," replied the man.
"Are you sure that you did not fail to do something?" asked the Great One.
"I am not sure," sighed the man.
"She is getting further and further away, and I do not know what to do."
"I will do what I can to slow her down." The man expressed much thanks,
and continued on his journey up the mountain.
Meanwhile, the Great One caused a Huckleberry bush full of ripe
Huckleberries to spring up along the woman's path.
But, the woman was so angry that she ignored the Huckleberries, and didn't even slow down.
Next, the Great One put some prickly blackberries along her path,
thinking that the blackberries would stick to her clothes and make her slow down.
As the woman ran through the blackberries, they stuck to her clothes,
but she just ignored them, and didn't even look down.
"I must make her look down in humility before she will stop and listen to what is in her heart."
So, he put a little plant on the ground with leaves that hid luscious,
sweet-smelling fruit shaped like a heart.
The first thing she thought was to pick some of these delicious strawberries for her husband,
whom she loved with all of her heart.
She picked only the smaller ones so that the big ones could grow,
and she gave thanks to Mother Earth and the Great One for offering this special gift.
Then she started back home toward the East.
Excitedly, she ran to him, and they hugged each other for a very long time in the setting sun.
Then, she gave him the bright red strawberries she had picked for him, and together,
they gave thanks to the Great One for being reunited once again.
She told him that she would never leave him,
just then she noticed that the little strawberries were very fragile,
and yet very beautiful.
The man and woman were thankful for their love of one another,
and together, they enjoyed the sweet,
juicy strawberries that the Great One had provided Mother Earth.
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