Narrative story

Narrative Story                 

       Why there is rain and thunder

                                              By: Maggie Andries                                                                   In the days of when water was scarce, there were two young warriors. The warriors were named Huyana (girl, her name means rain), and Taima (boy, his name means thunder). They had always wanted to be the most powerful warriors of the world. One day, in the middle of a Sunday in June, the two warriors went on a walk. They were talking about what they had caught that day. Huyana had caught a deer and Taima had caught a bear. Huyana was thinking about the feast that they would have that night, “MMMM..... deer and bear... a meal that Lutakawi would be proud of!!!” They were fetching water after they dropped off the catch at camp. Taima suddenly blurt out when they were kneeling to fetch water; “When Lutakawi was saying thank you, I'm pretty sure he looked at me, and he only thanked me. I am better skilled than you. I mean a deer?? A bear can feed 2 clans!! A deer... barley 1!!!!!” Taima blushed as Huyana stared in horror.

“W-W-W-WHAT????” She said with a tear in her eye. Huyana was very sensitive and Taima forgot that!! Taima stammered “I-I-I'm I didn't mean that!!!” Huyana was now sniffling and had a face as if she had told Taima a secret and he had told everybody, mixed with as if Mama had been shot with an arrow, shot by him. She picked up her pot and ran away, in the opposite direction of camp!!! “Huyana is terrible with directions!!!” He thought. He picked up his pot, knife and set it on a rock. “HUYANA!!! HUYANA!!!” He yelled. Suddenly he saw Huyana laying on a rock. He slowed down to a run and knelt at the rock. He shook her awake and she was crying. “I-I-I thought I saw moonlight father... f-father...” she pointed yo the sky and fainted.

There was Sunlight Mother and Moonlight father!!! They came closer down to them. Moonlight father sprinkled stardust on Huyana and she woke up. “I have a task for you.” The Moonlight father said. “What he means is that we have been trying to find you, but you are so quick and talented you get away!” Sunlight Mother said slowly. “We were never trying to hide from you though...” Taima said quickly. “Yes well we appeared differently, we appeared as 2 ravens and you dislike them don't you!” The Moonlight father said. Taima and Huyana both nodded. “Well as we said, we have a task... We need you to preform 2 tasks, one from me and one from the Moonlight father. My task for Taima is to catch 10 bears and put them in the lake” The Sunlight giving mother said. “None for our tribe-” Taima stammered and shed a tear. “ Will we get an reward?” Huyana said. “Well, if you do our tasks by 12:00 by Tuesday, 2 days from now.” Said the Moonlight giving father.

“Huyana, I will now choose your task... You will make your own garden, and any seed’s you get, you must toss into the same lake! You will have to collect 12 seeds.” He added. Huyana grumble and muttered corn, beans and squash. “You can start any time, and I can tell when you drop things into the lake so no need to find me... and I will watch you so no cheating!!! Meet us back here!!!” They both said in unison. That same day Taima caught 4 bears and Huyana had tossed 5 seed’s into the lake. It was dinner and they had eaten the catch and they were in there bed’s.

On the next morning they ate and went to get more seed’s and hunt more bears.  They had lunch when Taima had caught 4 more bears and Huyana had tossed 5 more seed’s. they were both 2 away!!!!! Taima had gone to bed and Huyana had gotten another seed. They rested and woke up. They looked at the sun... 11:00!!! Only another hour to get 2 Bear's and allot of people were out of seed’s!! They ran off to get the stuff and with 10 minute's left Taima had found his last bear. With only 5 minute's left Taima threw the bear into the lake and Huyana had found the last seed. They went over to the rock and waited. The Moonlight Father came down and the Sunlight Mother right behind. “Well done Huyana, you have completed your task!! You can choose a type of nature for your reward, weather, animal, food, anything!!!” Huyana thought about a food called a sunberry, a berry that has all the joyful taste of the sun!!! Then she got it “Since water is scarce, I want water to fall from the sky!!” She blurted. “Well, how bout we call it... Rain!!!! Your name can mean rain!!!” The Moonlight Father said. “Oh goodies!!!” she said jumping up and down.

Now Taima could hardly wait for his prize!!   “Well done Taima... For your award you will choose a type of nature. A weather a animal, anything!! Taima stared. He was thinking about a kind of animal that was easy to hunt and there was allot of a animal called a slowbeary

The End

This is a photo of a 
Pueblo house we made
in class. This is where
Taima and Huyana live!!

 

 

 This is a totem pole our group made in class!!