Once there was a tribe named The Abenaki. One of them was named Old man bear. Old man bear was very respected, as old people were in the Abenaki tribe. Old man bear was strong and tall and had great wisdom.
On this particular day Old man bear was on his way to talk with the Earth and Thunder spirits. He was carrying his drum that he used to speak to these spirits. It had been a while since he needed to ask them a very important question.
He began to play his drum to call the spirits, '' Grandfather Earth.'' Old man Bear said. '' Help my people.'' You see, it had been a while since there had been rain and everything was dry. '' My people are thirsty and so are our animals.'' Old man bear played his drum louder as he repeated these words. '' BOOM - BOMB- BOOM-BOMB!'' rumbled his drum.
Old man bear knew that the spirits needed to hear him and he continued for a long time. He was hot and tired. All of a sudden he heard the rumbling of thunder above. Old man bear knew that the spirits had heard his cry and were happy with him. The Abenaki tribe rejoiced the coming of rain with that included rabbit and bear. They praised Old man bear for having spoken to the spirits. And the tale is told to this day of how Old man bear saved the Abenaki tribe.
The End.
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