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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 7:45 PM
Subject: ~Native Pride Wisdom~
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 4:35 PM
Subject ~Native Pride Wisdom~
My friends, your people have both
intellect and heart; you
use these...
in what way you can do the best to live.
My people...are
precisely the same.
Spotted Tail
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THE LITTLE BOY
AND THE RATTLESNAKE
A CHEROKEE PARABLE
The little boy was walking down a
path and he came across a rattlesnake. The rattlesnake was getting old. He
asked, "Please little boy, can you take me to the top of the mountain? I hope to
see the sunset one last time before I die." The little boy answered "No Mr.
Rattlesnake. If I pick you up, you'll bite me and I'll die." The rattlesnake
said, "No, I promise. I won't bite you. Just please take me up to the mountain."
The little boy thought about it and finally picked up that rattlesnake and took
it close to his chest and carried it up to the top of the mountain.
They
sat there and watched the sunset together. It was so beautiful. Then after
sunset the rattlesnake turned to the little boy and asked, "Can I go home now? I
am tired, and I am old." The little boy picked up the rattlesnake and again took
it to his chest and held it tightly and safely. He came all the way down the
mountain holding the snake carefully and took it to his home to give him some
food and a place to sleep. The next day the rattlesnake turned to the boy and
asked, "Please little boy, will you take me back to my home now? It is time for
me to leave this world, and I would like to be at my home now." The little boy
felt he had been safe all this time and the snake had kept his word, so he would
take it home as asked.
He carefully picked up the snake, took it close to
his chest, and carried him back to the woods, to his home to die. Just before he
laid the rattlesnake down, the rattlesnake turned and bit him in the chest. The
little boy cried out and threw the snake upon the ground. "Mr. Snake, why did
you do that? Now I will surely die!" The rattlesnake looked up at him and
grinned, "You knew what I was when you picked me up."
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~Native Pride
Wisdom~
2001-02
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