Show Old Myth Telling of Animals Theft of Fire This th m m til goes back for Its be begin beginnings ln to a time when alien hen there wire are no nl people In the world Animals and trees talked and walked about just justas justas justas as gallIng men do now DO But there w were re gall Ing monopolies even in those days PIne trees had all the fire there wa was The animals stood it as best they could until one lon long cold winter Inter ahen hen they Uley almost froze to death Then they called a council and planned to steal stell fire from the pines 11 Word ord ord came of ot a council of pIne trees on the the banks of the Grande rh rl er er where hue they had hind built a great fire to warm arm themselves es So a beater swam s over otter there and hid un under under der the oink bank where the guards could not see him a long time a live coal left the fire lire and rolled down the th bank litre It was caught bv b the th beaver beater who ho hId lild It In hI his breast Then there was a merry chase The ben beater ran very fiery cry fast this way ay and that Pine trees nearly caught hIm Finally the larger and older trees grew tired and stopped on on the river riverbanks hanks banks where they are so thick that even eyen now it Is difficult to find a 8 way ay through them But a few y pine trees more agile than the rest kept hept on and finally when the beaver beater was hard pressed he lie swam across the river riser and gale ga fire to the willows and the bIrches That flint Is why hy fire can be got from these woods by rubbing sticks together Exchange I change |