Show PAINTING THE WORLD indian 0 ae way sprank came into once ions before there were men la the world alt the earth was covered with snow and ace white and frozean lay the alvera and the seas white and frozen lay tho plains the mountains stood tall and dead like ghosts in white gowns there was no color except white in all the world except lu the sky and it was almost black at night the stars looked through it like angry eyes then god sent the spring down into the world the spring with rod and curling yellow hair in hia arms lie bore sprays of apple blossoms and the farsh flowers crocus anemones emones an and violets red pink blue purple violet and yellow the first animal to erect the spring was tha white rabbit the spring dropped a red crocus on his bead and ever since then all white rabbits have red eyes then the spring dropped a blue violet on a white bird the first ard to greet the spring and that is the way the bluebird was made ever since then it is the first bird to arrive when the spring comes down from heaven so the spring went through the world wherever he tossed the leaves from his fragrant burden the earth became green ne tossed the blossoms on the frozen seas and the ice melted and the fish became painted with all the tint of his flowena fl owera that is the way the trout and the minnows and the salmon became gaudy only the high mountains would not bow to the spring so their summits remain white and dead for they would let the spring paint only the sides the snow owls and the white geese and the polar bears fled from the spring so they too remain white to this day |