| Show red mans legend of indian summer when the smoky haze Is oer the valley at twilight white americans seem to see in it the council smoke of the red man and call it indian summer to the red american however it Is lazy farmer time and his eap exp explanation an of the name and time Is like this the great spirit sends senda the warm suns of fall to ripen the corn a and nd the pumpkins and as they turn golden h causes the leaves to fall to show the indian and the squirrels that harvest barvest time Is at hand most of the farmers and the animals heed the warning and hasten to the work of harvest but there are some lazy humans and animals who always say 1 I shall do that tomorrow so to awake these lazy folks great spirit calls on the north wind to send down a real blast and tills this makes the lazy folks realize that winter Is at hand and they have no harvested stores the lazy man and ant mal look upward for pity and then the great spirit sends a few warm days so BO that the lazy folks can do their delayed tasks after that comes the winter and woe betide that lazy man who did not catch the real meaning of indian summer |
