The Legend of the Bluebonnet
The Legend of the Bluebonnet The Legend of the Bluebonnet The sun was hot, and nothing could grow on the dry land. The Wisest Comanche talked to Mother Earth. “Save your people, Mother Earth. Our land is dry, and we cannot find food. We are very unhappy. We need your rain to help us.” “If the rain does not come, all the plants will die. But if you hear us and send rain, the land will turn green. The rivers will flow again, and the buffalo herds will come back.” On the evening of the thir
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The Legend of the Bluebonnet
The Legend of the Bluebonnet
The sun was hot, and nothing could grow on the dry land.The Wisest Comanche talked to Mother Earth.
“Save your people, Mother Earth.Our land is dry, and we cannot find food.We are very unhappy. We need your rain to help us.”
“If the rain does not come, all the plants will die.But if you hear us and send rain, the land will turn green.The rivers will flow again, and the buffalo herds will come back.”
On the evening of the third day, the Wisest Comanche heard a voice from the hills.
“The Earth is dying because the Comanche people take what they need from Mother Earth,but they do not give anything back.If you all want to eat again, one of you must offer me a gift.One of you must give me the thing that you love the most.”
“You must place the gift in the fire and burn it.After you spread its ashes in the wind, I will send rain.”
The Wisest Comanche built a fire and called his people together.
“Mother Earth has asked for a gift,” he said.“One of you must offer the thing that you love the most.Then it will rain, and we will have food again.”
“I will give this bow and arrow,” said a young man.“I made it from the branch of a tree that grows in a forest far away.”
“I will give this beautiful, warm blanket,” said a woman.“I made it with soft cloth and feathers.”
All of the Comanche people talked about the special things that they owned.But one by one they took their gifts back to their homes.
