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THE STORY ROCK |
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The Story Rock
Long, long ago there were no
stories.
One day, a young boy was checking his rabbit snares.
He was trapping rabbits to help provide food and
furs for his family.
He had quite a few rabbits and so tied them to
his belt before starting for home.
On his way, he grew tired.
He decided to sit down to rest by a large stone.
As soon as he closed his eyes, he heard a voice
that said, “Give me one of your rabbits.”
The boy opened his eyes, but no one was there.
He realized that the voice was coming from the
stone.
He put one of his rabbits on top of the stone which
then proceeded to tell him a wonderful story of how the birds got their
feathers.
The next day the boy went back to the stone and gave it
another gift.
The stone told him a different story.
Every day the boy visited the stone.
Every day he brought a gift.
Every day the stone told him a story until one
day the stone said, “I have no more stories.
Now you are the keeper of the stories.”
The boy, who had visited the stone so many times
that he was now an old man, returned to his village and told the children
the stories.
Those children grew up and told their children.
One day I heard the stories and told you.
Now you are the keeper of the stories.
If they are not told, they will be forgotten.