Reading Notes: American Indian Fairy Tales, Part A

Iagoo, a story-teller in the series of American Indian Fairy Tales by W.T. Larned. Iagoo entertains the children by telling them so many bedtime stories. One of its is The Child of the Evening Star.

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The story narrates about a girl named Oweenee, the youngest and most beautiful girl in the family of ten sisters. her nine sisters are already married to nine mans, each of them are very strong, wealthy and handsome. Can not imagine how happy these nine sisters are.

About the youngest girl, she denies every propose that came to her. She said she is not gonna married one that not love her by the heart, despite of how wealthy, how happy they are. Finally, she finds the one that she is looking for. His name is Osseo. Oweenee's sisters start to chatter about the appearance of Osseo, as he is ugly and poor. They smile so ironic and sarcastic about her sister, but did not know that Osseo is a son of the King of the Evening Star. He was being cast a spell to come to the earth under the ugly appearance.

However, as the spell is being break, he turns into the most handsome and strong guy among the others, her wife, Oweenee became older and no longer a beautiful girl. However, they still agree to live with each other. As the King of the Evening Star finds his son, he summons Osseo back to the home of the Evening Star. Oweenee beauty is regained.