Reading Notes: American Indian Fairy Tales, Part B

Sitting in the teepee was Iagoo and Morning Glory and her little brother Eagle Feather. In front of the fireplace of a freezing day, Iagoo told the children the myth of Dormouse, how could Dormouse become a small little mouse as of today. To be able to access the reasons, Iagoo started to tell about the Boy who Snared the Sun, which belonged in the American Indian Fairy Tales by W.T. Larned.

Dormouse

The story went back to the beginning of the world when there was more animals than man, and those animals was o big compared to man. The only people left was the girl and the little brother like Morning Glory and Eagle Feather. The girl was stronger than her brother since the brother was a dwarf.
One day, the brother shooted enough birds to make a coat that would be useful for the winter. However, the bird's skin of the coat, which was still fresh, shrinking under the sun, made the coat tighten and tighten. The little boy was angry and decided to catch the sun using the rob that made from her sister's hair. He snared the sun
At a result, darkness was all around, and the animal found way to release the sun. They came up with the idea that only the Dormouse, the biggest one, could resolve the problem, but the Dormouse was in his six months winter's sleep. The other animals had to ask Thunder to wake him up.
As Dormouse came closer to the sun to nibble the rob, the hot burned his back. Eventually when he released the sun, most of his body was burned into ashes, leaving a much smaller living creature like the normal mouse today.