Tuesday, April 23, 2013

FLOOD STORY ( based on an Inkan Myth)

At ONE TIME,  PEOPLE became very evil. They were so busy DOING EVIL DEEDS that  THEY NEGLECTED THE GODS.  Only THOSE IN THE HIGH ANDES MOUNTAINS WERE HONEST AND TRUE.
One day, TWO BROTHERS WHO LIVED IN THE HIGH ANDES MOUNTAINS NOTICED their LLAMAS WERE ACTING STRANGELY.  They ASKED the LLAMAS WHY they were STARING UP AT THE SKY.  The LLAMAS ANSWERED THAT THEY WERE TOLD BY THE STARS THAT A GREAT FLOOD WAS COMING.   The BROTHERS BELIEVED THE LLAMAS.  THEY MOVED THEIR FAMILIES AND FLOCKS INTO A CAVE THEY FOUND
ON THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.
It began to rain. The RAIN continued FOR FOUR MONTHS and FOUR DAYS. At last the RAIN
STOPPED. The WATER RECEDED.  The BROTHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES REPOPULATED THE EARTH.
The LLAMAS WERE MOST GRATEFUL TO THE STARS FOR WARNING THEM ABOUT
THE FLOOD.  THAT IS WHY LLAMAS PREFER TO LIVE ON THE MOUNTAIN TOPS,
SAFE FROM FLOODS, and NEAR THEIR FRIENDS,  THE STARS.

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