Children's Myth

TEASING
Molly Bradford was 10 years old, she was very friendly when you got to know her but other than that she was very shy. She loved school but there was just one BIG problem… HER EARS! Molly was in fourth grade and she got teased a ton about her ears because they stuck out so much. She not only got teased by her classmates but by other people in the school. She would go home and cry to her mom all the time, but her mom would just say what every mother would say to her child, “Molly don’t listen to them, you are perfect just the way you are.” But Molly knew otherwise she knew her ears were big and that she was know were near being perfect.
By the time Molly was a sixth grader she thought the teasing had finally stopped, but she was wrong, there was an assembly one day and when Molly walked into the gym she saw her big brother Robert so she waved at him, he saw her and just started laughing as the kid next to his left stuck his hands to his ears and flapped them back and forth like he was trying to resemble Dumbo the elephant. That night when she told her mom she finally realized how much pain this was causing Molly so her mom said, “if you get teased one more time you can have surgery to have them pulled back.” Which nobody should ever have to do to make other people happy.
Sure enough one day in the seventh grade the teacher was giving a lesson up in front of the class when he decided to tease molly in front of everyone. Molly ran out of the class crying, she tried so hard not to let it bother her but when you hear stuff like that from an adult it’s kind of hard to just ignore it. Even though Molly could have went in and gotten surgery she held off and hoped for the best, Molly hoped everything would finally get better.
Eighth grade year came rolling around and Molly was still getting teased. Molly thought long and hard and finally went to her mom and said, “If I don’t get something done about my ears now next year in high school will be torture because everyone will be making fun of me.” So the next day Molly's mom made an appointment for surgery and molly went through with it a couple weeks later in April. The next couple days Molly went back to school all wrapped up in bandages when her class saw her they were stunned that she had gone to such extremes just to be left alone and accepted. Sometimes you just don’t know what some people will do after always being teased. Molly gave a speech about it in her class and by the end of it most of the class was in tears.
Teasing is NEVER a good choice. Nobody is perfect we all have flaws.

Agnes D. Olson. "Yggdrasil, The World Tree in Norse Mythology."

October 2007. picture. Science Fiction and Fantasy Art. 1 December 2008. http://www.elfwood.com/art/a/o/aolson/yggdrasil.jpg.html

Vocabulary

Vikings
Viking refers to a member of the Norse (Scandinavian) seafaring traders, warriors and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe.

Ginnungagap
Ginnungagap is the yawning emptiness at the time of creation, which lay between the realms of fire and cold

Nifleheim
Nifleheim is the land of fog.

Muspellheim
Muspellheim is the land of fire.

Yggdrasil
In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is the oldest of all trees. It stands in the centre of the world and divides the planes.

Asgard
Asgard is the home of the Gods.

Midgard
Midgard is the land of men.

Hel

Hel is the world of the dead and also the Goddess of the dead.

Bifrost Bridge
Bifröst is in Norse mythology the bridge leading from the realm of mortals

Ymir
Ymir is a Wild, Fierce, and evil frost giant.

Odin
Odin is the God of Gods and humans. He is the god of wisdom and war.

Frigg
Frigg is the wife of Odin also know as the cloud spinner.

The Valkyries
The Valkyries are Odins daughters They are the choosers of slain, and hero selectors.

The Norns
The Norns are the fate maidens.

Thor
Thor was the warrior son, the strongest son of Odin.

Balder
Balder was known as the beloved son. Son of Odin and Frigg.

Njord
Njord is the God of wind and sea he is a patron of the sailors.

Frey
Frey is the God of fertility, prosperity, sun, and rain.

Freya
Freya was the daughter of Odin and Frigg she was the goddess of love and beauty.

Idunn
Idunn was Odins daughter in law she was the goddess of youth and the keeper of the golden apples.

Loki
Loki is a half blood god so he is half evil. He is known to be the evil trickster.

Fenrir
Son of Loki. He is a wolf and the beast of ragnarok.


Jormungandr
Jormungandr, a giant serpent from Norse mythology and one of the three children of Loki.

Ragnarok
Ragnarok is doomsday or the final battle

Runes

The sacred alphabet of the Norse peoples, it can be used to, among other things, discern information about a person's future.

Summary for "Race with Buffalo" Indian myth

Race With Buffalo
Brittany Veilleux



This was a myth of the Cheyenne Indians. It was a time when all animals lived in peace and nobody ate anybody. All the animals in the Great Plains were the same color because they hadn’t painted their faces yet. The buffalo was the largest and strongest animal, he felt he should be chief and be able to eat other animals. On the other hand the human people felt the same way; they felt the should be the chief of all animals. So the buffalo challenged the humans to a little race in which the winner would become the chief of all the animals.
The people accepted the challenge; however they said it wouldn’t be fair since buffalo have four legs and the people only had two. Therefore, the buffalo agreed to let the people pick an animal to race for them. As a result the people chose the Bird People to represent them in the race. They chose Hummingbird, Meadowlark, Hawk, and Magpie. Immediately afterwards all the other animals decided they wanted to try and win to be the chief of all animals so they joined the race too. In fact that’s how all animals got their own colors because they all painted their faces according to their spiritual vision for the race.
The race was held at Black Hills at a place called Buffalo Gap. The animals raced from the starting sticks to a turn around stick and back. It was a very close race even though some of the birds had very small wings. As a result of the race the Magpie ended up winning the race for the humans therefore the Buffalo wandered the Great Plains and ate grass while the people became the great hunters, the chief of all animals.

Cited Sources

Clark, Marler. “Buffalo.” 2008. Photograph. E.Coli blog. 11 November 2008.
http://www.ecoliblog.com/buffalo.jpg.


“Race with Buffalo.” Native American Indian Lore. StoneE Producktions. 1997, 11 November
2008. http://www.hawaii.net/stony/lore122.html.

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