Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Reading Diary B: California and the Old Southwest

More California and the Old Southwest readings!

Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range: I'm really enjoying all of these creation stories! There are so cool! A Hawk and Crow make the mountains from the bill of a duck. Talk about creativity. The Hawk and Crow create their own mountain ranges from the duck's bill. The crow's is larger than the hawks but they connect the two ends making a circle. Now known as the Sierra Nevada Range.

Sierra Nevada Range


The Children of Cloud: I really liked this story. The dialogue helped with the flow and I really enjoyed the characters. Two boys go in a search for their father Cloud. When the find him, the two boys prove their strengths to him and the live with him for awhile. Eventually, they miss their mother and decided to go back to earth to be with her. Before they go, their father commands them not to speak to anyone. They are taunted many times, but keep their fathers wish.

How Bluebird and Coyote Got Their Colors: This is easily the cutest story I've read. The Bluebird is blue because it bathed in the blue water for four days. The Coyote saw the birds beautiful new color and wanted to be like him. So the Bluebird taught the Coyote the song and he bathed in the water for four days. The Coyote was very busy showing off his new blue coat when suddenly he ran into a stump that made him tumble down across a dirty dusty road. And that is why the Coyote is the color of dirt.

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