indian and great spirit story

8/07/1993 at 10:11a
	
	    wonderful jasper/tyra/dad walk the mornin' this...

        told tyra the "indian and great spirit story"...  it goes like
this...  tyra you are an indian...  as we walks along...  indians must walk
very softly...  to not make a sound...  so's they can listen to all the
sounds 'round them in the wood...  keepin' their eyes open...  for danger...
especially danger...  for sometimes wild animals will attack...  if they can
sneak up on you...  and sometimes you need food...  and so must hear and see
the deer...  so's you can git close enough to kill a deer for food...  for
yourself and your family...  to keep from bein' starved...  sometimes the
danger is other indians...  from the enemy tribe or the white man...
atryin' to sneak up on you...  they will kill you...  maybe after torturin'
you a while...  takin' your hair...  cuttin' you open and up a bit...  so
son you are an indian...  but you must be very quite and listen to ALL the
sounds...  and see ALL the sights 'round the woods you go...  sometimes when
listenin' to the birds closely...  you notice they make frightenin'
sounds... meanin' there's danger in the area...  so's you can take
precautions son...  then as the indian gits pretty good at the listenin' and
seein'...  over a long time...  the indian begins to notice that the great
spirit...  seems to be talkin' to him...  in what he the indian sees in the
woods...  when doin' the seein' and 'earin'...  more and more the indian
begins to understand the great spirit is ALL 'round him...  and after a
while the indian starts to notice...  he is 'earin' and seein... inside
hisself thoughts and scenes...  seems from his friends the other braves and
squaws...  and from his forest friends the deer, birds, insects and other
animals...  and in what he sees in the flowers, trees, plants and green and
other colors...  ALL the stuff 'round he sees...  the talkin' waters
especially...  the flyin' geese...  the boilin' fish...  all the stuff
'round...  the indian soon notices that the great spirit is a talkin' with
him thru "all the stuff 'round...  and as the indian gits older and wiser
and more experienced...  he begins to take on a personal kind of friendship
with the great spirit...  yes son you must be very very quiet and listen to
'EAR son...  and yes son you must also be very very quiet and scan with your
eyes all 'round to SEE son...  for there is danger every where son...  but
the son begins to learn the real reason for the 'EARin' and SEEin' on the
lookout for the danger...  is the great spirit's way of gittin' the indian
to begin to seek out the company and understandin' of the great spirit...
in a personal kind of friendship way with the great spirit...  and i told my
son tyra...  that is what i will call his "you be an indian son" lesson...
so's he will know what i mean in the future...  as [P] [C] and i continue
to train tyra in the "you be an indian son" lesson...          also i told
tyra 'bout the geese that flew in harmony...  till they encountered a mild
disturbance...  that of me and jasper standin' there watchin' 'em...  and
they tended to part and flow into two streams to flow to fly 'round us...
and in the breakin' of the harmony pattern...  a few of the geese did a
loose the balance dip... for a few seconds till they got adjusted...  and
could git back into the flocks' harmony once again...  that i told tyra was
the "goose balance dip" lesson...  so's tyra will remember it when we might
talk in the future 'bout his learnin' of stuff...  especially when you [P]
and i are continuein' to work on atrainin' tyra...  to be jist like his
dad...  a chip off the old block...  he is...  and i'm sure we'll train too
rebecca and elizabeth to be like mom [P] and friend [C]...  when you [P]
and i are continuein' to work on atrainin' rebecca and elizabeth...  NEAT
huh dear...