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The Sky Has Fallen Once upon a time there was a very intelligent coyote. Her name was Zo�. One day she was wandering around the countryside and bumped into a turkey. This made her stomach growl and her mind click. "Turkey! Turkey!" she yelped. "The sky is falling". "How would you know?" said the turkey. "A piece of the sky just landed on my tail" replied Zo�. "I'm going to find some place to hide". "Please!" cried the turkey "let me come with you". "Okay" As they ran to a nearby hole, they passed a large rooster. Zo� yelped out "The sky is falling!" "How would you know?" said the rooster. "A piece of the sky just landed on my tail" replied Zo�. "I'm going to find some place to hide". "Please!" cried the Rooster "let me come with you". "Okay". As they ran to a nearby hole they passed a lamb. And Zo� yelped out "The sky is falling!" "How would you know?" said the lamb. "A piece of the sky just landed on my tail" replied Zo�. "I'm going to find some place to hide". "Please!" cried the Lamb "let me come with you". "Okay". As they ran to a nearby hole they passed a Goose. And Zo� yelped out "The sky is falling!" "How would you know?" said the Goose. "A piece of the sky just landed on my tail" replied Zo�. "I'm going to find some place to hide". "Please!" cried the Goose "let me come with you". "Okay". At last Zo� lead the group to a hole. "Quick!" She yelped "hide in there!" And they all ran in ahead of her. When they were all in the hole Zo� turned and ate the Goose. After she ate the Goose she turned and ate the Lamb. After she had eaten the Lamb she turned and ate the Rooster. And after she ate the Rooster she turned and ate the Turkey. Zo� ate them all up. And those animals never saw the sky again. Bibliography (The sky has fallen is a summary of the original source. I changed the trickster to the feminine voice of my wolf Zo�. The author of the book sites this story as coming from the southwest Zuni tribe.) Feldmann, Susan, The Story-Telling Stone, 1965, Dell publishing, "The Sky Has Fallen"p166. |