Morning in Nicodemus
“Several children and young people were gathered, standing or sitting on the ground. While people inside continued their business, they could easily hear Walking Owl’s deep voice entertaining the group.
“Long ago, so long that the oldest Indian living when the White man first came could only tell it as a story, that was when the sound of drums came from under the depths of the floor of the old sinkhole.”
“What’s a sinkhole?” one of the children asked.
Walking Owl looked at t...he treeless plains he could see in every direction. “In the country far east of here, the land is much different from this.” He put out his hand to indicate the prairie around them. “There the hilly land is covered with trees and watered with many rivers and springs. The land has many, many caves. After millions of years of wind and rain, sometimes the roofs of the caves get weak and fall in. That makes a sinkhole.”MoreLess
“Long ago, so long that the oldest Indian living when the White man first came could only tell it as a story, that was when the sound of drums came from under the depths of the floor of the old sinkhole.”
“What’s a sinkhole?” one of the children asked.
Walking Owl looked at t...he treeless plains he could see in every direction. “In the country far east of here, the land is much different from this.” He put out his hand to indicate the prairie around them. “There the hilly land is covered with trees and watered with many rivers and springs. The land has many, many caves. After millions of years of wind and rain, sometimes the roofs of the caves get weak and fall in. That makes a sinkhole.”MoreLess
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