Thunderstorms

By:  Alaina

Long ago, there was an old man named Broze who moved to a new village. People tried to make him feel welcome by offering him crops and flowers, but Broze screamed and turned the people away. The Creator saw Broze and was not happy that he screamed at others when they tried to give him gifts.

The Creator thought about what he should do, and then he created a woman named Martha to talk to Broze. Martha was sent to Broze’s wigwam and she tried to reason with him about being kind, but the talk didn’t work. Martha told the Creator what happened and he was not pleased.

The Creator thought of a new plan, which was to kill Broze’s crops.  When Broze heard this plan, he said he wouldn’t care if that happened. The Creator was so mad, he killed Broze’s crops anyway, but Broze still didn’t learn to be kind or thankful.

Next, the Creator sent Martha to tell Broze that he would give him one more chance to be kind to others, but Broze just ignored Martha and slammed the door in her face. The Creator saw that Broze was being rude and disrespectful to Martha so he grew even angrier until he finally snapped.  He brought in rain and created a yellow strike called lightning.  He wanted his voice to be heard so he created a booming sound called thunder and when the Creator merged rain, thunder, and lightning, it created a thunderstorm. So, the Creator summoned lightning to hit Broze’s wigwam and he started to scream in new languages like Algonquian and Yaquina.  After a while, The Creator started to feel sorry for the way he was acting and decided to make his point with kindness. So, he said he would spare Broze’s life if he would agree to be respectful and kind to others. Broze agreed and was never cruel or mean again.  He was always kind to people and learned to be thankful for his life.

      So every time Native Americans see thunderstorms, they are reminded to be kind to others and be grateful for others’ generosity.