Creative Writing: The Myth Of Shady Grove

In the beginning there was only darkness. The space above the ground was pitch black with just a few stars to light up the ground below. The birds never used their wings because they found that the higher they flew upward, the darker and colder they became. All the animals in the kingdom of Shady Grove felt a big storm coming their way and so they started to prepare. The squirrels gathered their nuts and darted for a hole at the bottom of a tree stump. While the other animals gathered their belongings and stayed with the guardians of the forest. The grizzly bears protected the kingdom with their astonishing strength and knowledge. A chilling breeze emerged and the shadow above released its storm on the community below. After several minutes …show more content…
The journey was taking hours and as they got further, the birds and squirrels weren't able to keep up. The volcano slowly started to get steeper and steeper. Approaching the top, it became so steep neither of the bears could go on. They started to doubt themselves after several attempts to move further. They both had attempted this journey before when a fire had started a hundred years previously. Unlike before, Marty refused to give up and an idea occurred to him. There was one thing they hadn’t tried before. Griz and Marty dropped the sticks from their mouth, closed their eyes, and started to speak to the sky spirits in hopes they would answer their prayer. They sat and waited for awhile but with more hope than before. A snap of a branch was heard near by. “What was that in the bushes?¨ asked Griz. Before the other could respond a glowing orange fox appeared before them in silence. Neither one of the bears felt alarmed but yet a comforting feeling overwhelmed them. The fire immediately started to trail to the fox’s tail and after it was fully absorbed, he then started his journey to the top of the volcano. The bears watched in astonishment while the mysterious glow of his tail slowly