Blood Brothers
After they finished washing clothes and had supper started, Nancy saw Charity fingering the pages of the tablet the census taker had given her.
“If you’d like, we can start doing some lessons each day,” said Nancy.
“Oh, yes ma 'am,” exclaimed Charity, “I would like that very much.” Nancy could see that Charity was going to be an eager student, and as quick witted as she was, she should be a good one.
She was right. Charity took to schooling, like a duck to June bug; she soaked up learning, like a sponge. Within a week, she knew her numbers to one hundred, and with the help of Nancy and Henry, She was learning the alphabet, and how to write her name. Charity was determined to learn to read and write words, like the ones …show more content…
The story of being shipwrecked on an island was mysterious and thrilling. Stories of pirates and shipwrecks piqued the imaginations of their young minds much easier than the book of Leviticus did. It was not that Charity didn 't enjoy the Bible stories; she did, and they, too, had mysterious happenings that stirred her curiosity, but she’d grown up in the home of a storyteller. For as long as she could remember, she’d listened to Nokomis tell her stories. Occasionally, her grandfather would tell a tale or two, but it was hard to get him to reminisce and tell stories of his growing up years. On the other hand, her grandmother could start at breakfast and talk and tell stories until they lay their heads down at …show more content…
And, that he was accepted as a friend to the Indian on a probationary basis. Her father, the Chief, said that the young Frenchman would have to prove his character as a human being, before having the honor of being a friend, to Shadowy Moon 's father and the Indian peoples. When Charity could see that Nancy, Henry, and Eli all wanted to hear the story, she channeled her grandmother’s spirit and stood up in front of the table to begin. At first, she was a little nervous, but their ‘anxious to hear the story’ faces, gave her confidence the boost she needed to begin.
“This is the story Nokomis told me about Blood Brothers -
“One day, many years ago, while out hunting for meat to feed the tribe, her brother,” (who Charity now knew was Tokola) “and my grandfather, the young Frenchman, had gone miles away from camp, trailing a deer. Nokomis said that it was a lean year because the previous winter had been very cold. Tokola and the Frenchman knew if they could catch up to the deer, and then kill it, that it would feed the entire tribe for several days.
“After trailing the deer for over a day, they had gotten far away and low into the swamplands. By then, the cold winds of winter had begun to blow. Thinking the deer might be joining others of its kind, to winter in the swamps, they continued to trail it. They were walking down a rise above a creek bank, when
After they finished washing clothes and had supper started, Nancy saw Charity fingering the pages of the tablet the census taker had given her.
“If you’d like, we can start doing some lessons each day,” said Nancy.
“Oh, yes ma 'am,” exclaimed Charity, “I would like that very much.” Nancy could see that Charity was going to be an eager student, and as quick witted as she was, she should be a good one.
She was right. Charity took to schooling, like a duck to June bug; she soaked up learning, like a sponge. Within a week, she knew her numbers to one hundred, and with the help of Nancy and Henry, She was learning the alphabet, and how to write her name. Charity was determined to learn to read and write words, like the ones …show more content…
The story of being shipwrecked on an island was mysterious and thrilling. Stories of pirates and shipwrecks piqued the imaginations of their young minds much easier than the book of Leviticus did. It was not that Charity didn 't enjoy the Bible stories; she did, and they, too, had mysterious happenings that stirred her curiosity, but she’d grown up in the home of a storyteller. For as long as she could remember, she’d listened to Nokomis tell her stories. Occasionally, her grandfather would tell a tale or two, but it was hard to get him to reminisce and tell stories of his growing up years. On the other hand, her grandmother could start at breakfast and talk and tell stories until they lay their heads down at …show more content…
And, that he was accepted as a friend to the Indian on a probationary basis. Her father, the Chief, said that the young Frenchman would have to prove his character as a human being, before having the honor of being a friend, to Shadowy Moon 's father and the Indian peoples. When Charity could see that Nancy, Henry, and Eli all wanted to hear the story, she channeled her grandmother’s spirit and stood up in front of the table to begin. At first, she was a little nervous, but their ‘anxious to hear the story’ faces, gave her confidence the boost she needed to begin.
“This is the story Nokomis told me about Blood Brothers -
“One day, many years ago, while out hunting for meat to feed the tribe, her brother,” (who Charity now knew was Tokola) “and my grandfather, the young Frenchman, had gone miles away from camp, trailing a deer. Nokomis said that it was a lean year because the previous winter had been very cold. Tokola and the Frenchman knew if they could catch up to the deer, and then kill it, that it would feed the entire tribe for several days.
“After trailing the deer for over a day, they had gotten far away and low into the swamplands. By then, the cold winds of winter had begun to blow. Thinking the deer might be joining others of its kind, to winter in the swamps, they continued to trail it. They were walking down a rise above a creek bank, when