Level 1 – Foundational Learning (Elementary) | Language Arts & Oral Narratives | Oral Narration

Why Rabbit has a Short Tail retold by Barbara Shining Woman Warren Back when the world was young, tsi-s-du had a very long bushy tail. In fact, his tail was longer and bushier than the tail of tsu-la. Now tsi-s-du was very proud of his tail and he was constantly telling all the other animals about how beautiful his tail was. One day tsu-la became so tired of hearing tsi-s- du brag about his tail that he decided to put an end to the boasting once and for all. The weather was getting colder. One day it finally became so cold that the waters in the lake and streams froze. A few days later, tsu-la went down to the lake carrying four a-tsa-di. When he got to the lake, he cut a hole in the ice. He tied those four a-tsa- di to his tail, then sat down and waited…