The story begins
with two little boys who after playing all day in the river go on a
rock to take a nap. The rock they sleep on grows taller and bigger as
they sleep. Eventually it grows so high that the people in their
tribe cannot even see them. The boys continue to sleep while it grows
and they eventually reach the clouds. The animals who have noticed
that this is happening call a council to try and bring the boys down.
All different sorts of animals try and jump to the top of the rock
but all fall short. Eventually the measuring worm crawls slowly but
surely up the rock and fetches the boys.
I really like this
story because it shows how perseverance pays off. All these great
animals such as lion and a bear try and get up there but they do not
succeed. Only the measuring worm was willing to go the long way up
and therefore he reaches the end. I also found it weird that a lion
was in a Native American folklore as they did not live in North
America the same time humans did.
(Panthera leo atrox Sergiodlarosa or North American Lion reconstruction courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Bibliography: The stories from these reading notes come from Judson's California and Old Southwest unit. The specific story is the Tu-Tok-A-Nu'-La (El Capitan).
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